Straight to gay romance novels
Gay/LGBTQ2IA etc. Series or Remain Alone
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Firstly, apologies if this is a reiterate thread. I tried to filter and search for answers to what I had in mind to ask and my verb came up sparse. Admittedly, my librarian and IT skills are incredibly under developed so there may be a section of threads I missed altogether. That said
I really like reading gay sci fi and fantasy series and have read a few and now desire to consume more. I have tried to navigate Goodreads but the lists are so dated and massive that finding anything appealing is difficult. Reddit is also hit or miss so here I am.
To clarify, I do not read books with lesbian or sapphic vibes. Similarly, I undertake not read books with trans MCs. I shun these POV MCs not because I undervalue their importance rather I just want to imagine myself as someone else and I only wish to do that through gay or bi usually cis male MCs.
I possess read many series about gay men written by female authors and hold come to truly sense frustrated by the disconnect I feel when I read flowery language designed to appeal to other women. To that
Straight Women Love to Browse Gay Romance Novels
When my Miami friend Neil Plakcy, author of over 50 gay novels, told me that the majority of his sales were to mature straight women, I was floored. I reflect on myself savvy about women my age, but it never occurred to me that they would be interested in gay adore making.
Neil, who lives in Hollywood, Florida, about 20 miles north of Miami, said that mature women love to read about men having sex with men because they can fantasize about their bodies moving together. “If one man is sexy, two are even sexier. Just like straight men survey lesbian porn for titillation, straight women like to read about gay sex.”
Neil has been writing gay novels for over a decade. His thoughts and observations have been formed through thousands of interviews, conversations, and research. Neil also said women are prime targets for gay romance books because they are tired of the alike old romance stories, which can be very predictable. “After decades of reading love stories, women long more, they want dense emotion, tons of lust, and lots of titillat
Romance novels aimed at male readers?
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I’ve never been into romance novels, but recently I learned they account for % of all fiction sold in North America; so, out of professional interest as a public librarian, I’m trying to comprehend more about the genre.
One thing I’ve notices about the romances I’ve examine so far is that all of them – not just the Harlequin and Silhouette “series” romance, but all of them – seem to be written for female readers. The male POV is not ignored, some of the third-person narrative presents the man’s thoughts, but still, all the stories seem to be cast in the mold of women’s romantic fantasies, not men’s. One telling point: The authors spend a lot of words on descriptions of how handsome/sexy/muscular/well-built/good-smelling/etc. the man in the story is, and far fewer words on the woman’s beauty. In truth, while the man is always an obvious hunk from the start, the woman can get away with being a bit plain and mousy – at least in her own eyes, until her lover sets her straight on how beautiful she is.
Are there any romance writers
Reading MM: How Gay Romance Scratches An Itch For Straight Women
Taking a stare at women who draft gay male romance novels&#;
By Paul Gallant
When Lauren Blakely, a married straight year-old woman living in Seattle and a voracious reader, came upon the literary sensation Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman, a gay romance that was made into a movie starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer, she devoured it in a weekend. Then interpret it twice more. And then she decided she wanted to write a romance between two men.
Blakeley wasn’t a writing newbie: she had started writing romance novels in You know the stereotypical romance novel: girl meets guy, then something keeps them apart for a while, then they get together, man and woman, happily ever after. Blakely became known for her steamy and passionate writing. Her first gay romance, A Guy Walks Into My Bar, was her playing with the idea of whether it was possible for two men, strangers, a US hockey player and a British bartender, to drop in love in six days. “I thought, ‘If half my readers peruse it, that would be grea