I write romance stories in my spare time, and when I first started submitting them, I imagined my readers, if any, would be bored housewives and timid old spinsters. However, 95% of my fans are male, ranging in age from 24 to 55, both married and single, mostly from the US.
Technically the stories are classified as erotica because the sexual relationship is emphasised, but the sex is non-explicit, non-violent, highly idealised, and extremely tender, even poetic. The men consistently ask for the stories to be made even more romantic and gentle, while my few female fans tend to say, "Very beautiful, but could you make a bit dirtier please?"
I'm now wondering if men are really the more romantic gender, and perhaps there is a bigger market for male-oriented romance novels than previously thought?
2007-02-13
13:29:54
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Girl Machine
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