Year
2013
Degree Name
Master of Arts - Research
Department
Faculty of Creative Arts
Recommended Citation
Simmonds, Diana Pamela, And that night they were not parted: lesbian romance fiction 1928-2008 – an exegetical essay, and, Silver lining: a lesbian romance novel, Master of Arts - Research thesis, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, 2013. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4030
Abstract
This Master of Arts (Research) involves two components: a critical essay and a creative writing project. In the essay I discuss the romantic fiction genre and its constraints as they apply to lesbian romantic fiction. In the creative writing project my aim was to write a lesbian romance novel that both fulfilled and subverted the rules of the genre. The resulting manuscript, Silver Lining, was accepted and published this year by Bella Books, USA and is now a bestseller according to Amazon.com.
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.