in which they make me talk about me...

[lagilman]

My essay about writing fantasy for Luna -- and the connection between my dark fantasy-writing self and the romance-publishing establishment, and my penchant for non-Happily-Ever-After endings -- is up at http://paranormalromanceblog.wordpress.com/

Go, give them many hits. Make me look popular. *grin*

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[neadods.livejournal.com]

romance readers are more prone to trying somethig new than, for'ex, mystery readers, historically.

I've heard that said at a mystery con too, I think by chickwriter - that mystery fans were hard to woo to another genre, while SF fans would try anything once.

What's frustrating as reader is that "every possible readership" seems some days to be turning into "every possible genre is cranking out the same basic setup." I would LOVE to read a book that didn't have a love interest in it, just for the rare change!

I get the impression from a variety of places that TPTB @ Harlequin have been making money doing one specific thing for so long that they no longer recognize the existence of alternatives.

[lagilman]

I get the impression from a variety of places that TPTB @ Harlequin have been making money doing one specific thing for so long that they no longer recognize the existence of alternatives

well, they started Luna, despite having avoided F/SF their entire history, and took me on despite not having much of a traditional romance content a'tall, so they can't be too blinded by The One True Way... (and there were books in the list that used polyamory, incest, and a host of other traditional no-nos....)

It will be nice, though, I admit, to work on Vinespell. Lots of relationships, and none of them romantic.