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Captain Nora Bradley has full intentions of keeping her relationship with former classmate, and now First Officer, Robert Smith, purely professional when she hires him. Things begin to change, however, after bodiless invaders seduce the crew in their Read more…
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| Debra Hyde |
| Schools of Thought |
| 2009.02.25 23:11:49 | |
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When I was a much younger woman, I wanted to become a classical musician. Through high school and into college, I immersed myself in music and musical performance. I spent a year in a music conservatory, under a strict pedagogy of performance, theory, and history. One thing I learned during those years that not only did the arts have their historical eras, but that different schools of thought existed within those time periods. What the German opera composers produced during the Romantic era was distinctly different from what the Italians created. What Cubists created in the early 20th century was distinctly different from the Surrealists's works. The literary movements of naturalim and realism perceived and portrayed their world from markedly different platforms. Yet all managed to co-exist, inform one another, and, ultimately, create a shared universe. Something similar happened within erotic romance. And I think we're seeing a wonderful convergence of origins here at Ravenous Romance. Some of us arrived here from the sex-positive world of women's smut. Others have their perceptive origins with the romance genre itself, before or during its accelerated sub-genre explosion. Some of us found ourselves initially informed by the likes of Susie Bright and Betty Dodson, others by Sex and the City and Bridget Jones's Diary. Some of us fell in love with slash fiction while others had their roots in writing LGBT erotica. Yet here we all are, different schools of thought channeling our talents into erotic romances for Ravenous Romance. Erotic Romance, as a sub-genre, is a relatively young creature. Its characteristics are reasonably well-defined, yet some of the heated discussions I've seen surrounding it suggest that it's anything but a static sub-genre. In all likelihood, it will continue to develop and refine itself. But good stews come from time spent in the pot, though, don't they? And what I'm really excited about here at Ravenous Romance isn't just where us author have been, but where we will take erotic romance now that we're here. I'm excited about the various ways we might inform one another and inspire one another and, ultimately, how our collective works might influence erotic romance as a sub-genre. I have no idea how our various perceptions, backgrounds and aspirations will play out here, but I have no desire to predict an outcome. Instead, I want to live it. Because we're all in the same pot, we're bubbling away, and a great stew's underway. And I hope readers everywhere will discover Ravenous Romance and take a hearty taste. Tags:
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