tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083084222355114149.post4976743619791046335..comments2024-03-12T02:18:47.805-07:00Comments on Book Babe: And They Lived Happily Ever After...Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015131255166542986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083084222355114149.post-58670751973785420952013-05-04T11:35:44.870-07:002013-05-04T11:35:44.870-07:00I think more than romance sells. I think you'r...I think more than romance sells. I think you're surrounded by romance writers, as am I, and it tends to make us think that's all there is. But I don't think so.Lori Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349532173925198953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083084222355114149.post-75120344318912845542013-05-04T11:01:08.817-07:002013-05-04T11:01:08.817-07:00General fiction? Does anyone buy that anymore? LOL...General fiction? Does anyone buy that anymore? LOL. I think it's the e-book industry, period. I did first start out as historical fiction and I totally bombed. The book barely moves. Everyone told me only romance sells and so I began writing my strong heroines holding their own but finding love in the process, thus the HEA requirements. It's lame.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11015131255166542986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083084222355114149.post-52866267251161736622013-05-04T10:51:01.166-07:002013-05-04T10:51:01.166-07:00Want my honest opinion? I don't always have to...Want my honest opinion? I don't always have to have them and I don't really always like them either. While I'm starting out in the romance genre is not not all I want to write. General fiction does not require a HEA or a HFN ending.<br /><br />One of my favorite authors is Nicholas Sparks. You may or may not like him, but many romance readers don't because he does include tragedy. He doesn't always have a HEA (although sometimes he does.)<br /><br />I honestly don't just read romance because of this. And I sure don't just want to write it. I have on WIP that is about one man and two women. And no it's not a menage...lol... It's about love and friendship, betrayal and forgiveness. Can't wait to write it someday. It's only in notes form now... but I love the story its going to become.<br /><br />Anyway, if you step a little away from the romance genre I think you'll you see you don't have to have this happy ending every single time.Lori Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349532173925198953noreply@blogger.com