Weekly Update: Romance Date 4684.815. It’s
here with your weekly update. This week, like most of 2020, has been *a lot*, but RSJ is here to share some joy with you all. #RomanceSparksJoy #RSJWeeklyUpdate

Talia Hibbert talks about people labeling her books as "unproblematic" in this important thread about the term. https://twitter.com/TaliaHibbert/status/1335190685809602567?s=09
Shealea has a list of new releases coming in 2021 for you to get excited about. https://twitter.com/shutupshealea/status/1334466685974110208?s=09
And sil has even more from her author chat last week. https://twitter.com/thebookvoyagers/status/1336908211501346818?s=21
If you're new to reading diversely in romance, here's a great starter list compiled by Ash. https://twitter.com/AshReadsBooks/status/1336862367817244673?s=20
The New York Times had a great opinion piece about why publishing is so white. If you haven't hit your monthly free articles, it's well worth a read. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/11/opinion/culture/diversity-publishing-industry.html
And since it's a quiet week and we want to spread joy, congratulations to @MysteryLovesGA for exceeding their auction goal to help voting in GA's run-off. https://twitter.com/RomancingRunoff/status/1337579377303957504?s=20
Have a week filled with books, joy & all the good things! If you appreciate the work we do, please consider buying us a ko-fi to help fund giveaways of romances by underrepresented authors & other projects. Thank you! #RomanceSparksJoy #RSJWeeklyUpdate http://bit.ly/RSJkofi