{"id":1216,"date":"2009-09-10T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcnobbs.co.uk\/2009\/09\/10\/a-man-who-gets-it-or-intelligent-erotic-romance\/"},"modified":"2023-09-24T22:37:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T22:37:08","slug":"a-man-who-gets-it-or-intelligent-erotic-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcnobbs.co.uk\/wp\/a-man-who-gets-it-or-intelligent-erotic-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA Man Who Gets It\u201d or Intelligent Erotic Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone who\u2019s visited my website<\/a> or looked at the signature of my e-mails will have noticed that for the past year or so I\u2019ve been claiming to be \u201cTurning Romance on its Head\u201d. That\u2019s been my strap line. I changed it from \u201cThe Known Unknown\u201d. Why? Cause sometimes you need to freshen things up.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Known Unknown\u201d was all right as an introduction strap line. It came, of course, from the famous Donald Rumsfeld<\/a> speech in which he blabbered on about known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns<\/a> \u2013 confusing the hell out of everyone who heard him. For me, \u201cThe Known Unknown\u201d was an acknowledgement that I was a relatively new kid on the block in terms of the erotic romance publishing world and that a lot of people wouldn\u2019t know who I was or what I did.<\/p>\n

Plus, it sounded sort of cool.<\/p>\n

\u201cTurning Romance on its Head\u201d was born out of my belief that I was offering something different. Let\u2019s face facts, romance and erotic romance is dominated by women. Women authors, women readers and women characters. You tend to find that the point of view character in romance and erotic romance novels is the female lead (or heroine, if you prefer). Except in the M\/M genre, obviously. And the hero is often mysterious and the reader is never quite sure about them or what they are thinking or feeling.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Kissed by a Rose<\/a><\/em>, which was the impending release when I took on the new line, was told entirely from the male lead\u2019s (or hero\u2019s) point of view. Indeed, in that book it is Chloe, the heroine, who is the mysterious one and the one the reader is never quite sure about. Adam, the hero, has his thoughts and feelings laid bare to the reader throughout.<\/p>\n

I took the stereotype of the romance novel and turned it on its head. Not only that, but Adam is a different type of romantic hero too \u2013 almost the exact opposite of the stereotype.<\/p>\n

So the strap line \u201cTurning Romance on its Head\u201d seemed appropriate. But now I think it\u2019s time for a new strap line. My website is in need of a refresh and so it seems like a good time to affect the change. But what to change it to \u2013 that, my friends, is the question.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been invited to take part in the Romance and Erotic Book<\/a> blog tour on October 3rd and I\u2019ve already written my piece for it. I had the opportunity to write about anything I felt like so I wrote about being a man in a woman\u2019s world. And in the piece I’ve hinted that I may switch the strap line to \u201cA Man Who Gets It.\u201d<\/em> This is a reference to the review of Kissed by a Rose<\/a><\/em> by Acquanetta Ferguson<\/a> for the San Diego Examiner<\/a>. In it she says\u2026<\/p>\n

\n

Bottom line, this is a well written romance written by a man who gets it.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Also, \u201cA Man Who Gets It\u201d could be taken to mean\u2026 well, you know\u2026<\/p>\n

But then, yesterday, Juggleboy<\/a> made a comment on my blog post in which he said\u2026<\/p>\n

\n

Your writing is intelligent romance\/erotica for a new generation of readers<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Which flattered me somewhat. And I have to admit I like the sound of it. So how about a strap line along the lines of\u00a0 \u201cIntelligent Erotic Romance\u201d? Or \u201cIntelligent Romance for a New Generation\u201d? Or something like \u201cIntelligent. Sexy. Romantic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lot\u2019s of options then and I\u2019ll admit, I\u2019m torn and I really don\u2019t know which I\u2019ll go with. So any feedback you may have would be appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anyone who\u2019s visited my website or looked at the signature of my e-mails will have noticed that for the past year or so I\u2019ve been claiming to be \u201cTurning Romance on its Head\u201d. That\u2019s been my strap line. I changed it from \u201cThe Known Unknown\u201d. Why? Cause sometimes you need to freshen things up. \u201cThe Known Unknown\u201d was all right as an introduction strap line. It came, of course, from the famous Donald Rumsfeld speech in which he blabbered on about known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns \u2013 confusing the hell out of everyone who heard him. For me, \u201cThe Known Unknown\u201d was an acknowledgement that I was a relatively new kid on the block in terms of the erotic romance publishing world and that a lot of people wouldn\u2019t know who I was or what I did. Plus, it sounded sort of cool. \u201cTurning Romance on its Head\u201d was born out of my belief that I was offering something different. Let\u2019s face facts, romance and erotic romance is dominated by women. Women authors, women readers and women characters. You tend to find that the point of view character in romance and erotic romance novels is the female lead (or heroine, if you prefer). Except in the M\/M genre, obviously. And the hero is often mysterious and the reader is never quite sure about them or what they are thinking or feeling. On the other hand, Kissed by a Rose, which was the impending release when I took on the new line, was told entirely from the male lead\u2019s (or hero\u2019s) point of view. Indeed, in that book it is Chloe, the heroine, who is the mysterious one and the one the reader is never quite sure about. Adam, the hero, has his thoughts and feelings laid bare to the reader throughout. I took the stereotype of the romance novel and turned it on its head. Not only that, but Adam is a different type of romantic hero too \u2013 almost the exact opposite of the stereotype. So the strap line \u201cTurning Romance on its Head\u201d seemed appropriate. But now I think it\u2019s time for a new strap line. My website is in need of a refresh and so it seems like a good time to affect the change. But what to change it to \u2013 that, my friends, is the question. I\u2019ve been invited to take part in the Romance and Erotic Book blog tour on October 3rd and I\u2019ve already written my piece for it. I had the opportunity to write about anything I felt like so I wrote about being a man in a woman\u2019s world. And in the piece I’ve hinted that I may switch the strap line to \u201cA Man Who Gets It.\u201d This is a reference to the review of Kissed by a Rose by Acquanetta Ferguson for the San Diego Examiner. In it she says\u2026 Bottom line, this is a well written romance written by a man who gets it. Also, \u201cA Man Who Gets It\u201d could be taken to mean\u2026 well, you know\u2026 But then, yesterday, Juggleboy made a comment on my blog post in which he said\u2026 Your writing is intelligent romance\/erotica for a new generation of readers Which flattered me somewhat. And I have to admit I like the sound of it. So how about a strap line along the lines of\u00a0 \u201cIntelligent Erotic Romance\u201d? Or \u201cIntelligent Romance for a New Generation\u201d? Or something like \u201cIntelligent. Sexy. Romantic.\u201d Lot\u2019s of options then and I\u2019ll admit, I\u2019m torn and I really don\u2019t know which I\u2019ll go with. So any feedback you may have would be appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":225744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcnobbs.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcnobbs.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcnobbs.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcnobbs.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcnobbs.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marcnobbs.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcnobbs.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcnobbs.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcnobbs.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcnobbs.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}