tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post5529455539925610331..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Maybe this isn't a romance novel?Ashe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-71001455167023848192018-08-26T18:06:05.195-04:002018-08-26T18:06:05.195-04:00I've been following and commenting in a discus...I've been following and commenting in a discussion elsewhere about readers expecting romance and getting pissed if they don't find it in a book. This pertains to lesbian fiction, "lesfic," but possibly not other types. Most of us have been wishing that books that are clearly tagged as something other than romance wouldn't get so many low ratings just because they didn't include romance. A few commenters, though (and apparently the majority of readers) don't think that a book should be called lesfic if it isn't romance. Just having lesbian characters doesn't count. I dunno. i'm not particularly fond of romance per se, but I may have been when I was younger. My very first novel, coming out in November, is not labeled a romance--it's a superhero adventure piece--but the two main characters have a long-standing relationship, and a couple of steamy sex scenes. I'm not at all sure that sex scenes count for romance in the minds of all lesfic readers, and in fact I know many shy away from erotica, but the fact of a bonded couple whose bond is essential to the story may get me by. Whatever.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-5318323682920684372018-08-25T12:57:40.130-04:002018-08-25T12:57:40.130-04:00Congratulations on getting this far, Cameron. And ...Congratulations on getting this far, Cameron. And I don’t care either whether the new novel qualifies as “romance” according to traditional rules (made up by whom?).Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-39956484948123525342018-08-22T22:42:34.530-04:002018-08-22T22:42:34.530-04:00And I always fall so deeply in love with my charac...And I always fall so deeply in love with my characters that I can't leave them once I write, "the end." Someone always starts "talking" to me, telling me their romances, and the others continue to show me what their lives have been like since "the end," and before I know it I've got at least 3 books written when it was only supposed to be one!Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-66715977372597385032018-08-22T08:21:52.449-04:002018-08-22T08:21:52.449-04:00Who cares if it's romance? It sounds amazing!
...Who cares if it's romance? It sounds amazing!<br /><br />I know what you mean now about sequels. I'd never written a series before, but now I am on Book 3, painfully aware that every volume needs to up the ante.<br />Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com