tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post8727667477145377159..comments2024-03-25T12:56:59.509-04:00Comments on alien romances: Do Your Lovers Live The HEARowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-72781862325334721862010-09-26T22:12:19.273-04:002010-09-26T22:12:19.273-04:00I was somewhat disappointed that most of the comme...I was somewhat disappointed that most of the comments (Seventeen in fact) to John Roseman’s blog “Do Your Lovers Live HEA?” have been deleted. <br /><br />Jacqueline wrote, “Why does John think the Romance Genre should relax its stricture about the HEA being necessary?”<br /><br />I think that John Roseman would like to be able to put the label “Romance” on his book and tap into a very large audience, because bottom line, he needs to sell books. There is nothing wrong with this desire in itself, but he just cannot see that the HEA ending really isn’t in the hands of the editors or authors, but in the readership that purchases books. What he sees as a restriction for himself (and it is), is actually liberating to the audience who needs a book to end with HEA. In other words he has forgotten he has customers to please.<br /><br />I did ask him that question in the blog comments and I don’t think he really answered the question, other than the statements about HEA limiting writers.<br /><br /><br />Jacqueline wrote, “Maybe people should change? <br />Maybe people should change their ideas about what reality really is?”<br /><br />From my point of view these are actually the same question, because I think what John Roseman calls “reality” isn’t reality at all but instead it is fashion. Fashions change, and a better question might be not if something should change, but when do you think it will. Also I don’t think popularity and fashion is the same thing.<br /><br />Years ago I was given a book by my Grandmother, I was about 14 and I fell in love with that book. Later I found out it was my Grandmother’s all-time favorite book. It was “The Harvester” by Gene Stratton-Porter and was named the bestselling novel of 1912 It is pure romance complete with the required HEA ending. So while romance may fall in and out of fashion, it has always had a certain amount of popularity.<br /><br />People change their ideas about what reality really is all the time. Sometimes that’s hard to see when you are comparing this year to last, but think about the difference of “reality” in 1910 and 2010.<br /><br />I can totally understand the author that would like to tap into a large audience, but it seems to me Mr. Roseman had forgotten one very important rule for the professional writer, “Know your audience.” Part of that has to be to know what parts of the envelope you can push and what parts you cannot.<br /><br />ElorieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-14970429166986493132010-09-22T09:35:35.557-04:002010-09-22T09:35:35.557-04:00It seems like a simple matter to me.
If you want ...It seems like a simple matter to me.<br /><br />If you want to write in the Romance genre, it's got to have an HEA. <br /><br />If you don't believe an HEA is appropriate for your story, then don't pitch it as Romance. <br /><br />There's plenty of other genres out there in which *love stories* are vital. In fact, my favorite 'romance' isn't a Romance at all. The movie, TITANIC, ends with the hero's death, so it doesn't qualify.<br /><br />I find the HEA too restrictive in my writing *at this time too.* I love it. But, the Traditional HEA just doesn't work right now as I am writing Young Adult and series. Teenagers getting married and make babies is generally frowned upon, you know. Plus, once you have the HEA, that couple's story is pretty much over. You can stay in the same fictional 'universe' but you have to tell another couple's story. I'm not really into that yet.<br /><br />Guess you could say I'm more into a Harry Potter HEA right now. He married Genny Weasley, had three children, and lived happily ever after, you know, after he finally defeated Voldimort.Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-1479745594989316022010-09-21T16:04:16.801-04:002010-09-21T16:04:16.801-04:00Miriam:
Thank you for pointing out the broken lin...Miriam:<br /><br />Thank you for pointing out the broken link. I've fixed it.<br /><br />Here's what's going on with that link problem.<br /><br />Blogger somehow, mysteriously to me, adds a %20 onto the end of links I make. I haven't figured out when or how it does that. <br /><br />I turn my back, come back and what I typed has been changed without my permission. I have checked and triple checked all the links in my posts for this problem, and wham! there it is in the post once it's up. <br /><br />Some browsers ignore the html tag %20 which simply means space. <br /><br />Others choke on it and don't know where to find the website. <br /><br />So if you get frustrated again by a dead link, try pasting it into your browser without the %20 on the end. <br /><br />Meanwhile, I do thank you ever so much for finding this problem. I just wish it weren't there to be found. I do try. <br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br />http://jacquelinelichtenberg.comJacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-18974922554840202222010-09-21T11:54:34.916-04:002010-09-21T11:54:34.916-04:00http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2008/09/wha...http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-you-can-do-in-novel-that-you-cant.html - link doesn't work.Miriamnoreply@blogger.com