tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819185636067689953.post785555795505404904..comments2014-07-02T17:43:07.129-07:00Comments on NaNoPals: Sex and Romancetheaugustauthorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050760703676819848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819185636067689953.post-25562178435323098442013-02-14T16:20:23.865-08:002013-02-14T16:20:23.865-08:00I also think a lot about LGBT, and my current WIP ...I also think a lot about LGBT, and my current WIP has an integral sex scene where she really figures out that she's a lesbian. Sex teaches us so many truths about ourselves, and we do and say such silly, ridiculous things during sex that I feel like they just should be shared.<br /><br />I also agree with your statement that many (if not most) romances are too formulaic. On some level though, I think that's a fault with the market. People expected a certain kind of romance and so that was what was published. Now, with all these paranormal and fantasy romances coming out, and genre becoming more mainstream, I think we will see the romance genre blossom. <br /><br />I hope this particularly because romance is a powerful army of female buyers, and the more they move into genre, the more female genre authors out there will be accepted. Which is good and right.<br />theaugustauthorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050760703676819848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819185636067689953.post-70614449439402591542013-02-14T14:51:20.812-08:002013-02-14T14:51:20.812-08:00As part of a recent flash fiction challenge, I dre...As part of a recent flash fiction challenge, I drew erotica and put the following warning on the post: "This story contains bad attempts at erotica. As such, it is more a warning about the bad attempt than about the erotica."<br />Which is why I don't write sex scenes. >_><br /><br />I don't like romances. Romance as a genre tends to be too formulaic for me and falls into a number of cliches that I really dislike. Having said that, I don't mind a story that has romantic elements (a good number of my stories have "canon pairings"). I also think a good bit about the orientations of my characters, partly because I'd like to see more GLBT romances (not even necessarily as a focus, just THERE) but sometimes characters just gotta be straight, I guess.tiakallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979270024293413950noreply@blogger.com