天后作家諾拉羅伯特　改寫羅曼史小說規則

這一段罝入的「女英豪」，就怪了。那一句話主軸是在講羅曼史這個文類，而非heroine。

羅伯特從寫八股羅曼史開始，慢慢加以美國化（過去市場由英國作家主宰），她的女英豪模式最終完全脫離過去的窠臼。女主角多在職場拼搏、不大好搞、有趣，婚不婚沒關係。她們追尋自我而非別人。

 

Roberts started out writing "category romances", short novels featuring formulaic plots, but over time she stretched and expanded the genre, Americanised it (when she started writing, most romance novels sold in America were by British authors), and ended up changing it beyond all recognition. Her heroines are unrecognisable from the old Mills & Boon doormats. They have jobs, often quirky, interesting ones. They're not that bothered about getting married.

主要是因為「女英豪」這個字被編輯拿來下標題，所以我覺得很「刺目」。原文的標題「改寫羅曼史小說的（公式化）規則」，格局比較大。

另外，這一段文章也很有趣：

只有少數羅曼史作家的作品銷量，能賣得接近她的佳績，其中一人就是 J‧D‧羅勃。但其實 J‧D‧羅勃就是諾拉羅伯特的分身~~~

 

One of the few writers to come close to her for sales is JD Robb, the author of futuristic police procedurals. Except that JD Robb is Nora Roberts (her publishers, unable to keep up with her frenetic output, invented JD Robb to take up the slack). And in January this year she became the third author to sell more than 1m books on Kindle (after Stieg Larsson and James Patterson). 

 

英國衛報這篇報導蠻好看的，
可惜報紙版面有限，無法全文轉載，只能擇要編譯。