all qualities that were once revered in the old sheik / pirate / Indian / civil war romances. They hold a writer to task if the hero forces himself on the heroine, or is brutish or arrogant or Neanderthal.
Readers scoff at purple prose, unlikely plot lines, heroines that are wimpy or too stupid to live. Over the past twenty years, there has been an almost complete turn around. Writing was flowery and dripped with purple prose, and to my mind anyway, a lot deserved the bashing they received in reviews. I came in at the tail end of the "bodice ripper" era, when the heroines were all innocent virgins, naive to the point of being too stupid to live at times, with heroes who were big and bold and arrogant and were not frowned upon for forcing the heroine into bed. Q: You've been quoted calling yourself a ' dinosaur' in the historical romance genre - how much have historical romances changed from the time of your first release, China Rose, to now? Do you think the historical romance will ever lose its appeal?Ī: How much have they changed? Like day and night. With her newest release, The Iron Rose, ready to hit the shelves in March, readers are in for another of Marsha's trademark adventures on the high seas! It was soon followed by her first ' rip-roaring pirate adventure', The Wind and the Sea, which won additional praise and the ' Swashbuckler of the Year' award from Romantic Times Magazine.
The release of her first novel, China Rose, immediately garnered critical praise.
When she couldn't get her fill of action packed tales of yore, Marsha decided to create stories of her own and debuted in the historical romance scene in the early 80's. Not that Marsha's heroines are shrinking violets either - each is always her hero's ultimate match! Valiant Scottish warriors, medieval knights and outlaws, mysterious highwaymen, steely-eyed gunslingers, and swashbuckling pirates who stand sure-footedly in their ship's rigging, cutlass in one hand and spyglass in the other - these are in Marsha's opinion, the ultimate thrill. Historical romance author Marsha Canham readily admits she's hooked on stories of adventure and derring-do and bigger-than-life heroes. E-interviewed by Martina Bexte (February, 2003)
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