Romancing the Author

I love writing posts for the Ruby blog but for whatever reason nothing was readily coming to mind when I sat down to write this post. And then I realized I had a ready source of wisdom, playing in the background as I wrote – the 1984 romantic adventure, ROMANCING THE STONE.

I’m a huge fan of the film and have been since I saw it the year it came out. We have our heroine, Joan Wilder, the tepid, scared romance novelist who treks off to South America out of love and loyalty to her sister. And, i...