There are some good romance novels out there, but by and large the ratio of drek to good stuff seems much, much higher than in sci fi and/or...well, hell, any other genre except zombies, which is 95% total bullshit by people who can't write.
ahem.
It drives me absolutely batshit that head-hopping is acceptable in the genre, even apparently encouraged in some parts. What, the flowery language isn't ridiculous enough? Let's not get into the complete asshole heroes (dark, handsome, troubled? yes, gimme some of that, but let's leave the abusive jackasses at home, k?)
I have a story that I'll probably have to try to sell as a romance- it's certainly got a love story but I don't think it's quite historical enough to market it as that - but generally I'm so disgusted with the genre that I don't even want to be associated with it.
I'm also seeing such things spilling into regular paranormal fiction and urban fantasy, which really bugs the shit out of me. If it's an urban fantasy novel with a chick on the cover it's basically a thinly veiled paranormal novel and you don't find out until after you waste $$ on it. GAH.
Am wondering what the bestselling paranormal you hurled aside was, though... ;)
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Date: 2009-06-21 01:49 am (UTC)There are some good romance novels out there, but by and large the ratio of drek to good stuff seems much, much higher than in sci fi and/or...well, hell, any other genre except zombies, which is 95% total bullshit by people who can't write.
ahem.
It drives me absolutely batshit that head-hopping is acceptable in the genre, even apparently encouraged in some parts. What, the flowery language isn't ridiculous enough? Let's not get into the complete asshole heroes (dark, handsome, troubled? yes, gimme some of that, but let's leave the abusive jackasses at home, k?)
I have a story that I'll probably have to try to sell as a romance- it's certainly got a love story but I don't think it's quite historical enough to market it as that - but generally I'm so disgusted with the genre that I don't even want to be associated with it.
I'm also seeing such things spilling into regular paranormal fiction and urban fantasy, which really bugs the shit out of me. If it's an urban fantasy novel with a chick on the cover it's basically a thinly veiled paranormal novel and you don't find out until after you waste $$ on it. GAH.
Am wondering what the bestselling paranormal you hurled aside was, though... ;)