Yep. Which is why it's amazing when you hear about musicians/authors who are genuinely nice people. The conditions they go through . . . it'd turn nearly anyone into a raging bitch.

Ah, sorry -- I meant regarding the standard idea of Harlequin, bodice-rippers where the villain has no logical motivation or development and the female characters check their spines at the door. But when I think about it, romance should just be a genre like every other one, and not have a reputaiton for the 90% crap that Sturgon's Law states every genre has.

Hm. I think I'll continue with my track record of not reading any Anita Blake novels.