{"id":581,"date":"2019-02-28T18:17:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T18:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linnchapel.com\/?p=581"},"modified":"2020-05-13T11:46:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T11:46:12","slug":"romance-author-gets-devils-best-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linnchapel.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/28\/romance-author-gets-devils-best-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Romance Author Is Given Devil’s Best Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What’s a romance author to do? It’s not easy writing paranormal romance novels. There’s so much advice, especially from a certain quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Devil Tells Romance Author: You’ve Got It All Wrong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Do you want your books to sell? Then listen to me. Put in the sleaze, add as many explicit scenes as you can, and don\u2019t skimp on graphic wording. Forget about the plot. Don\u2019t spend time on writing well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But I have something else in mind that fired my imagination in the first place. The kind of stories I’m envisioning are exciting and romantic and fast-paced – but they’re driven along by emotions, not explicit passages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re wrong about attracting readers, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, <\/strong>Victorine Lieske<\/strong><\/a> wrote a clean romance thriller that was on the NY Times best-selling ebook list for 6 weeks in 2011. This energetic romance author went on to write more clean romance novels and earn over a quarter of a million dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s a sad fact that there aren\u2019t as many clean romance novels available as explicit ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romance readers should have more choices!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This Romance Author is Na\u00efve About Readers, Scoffs the Devil<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Choices for romance readers? You\u2019re making a big mistake!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re pitifully<\/em> na\u00efve<\/em>… Romance readers will never turn the pages unless you bait them with explicit passages. Romance readers don\u2019t really think<\/em>, you see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sooner you adapt your methods to their true nature, the\nbetter – for the sake of your own career as a romance author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Romance readers DO have minds of their own. Just look at all the\nreviews and comments posted by legions of readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which brings me to an interesting point:  there\u2019s certain kind<\/em> of comment I keep seeing. I could cite some actual reviews here, but I don\u2019t want to quote anybody without their knowledge, so I\u2019ll just paraphrase some of the comments I\u2019ve read in the last month or so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were so many pages to every explicit scene that I had\ntrouble getting through it all, but the weddings were nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The graphic scenes were too long and detailed. I\u2019m an adult,\nand I don\u2019t want or need such lengthy treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The long accounts of explicit sex were overdone – been there, done that. Boring. I\u2019m not interested in a how-to manual – I want to be thrilled by what the characters think and feel!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 I can\u2019t be the only<\/em> one who has noticed plenty of comments like these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Romance readers really do deserve more choices! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The hero of her novel is a vampire? I’d better investigate this!<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Devil\u2019s Parting Shot: But Those Vampires Will Get You Into Trouble!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Well, I\u2019ve got better things to do than waste time with a\nstubborn soul like you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll leave you alone for now.  I can\u2019t wait to undermine the confidence of\nsome other hapless author. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of you authors are such easy pickings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But don\u2019t think you\u2019re in the clear yet, Linn.  You\u2019re going to get into hot water over those drop-dead gorgeous vampires in your books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My rival in the Angelic Hosts will be tickled pink over the clean romance <\/em>angle – but she\u2019s going to\nbe VERY alarmed about the VAMPIRE HERO in your first book!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 I was peeking over your shoulder as you finished drafting that story – and I could see for myself that your hero’s a 200-year-old vampire who will seem sizzlin\u2019 hot to women readers – hotter than Hades – even with all his clothes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 I\u2019m going to tip off my Angelic adversary right now. What do you have to say to that? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hotter than Hades or not, the vampire characters need<\/em> to stay in my series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  Evil spirits like you\nwon\u2019t like this, but I\u2019ve woven some extra themes into the romance, themes\nabout conscience and what it means to be human. Having vampires in the\nstoryline makes everything work so that my themes come alive in a special way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your rival in the Angelic Hosts has any questions, I\u2019ll be\nhappy to answer them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until then, I\u2019ve got to get back to writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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