tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497618387714395854.post2445015824475923774..comments2023-12-18T01:43:16.392-08:00Comments on Rachel Leigh - Erotic Romance: A writers struggle - but she's getting there! Welcome, Lisabet Sarai!Rachel Leigh - Erotic Romancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04706337281735021400noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497618387714395854.post-16319770649041648172010-08-27T08:15:01.028-07:002010-08-27T08:15:01.028-07:00Great post, Lisabet.
I can't really call myse...Great post, Lisabet.<br /><br />I can't really call myself a romance writer. My problem is creating the sexual tension between my characters. But when I read a romance, yes, I like the HEA. The finding out how they achieve the ending with all the trials between is what keeps me reading. I especially like thriller romance. I'm an action type of author and reader.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00296793847863721845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497618387714395854.post-69599983808624521352010-08-26T20:22:43.262-07:002010-08-26T20:22:43.262-07:00Hello, everyone!
Thanks for dropping by.
Carol ...Hello, everyone!<br /><br />Thanks for dropping by. <br /><br />Carol - Hope for the future is much easier than HEA for me. But I think that hardcore romance readers want something that seems like a guarantee. And in the real world, those don't exist.<br /><br />Sue - Thanks! You are so loyal! I really appreciate your taking the time to follow me around cyberspace.<br /><br />Ginger - You should submit your erotica story somewhere else. I don't think every publisher is as narrow minded as the one who rejected you. I definitely agree about the struggle for realism. The conventions of the romance genre sometimes make it necessary to throw realism out the window. <br /><br />Mary - a granting agency declined to support you because you sent them a story that included an affair. Good grief! Talk about double standards. I just submitted a story in which a middle aged woman meets and falls in love with a master and decides to leave her marriage of 30 years. Now I'm worried!!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497618387714395854.post-60880850751042148332010-08-26T14:38:02.834-07:002010-08-26T14:38:02.834-07:00Ginger - I know exactly how u feel. I wrote probab...Ginger - I know exactly how u feel. I wrote probably one of my best stories, Ghost Love and submitted it as one of three writing samples for a grant.<br />They actually told me they wanted to give me the grant (they had given me two grants in the past) but b/c Ghost Love's storyline involved an affair, they declined. I was devastated but I realized I took a risk in sending that particular story even though I loved the characters. Of course now it would seem everyone in People Magazine anyway is having an affair, and those are only celebrities(!), and only the ones getting caught or fessing up. Life is complicated. Love can be complicated.<br />Maybe happy endings need a slight revision or as my friend says when I ask him how things are going in his marriage...They're good...for now!Word Actresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041865850513656748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497618387714395854.post-34525577125211448642010-08-26T08:46:06.786-07:002010-08-26T08:46:06.786-07:00I agree. Writing romance is tricky, especially wh...I agree. Writing romance is tricky, especially when you need to make your characters and story believable. Not every scenario plays out to an HEA, and to me, sometimes, it just doesn't work. My first attempt at writing an Erotica was rejected by *well-known published" because *gasp*...my heroine had an affair. Boy, that never happens in real life, does it? The reason for the rejection despite them loving my story and writing style..."We feel that an affair may be insulting to our readers." Wow! Really...but everything else imaginary isn't? Given the idea of making love to a werewolf or being bitten by a vampire...I find having an affair much more enticing. :) Oops...sorry if I offended anyone. *smile* Always love your posts, Lisabet. They do tend to make me tell my own story, don't they?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683064637626718318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497618387714395854.post-75080877588040566682010-08-26T08:09:52.306-07:002010-08-26T08:09:52.306-07:00Hi Lisabet. Just coming over to say "hi."...Hi Lisabet. Just coming over to say "hi." I love your book cover. This is on my to read list.<br />Sue Bkatsrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071353967222221634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497618387714395854.post-69992544310469409002010-08-26T08:06:02.121-07:002010-08-26T08:06:02.121-07:00HEA for me is everyone living through the book and...HEA for me is everyone living through the book and having hope for the future in the end. So, I struggle with the same romance problem. I' starting a new romance now, Urban Fantasy and will have to see if I can actually acheive the HEA status for my characters.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11034634967626900273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497618387714395854.post-27817800349054394162010-08-26T07:13:05.340-07:002010-08-26T07:13:05.340-07:00Hello, Rachel,
Thanks for hosting me here at your...Hello, Rachel,<br /><br />Thanks for hosting me here at your blog, as well as for your encouraging words!<br /><br />Warmly,<br />LisabetLisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com