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A friend of mine just won a major, major award for her most recent novel -- a novel which the publisher had remaindered after it was in print for less than 6 months. (And no, I'm not going to share her name, since the information about the book being remaindered was shared in confidence). I'm just using it to illustrate how tough it is to get ahead in the romance market. |
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I've been trying to type a respone to this thread for a few minutes. I can't do it without saying something mean.
Can anyone help?? |
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Well, the old saying is "if you can't say anything nice..."
I think the tenor of the thread has been pretty nice, all things considered. Or maybe there are just too many other threads setting the bar low, so this one looks like Junior League meeting by comparison. |
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Anything "by and for women" is going to be denigrated by huge portions of the population. That's been true pretty much since the dawn of time. :-\ |
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And would the converse of that be: "If you can only say nice things, nothing ever changes"?
Now, I don't see the initial post as criticism (which has at least a potential for being constructive), just belittling. I think there are too many posts on this site lately that are meant to demean and belittle, to poke fun or appear superior, rather than to share a critical difference of opinion. This is just one of them. While I really enjoy the benefits of this site - the incredible knowledge-base of the members, the sharing of that knowledge with newbies, the insider insights and announcements of products I've never seen advertised in mainstream electronic sites... ...but the tone is making it a place that's less comfortable to visit with almost every day that passes. And I've pretty much stopped recommending it to newbies to ebooks for the time being (I keep hoping the current mood will pass soon!) |
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Yep, got that. But if no one mentions that this kind of post is somewhat offensive, do we tacitly agree with it? Or agree with the tone? My post was more encouragement for you to say what you're thinking!
Of course, it doesn't have to be said in a mean or offensive way back (and I'm not batting all that well at that this week - in cyberspace or IRL, I'm afraid), but I think there's a place for saying something like "was this post (or this tone) really necessary?" |
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Ha, I do get very cross sometimes, Lilac. But it's mostly with things rather than people.
I think that its unwise to stereotype whole genres. There are good romances and bad ones. And peoples' preferences differ. Pride and Prejudice is a romance. So is Jane Eyre. But a lot of anti-romance critics re-label them as classics. I think that they are both. |
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