Still Working
And still stressy. So much stuff to do: work, write, prep for agent/editor meets, work some more, fulfill BDG orders, visit friends, work even more, go to Greece, and then work to pay for that trip. There's always so much to do before vacation and then all this work is hitting the week before. Aaaahhhh!!!
But it's all good stuff. Really. I'm just feeling crabby because I'm tired. And I always spazz before a trip. It's a given.
I went to a silent auction this weekend. And my very supportive husband was talking to a man at the event about how I write paranormal romance. The man got very excited and told us how he loves paranormal romance and reads them on the Metro going to work. Of course, he hides up the covers because he doesn't want people to judge him (a fact that sort of frustrated me), but at least he admitted it to strangers and with such animation. We talked for awhile about these books and then he asked me something I found interesting:
"Why do all the heroines feel guilty about being with the men in the paranormal romances?"
I'm sure there's usually more to it than feeling guilty about being with the men. Issues that happened in their past. Or circumstances that keep them apart. But usually by the end of the story, they overcome their problems and give into the relationship. I don't know, but I thought it was interesting and while I read my next paranormal I'll be considering his question and see if it holds true.
What do you think? Is it just paranormals or a lot of other genres as well?
But it's all good stuff. Really. I'm just feeling crabby because I'm tired. And I always spazz before a trip. It's a given.
I went to a silent auction this weekend. And my very supportive husband was talking to a man at the event about how I write paranormal romance. The man got very excited and told us how he loves paranormal romance and reads them on the Metro going to work. Of course, he hides up the covers because he doesn't want people to judge him (a fact that sort of frustrated me), but at least he admitted it to strangers and with such animation. We talked for awhile about these books and then he asked me something I found interesting:
"Why do all the heroines feel guilty about being with the men in the paranormal romances?"
I'm sure there's usually more to it than feeling guilty about being with the men. Issues that happened in their past. Or circumstances that keep them apart. But usually by the end of the story, they overcome their problems and give into the relationship. I don't know, but I thought it was interesting and while I read my next paranormal I'll be considering his question and see if it holds true.
What do you think? Is it just paranormals or a lot of other genres as well?
posted by J.T. Bock at 10:30 PM
3 Comments:
"Why do all the heroines feel guilty about being with the men in the paranormal romances?"
Heh. Funny question, I thought. But insightful. I hate guilty sex. I hate reading it and I certainly don't write it. Maybe it's because authors are scared to show a hero or heroine's "bad" side by having him or her be guilty while having sex outside of marriage. Or with a vampire. Or a criminal. Who knows? But for me? Blech. This is why I like "Jackdaws" by Ken Follett so much. The heroine is married but there's a war going on and she needs sex before a dangerous mission and so she has it with a guy who's not her husband. No guilt, no remorse, she might die tomorrow, and so she does it. No apologies necessary.
Loved it.
In my paranormals, there's no guilt. In fact, like Karmela said, I just don't go for that whole thing. External circumstances usually keep my hero and heroine apart. Not guilt.
Frankly, if I had a soul mate who was a vampire. Or a ghost (as in my wip), I would just go with it, I think. Soul mates are hard to come by.
:-)
Karm and Erica—
I think that many in society still believe there should be some guilt when it comes to women and sex. (Man's greatest invenion is a woman's virtue. :P ) But I feel those rules are being broken, though I have read many who still hold back when it comes to the paranormal. I remember my frist paranormal about a love story between a