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So today I received my first complaint email about my writing for 2006. The reader said that although she loved my writing, she was wondering, "What happened to the heat?" She went on to say that my last few books didn't have enough sex.
Ouch.
**hanging head** I'm losing my heat. Wahhhh.
I don't know how to reply that email, actually. I don't write sexy all the time because...well, it depends on the story! I know some writers are known for their sex scenes but that has never been my goal. I want intense sex only when the characters themselves wanted them--for example, yeah, Marlena and Steve and yeah, Rick and Nikki.
But what happened to my heat?! Wahhhh. That had been echoing in my head the last few hours. Was Hawk not Hot? Wahhhh.
Actually, I have* cut back with the sexy scenes. It's the page count conspiracy. After the first two books which were 125,000 words, my publisher decided that The Protector was too long and my editor cut 70 pages, including the CUTGEM scene on my site. After that, I was very careful not be exactly 100,000 words for The Hunter because I didn't want any of his story to be taken away. Then when I was writing Sleeping With The Agent, the publisher wanted 90,000 word count for the new manuscript, so that's another 40 typed pages down the tube, dudettes.
And so now I've signed with a new publisher and I'm going back to 100,000 words (per my contract). Dare I go over? Why do you think this is a three book story arc? *evil grin* Heat? Well, if sex in virtual reality ain't hot, I don't know what is, bwahaha. Ooops, did I let out a spoiler? Oooops.
Come on, lemme hear your complaints. I think it's good for me. Really. Wahhhh. ;-)
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
So You Want To Be Uber-Contract Agent
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2 comments:
Did you ever see the Ali G episode where he pretended to be a romance writer and was meeting with publishers to pitch his project - a book that actually vibrated.
Perhaps when your books have fewer sex scenes, you could just add a little mechanism like that so the reader can make the most of the sex scenes that are there.
I'd hate to see one of those books at the used books store, though. Hardy har.
Rhonda, I like my romances hot too, so I hope to snatch back my crown again. LOL.
Reese, LOL at the thought of the vibrating book at the used book store. Eww and *choke at the same time.
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