tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post2705470096873058250..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Why erotica? by Suz deMelloAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-21074217772248722722015-09-10T09:28:27.456-04:002015-09-10T09:28:27.456-04:00I've written stuff that's sex sex sex (des...I've written stuff that's sex sex sex (described by my publisher as "relentless"). To me, as both writer and reader, that can be very interesting and very natural. I also enjoy reading sweet romance, and everything in between. I wish there wasn't so much tendency to attack back and forth between erotica and romance. It bothers me when writers of erotic romance say shaming things about sex, and it bothers me when writers of erotica disparage romance for being formulaic or predictable. It seems we've got enough shame to deal with in the world--we don't need to put it on each other.Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-80859698289220259582015-09-08T22:06:47.907-04:002015-09-08T22:06:47.907-04:00Fortunately there are no laws or even hard and fas...Fortunately there are no laws or even hard and fast rules as to what constitutes erotica. I've been lucky to work with publishers who are willing to call fully developed stories erotica as long as the overall impression is erotic. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-64992362708187912432015-09-08T11:30:54.451-04:002015-09-08T11:30:54.451-04:00Or with being a ho? Even if it's in the past t...Or with being a ho? Even if it's in the past tense. ;-D Some of my most treasured memories of my youth...<br /><br />I think part of the delight in erotica is the build-up so that you know why it's so exciting that these two (or more) characters are finally doing the deed. Sex for its own sake is the porn of writing. Yeah, there are times when I like watching the pizza delivery guy yell, "Pizza here, and (zip) here's your pepperoni!" Or re-read my favorite sex scene for the quick release I get with it...every time. And there are times when I want to watch a romance unfurl that delights the viewer as it frustrates the leads, when they want but can't have...the old, angsty-thing done so well by some TV shows that find out, much to the producers' chagrin, that once the leads are having sex, the tension is gone, along with the viewers. (Though to me personally, Buffy and Angel was hot, but Buffy and Spike? Phew! Off the charts hot!)<br /><br />Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-65866444686831024092015-09-08T10:38:18.410-04:002015-09-08T10:38:18.410-04:00Hey! What's wrong with writing ho's? :>...Hey! What's wrong with writing ho's? :>)Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-1838351790500226152015-09-08T02:10:37.551-04:002015-09-08T02:10:37.551-04:00Hi, Suz,
For me, erotic romance is a subgenre und...Hi, Suz,<br /><br />For me, erotic romance is a subgenre under the umbrella of erotica. But then, I don't like labels and categories anyway, because I never fit into them neatly. A lot of my erotica is very romantic. And I can't seem to write romance without a good deal of sex.<br /><br />I do believe you're mistaken in your belief that erotica is just "sex sex sex" though. If that's what you've read, you are missing out. The best erotica (in my opinion) chronicles a journey. The characters are exploring who they are, from sexual as well as other perspectives. They grow and change over the course of the story.<br /><br />And indeed, I think you can write erotica with no physical sex at all. I've done it.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com