tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post7528860282767224813..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: My editor made me do it (#editing #dirtystory #genre)Ashe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-58008765083289190242017-07-13T02:44:57.264-04:002017-07-13T02:44:57.264-04:00That line about how the book should have been self...That line about how the book should have been self published seems very true to me, Lisabet!<br /><br />I have had a few experiences of working with an editor who seemed not to have liked my original vision, to the point that they kept asking for radical, complicated, difficult changes. My end feeling in those cases has always been that I wished they'd been more honest and just said they didn't like the book, so I could either find someone who did or handle it myself. There's a difference between heavy edits to help an author realize a vision and heavy edits that attempt to force an author to shift their vision. I appreciate the first type, and I deplore the second.Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-88993341616550576262017-07-13T02:42:45.003-04:002017-07-13T02:42:45.003-04:00I agree also, Daddy X. I think I've talked bef...I agree also, Daddy X. I think I've talked before about how I was surprised when I started to realize how erotic romance, despite being explicit, can deal in sex-shaming and slut-shaming tropes in a way that feels depressingly mainstream to me. (I'm not saying all erotic romance is like that, but I do think it's imported some common mainstream values that I wish it had left behind.)Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-60232828201840790882017-07-05T07:37:54.543-04:002017-07-05T07:37:54.543-04:00Looking forward to your post, Sacchi.
Last month ...Looking forward to your post, Sacchi.<br /><br />Last month for the ERWA blog I wrote about my top ten erotic stories. Several of them have no actual sex acts in them.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-48224231310371155682017-07-05T07:37:12.243-04:002017-07-05T07:37:12.243-04:00Different people do it differently, but I guess I&...Different people do it differently, but I guess I'd agree with this distinction overall. Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-23892462250749499652017-07-04T18:05:13.180-04:002017-07-04T18:05:13.180-04:00Sometimes I'm surprised that I get away with c...Sometimes I'm surprised that I get away with choosing stories for erotica anthologies that don't have much of the kind of sex that most folks would see as "dirty." i don't think any reviewer has said there wasn't enough sex, although reviews have become so scarce that I can't draw much of a conclusion from that. I was about to go into my own criteria for erotica stories, but maybe I'd better save that so I'll have something to write on my own post next Monday. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-11040026043919863982017-07-04T11:47:18.874-04:002017-07-04T11:47:18.874-04:00I've always thought that in erotica, the story...I've always thought that in erotica, the story/plot has to ride on the sex, while Romance focuses on a relationship between two people who are destined for each other, heat less a factor. Erotic Romance is the same deal as Romance, just a hotter degree of sex between the principal characters. Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.com