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About me - Emilie J. Conroy

I'm just a work in progress. I've always been interested in the big questions-who are we, why are we here, what's for lunch, that sort of thing. The nature of Chaos, folks. This is that obligatory part where I drone on about the human behind the web interface

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Arts & Humanities > Historical Literature Commentary: The historian writes historical romance: 1 of 1

My academic area of expertise within the greater division of Medieval history is linguistics. The comparative mechanics of high Roman Latin as compared to the vernacular of the sixth century C.E., however, is not the stuff of romantic fiction. While I personally might find such studies fascinating, I need to know when to lea...
Arts & Humanities > Classical Lit & Mythology Greek mythology deities: Hera: 3 of 5

You've probably met Hera (known to the Romans as Juno) before, perhaps on your own or in a high school classical mythology unit. You probably know her as the nagging, shrewish wife of Zeus (Jupiter), the king of the gods and great lord of Olympus. But did you know that back in the mists of the ancient world, Hera was a Great...
Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Commentary: The degree of sensuality in romantic fiction: 3 of 3

I have read some very silly commentary on the question of sensuality in romance novels. More often than not, the silliest of the commentary has come from the novelists themselves. One writer claims that she respects her characters' privacy, and therefore refuses to go into intimate detail. Another cries that the inclusion of...