Comments on: Being a Militant Romance Writer

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:39:00 +0000

That's definitely marketing, Suzanne! My husband has been doing a lot of that on my behalf and he told me a couple of days ago that he had about 50 people all interested in my first book! Cool eh? Of course, they might not like it but hey, I'm not writing for people who don't read romance.

Funny how one of the first questions you get is about the sex, though.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:46:00 +0000

Sorry, I meant 'that's why he'S now my ex'. It's been a long day.

:-)

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:43:00 +0000

Nobody’s ever openly sneered at my ambitions (as Lucy pointed out, who knows what goes on behind your back?). Apart from my ex, that is, who didn’t even like me reading, let alone trying to write (this is just one of the many reasons he now my ex).

A couple of women at a client’s office had been wondering just how explicit my love scenes might be. I told them they would need to buy my books – so if I’m ever published I have a ready market of two. Is that what they call marketing?

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:43:00 +0000

Lorraine, he only said that because he's a very old friend and can get away with it. Though I did gave him hell about it, and also chapter and verse about how difficult it actually was to write a decent romance. Dunno if he believe it though.

Soft porn?? Yes, Lucy, we also had the discussion about euphemisms and 'throbbing manhoods'. Everyone else laughed muchly about all the terrible ones that get used. One of my friends asked me what I called 'it'. I told her she'd have to wait until she read my book. :-)

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:21:00 +0000

I’ve found the same, Jackie. No lip-curling or anything. I’ve had the ‘so you’re writing soft porn’ line once but apart from that, nothing negative at all. In fact, everyone’s been really impressed. Most pleasing. (Mind you who knows what they’re saying behind my back!)

By: Lorraine P

Lorraine P — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:07:00 +0000

I can’t believe he said that Jackie! I think I’d still be up on my soap box 😉

I think everyone who knows what I’m doing are assuming I’ll only do it until I get a ‘real’ book published. I also get the assumption that it must be really easy (subtext being – so why haven’t you cracked it yet?)