http://www.romancenovel.tv/2009/02/21/ka-mitchell/ Musings about romance novels, authors and anything romance Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:34:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.romancenovel.tv/2009/02/21/ka-mitchell/comment-page-1/#comment-20848 romance novel blogs Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:01:41 +0000 http://www.romancenovel.tv/wordpress/2009/02/21/ka-mitchell/#comment-20848 [...] KA Mitchell: I have read some of the gay erotica that is available from more traditional publishers and I do think that what we are selling is a bit different, especially in that it’s marketed to women. Much of the gay romance I read prior to the past four years did not focus as  much on the sensuality or the emotional development of the  relationship. It was there, but was paired with something from another genre such as mystery or science fiction or family drama. I think this was because publishers were skittish about selling something that was exclusively romance with two heroes. [...] [...] KA Mitchell: I have read some of the gay erotica that is available from more traditional publishers and I do think that what we are selling is a bit different, especially in that it’s marketed to women. Much of the gay romance I read prior to the past four years did not focus as  much on the sensuality or the emotional development of the  relationship. It was there, but was paired with something from another genre such as mystery or science fiction or family drama. I think this was because publishers were skittish about selling something that was exclusively romance with two heroes. [...]

]]> http://www.romancenovel.tv/2009/02/21/ka-mitchell/comment-page-1/#comment-20651 romance novel blogs Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:01:52 +0000 http://www.romancenovel.tv/wordpress/2009/02/21/ka-mitchell/#comment-20651 [...] I also agree with Josh that the real appeal of writing romance–or stories about love–is the question of why two people fall in love and choose to be together. I am fascinated by the process of entwining two lives, based on the belief that it is for the greater good, somehow. People can function just fine on their own, yet we all go through the process of building family units. Sometimes we go through that process again and again. To me, that’s something that can be explored endlessly. K.A. MITCHELL [...] [...] I also agree with Josh that the real appeal of writing romance–or stories about love–is the question of why two people fall in love and choose to be together. I am fascinated by the process of entwining two lives, based on the belief that it is for the greater good, somehow. People can function just fine on their own, yet we all go through the process of building family units. Sometimes we go through that process again and again. To me, that’s something that can be explored endlessly. K.A. MITCHELL [...]

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