Comments on: Another Day, Another Lame Description

By: Wendy Duren

Wendy Duren — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

The labels slapped on book jackets don’t matter to me. I want to read books that are compelling, with character growth, conflict driven plots, and well crafted love stories. Outside of those things, what really matters?

By: Meljean

Meljean — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

You can’t see me, but I’m nodding in agreement at this post and Wendy’s current post. Yep and yep and yep.

Sigh. Someday I will come up with a brilliant way to say “me too”.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I think the names are a way to gain acceptance. Does it work? No…

By: AngieW

AngieW — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I think Jordan is right about the acceptance but I also do believe there’s a difference between erotica and erotic romance. From my understanding, erotic romance requires a HEA of some sort. Erotica just requires there be sex.

And I was right there with you on the amourotica. Quite possibly the worst word I have ever heard. It is beyond ridiculous, isn’t it?

By: Destruction Angel

Destruction Angel — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

It’s been a long time, but I believe that Stef is Stefani Kelsey, the editor at eXtasy Books.

I feel that the different labels people are giving erotica–whether there is a romantic element or not–are from people who have double standards. Romantica is still erotica, and so is whatever you want to call it.

Possibly erotica is better than the free sex stories you can find online, since people are being paid to write it. But the idea of it? The content? It’s the same thing.

By: HelenKay

HelenKay — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t know what the labels mean or are supposed to mean. Amourotica was so strange to me I had to mention it. But, in my mind, there is a difference between books that don’t require a HEA (by this I mean a satisfying ending where the parties are committed to each other)and those that do. The more erotic stuff that falls under the romance umbrella does require a HEA but the boundaries are pushed. There’s no question about that.

The bigger question probably is: what does that romance umbrella include? Seems to me this is changing and growing. There should be room for everything from the tame to the inspirational to the mainstream to the hotter stuff. People can choose whatever they want in that spectrum.