Comments on: Stepping Outside the Box http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2006/04/03/stepping-outside-the-box/ A seduction in words Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:16:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Lauren Dane http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2006/04/03/stepping-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Lauren Dane Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:51:00 +0000 http://www.laurendane.com/blog/?p=323#comment-565 Oh well thank you! I don't know. I'll continue to write romance too, it's just not the only voice I have. Oh well thank you! I don’t know. I’ll continue to write romance too, it’s just not the only voice I have.

]]> By: Amelia June http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2006/04/03/stepping-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Amelia June Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:51:00 +0000 http://www.laurendane.com/blog/?p=323#comment-564 You know, I've never been a romance novel fan (oops, cat out of the bag). Largely, it is the HEA issue--totally contrived. I love a good story and a good love story, but so many romance novels seem formulaic. Meet, conflict, make up, HEA. Blah. Really, I came at romance at all through your books, and the erotic element in particular. I like that you break boundaries in erotica. Also the fantasy/magic in your books is intresting and creative, rather than yet another cowboy and city girl thing. I wonder how many fans you have that are not necessarily romance readers. I know I've found appreciation for romantica through you, not the other way around! You know, I’ve never been a romance novel fan (oops, cat out of the bag). Largely, it is the HEA issue–totally contrived. I love a good story and a good love story, but so many romance novels seem formulaic. Meet, conflict, make up, HEA. Blah.

Really, I came at romance at all through your books, and the erotic element in particular. I like that you break boundaries in erotica. Also the fantasy/magic in your books is intresting and creative, rather than yet another cowboy and city girl thing.

I wonder how many fans you have that are not necessarily romance readers. I know I’ve found appreciation for romantica through you, not the other way around!

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