Ever wonder why authors landin the genres that they do? Writing erotic romance is not something I planned to do, or even aspired to for most of my life. Both as a child, and an adult, I read a lot of fantasy and science fiction, with some mystery thrown in from time to time.
Every once in a while, I‘d read a contemporary story or a biography. Still, fantasy and sci-fi were definitely my favorites. Then I discovered paranormal romance. Christine Feehan’s Ghostwalker series. Angela Knight’s Mageverse. Kelley Armstrong’s Bitten. A whole new world opened up for me and before I knew it, I was hooked. I devoured book after book, and at some point, I thought hey, I want to try writing this kind of story.
Now people seem to think writing erotic romance is easy. Just sex, right? Wrong! Nothing is more boring than a technical description of how the human genitals fit together. In order to write erotic romance that people want to read, you need to have passion and action, adventure and danger. There needs to be a plot that would stand up even if all the sex were taken out. Sure there’s sex. It stands to reason that two people who fall madly in love are going to consummate that love. The sex scenes are a natural part of the plot line.
I was very fortunate in being accepted by the first publisher I sent a story to. Changeling Press took the second story I’d written (the first was sold to a print publisher) Stranded on Earth and encouraged me to submit more manuscripts. Since I’d much rather write stories than Query Letters and Synopsis, I took the easy way out and haven’t submitted to any other publishing houses since. I’m happy there, writing what I love and getting paid for it!
Now people seem to think writing erotic romance is easy. Just sex, right? Wrong! Nothing is more boring than a technical description of how the human genitals fit together. In order to write erotic romance that people want to read, you need to have passion and action, adventure and danger. There needs to be a plot that would stand up even if all the sex were taken out. Sure there’s sex. It stands to reason that two people who fall madly in love are going to consummate that love. The sex scenes are a natural part of the plot line.
I was very fortunate in being accepted by the first publisher I sent a story to. Changeling Press took the second story I’d written (the first was sold to a print publisher) Stranded on Earth and encouraged me to submit more manuscripts. Since I’d much rather write stories than Query Letters and Synopsis, I took the easy way out and haven’t submitted to any other publishing houses since. I’m happy there, writing what I love and getting paid for it!
And, in case you missed last week's post, here's my latest release :)
Series: Spaceport
Title: Kayla’s Hunter
Genres: Paranormal, Futuristic
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Author: Anne Kane
http://www.AnneKane.com
Publisher URL Changeling Press - Erotic Fiction
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BLURB:
Hunter is a cyborg working for the military wing of the Interplanetary Alliance, with an obsession he just can't shake. Four years ago, he met a woman on Rigerion IV and spent the night with her. The sex was incredible. When he woke the next morning she was gone and no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find her.
When he discovers that she is the captain of one of the most brazen pirate ships in this quadrant, he makes it his personal goal to track her down and punish her. Problem is, despite her status as one of the most notorious pirates in the galaxy, she was bred to be a submissive sex slave, so punishment just makes her hot! What's a cyborg to do?
Until next week.....
Anne Kane
6 comments:
Anne - That's great that you're still happy with the publisher you've been with since the beginning. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. ;-) And congrats again on your new release.
They are truly author friendly :)
And thank you.
I think it's fantastic that you knew what you wanted to write, you went for, and you're still going strong. (Unlike me who flits from genre to genre--must have a flighty muse. Sigh). And congrats to the latest release. It looks reeeeeally hot!
Thanks Maree, but I admire the fact that you can change genres so easily and are amazing in all of them!
Hmmmm... wonder how I got to be anonymous...
Guess who!
I became an erotic romance author because one of my editors made me :) She dragged me to the dark side and I kind of like it there. It's still romantic and full of tender emotion, just verra explicit. *blushes*
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