Molly O’Keefe is a RITA nominee

 

It’s no secret. Each year we nominate what we perceive is the best book in each category for that year. You know… like the Emmys or the Oscars or the Golden Globes.

This is our event. It is almost impossible to subjective-ize art.  We all know this. So many people. So many different ideas and opinions.

But when we get this final list for each category… we can say OK. This is what the community thinks is good. I don’t always agree. But I have learned to understand there are many opinions and ART IS SUBJECTIVE.

Like maybe some people don’t like Picasso.

But we need to understand Picasso is great. If we don’t have some universal understanding of what is good, then what are we as an organization?

I sit here as a biased reader. I know Molly. I read Molly. I love Molly’s book.

Those are personal things. But I also think Molly is Picasso. I think she’s is breaking/changing/re-defining our genre. I think her books are MORE. Whatever that means.

So I’m happy today…. and I’m not alone. The romance community thinks that Crazy Thing Called Love is one of the best of our genre too.