tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387503191764027020.post631339045076601249..comments2024-01-09T21:11:05.951-05:00Comments on KAILY HART, WRITER: I still don't know what to say ...Kaily Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05986029808181756915noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387503191764027020.post-63223080803805285902010-02-01T11:51:06.535-05:002010-02-01T11:51:06.535-05:00Wow, nice to know I'm not alone or a complete ...Wow, nice to know I'm not alone or a complete coward!! Helen, you rock! I want to have that attitude. I figure when I get published I can shout it from the rooftops. I heard a lot of authors at RWA last year talk about how authors of popular fiction are looked down upon by 'literary' authors. I didn't really agree. I don't think romance is seen the same way as horror or science fiction are. They just aren't. There are too many pre-conceptions (most wrong) out there about our genre. Hopefully, it can change over time!!Kaily Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986029808181756915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387503191764027020.post-59529075511205828622010-01-29T21:10:31.008-05:002010-01-29T21:10:31.008-05:00I tell anyone who wants to know. I don't offe...I tell anyone who wants to know. I don't offer it, but if they ask, I say I write romance and erotic romance. If they ask questions, I answer them.Helen Hardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820047167673628170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387503191764027020.post-2504121536068000672010-01-29T19:01:18.223-05:002010-01-29T19:01:18.223-05:00I say I write romance, but I don't get too spe...I say I write romance, but I don't get too specific. Then again, I'm not one to share most of the nitty gritty details of my life anyway. But if and when the day comes that I have a nice deal with, say, Avon, people will have to try to shut me up. LOLCari Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581235338272282124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387503191764027020.post-31606766663065228892010-01-29T17:32:51.043-05:002010-01-29T17:32:51.043-05:00I know it's shameful, but I actually avoid ans...I know it's shameful, but I actually avoid answering this question in most cases, for now falling back on stay at home mom when necessary. It's not friends or previous work people I play this card to - I readily tell them all - but other Indians as they just don't understand. Like my old school mom, relying on creativity seems useless to many. Oh well, maybe they'll catch up to the times someday.Hetalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683463760813078660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387503191764027020.post-15287824015162728112010-01-29T16:51:20.287-05:002010-01-29T16:51:20.287-05:00Too true, Kerrin. Why is it so funny? Me, I used t...Too true, Kerrin. Why is it so funny? Me, I used to be a librarian in another life so glazed over eyes and silly comments have always been par for the course. <br />I'm not published but I write. Have always written. Ergo I am a writer. And writing romance, regardless of what people think, is part of that. So I'm loud and proud about it. Most people I tell think it's fabulous - truly. Sure, the literary friends find it amusing but when I point out the sales figures for romance, they soon come round to my way of thinking. :-)Jackie Ashendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564893115525415518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387503191764027020.post-44617134089833988382010-01-29T16:20:22.431-05:002010-01-29T16:20:22.431-05:00I think it's hard. When people ask me if i'...I think it's hard. When people ask me if i'm going to go back to work (i'm currently at home mum and have 2 years until my youngest goes to school!), i reply no i don't want to i'm trying to become a published romance author, i get a kind of sideways smirk. <br />Why is it a laugh? Most of my friends and other females think it's fabulous and others who don't know me or men think its a passing fad or laughable. It's really sad.<br />I secretly think even my husband doesn't think it's all that serious, but i'm planning on showing him!Kerrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06808737330801680632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387503191764027020.post-31627946598528522622010-01-29T12:51:26.310-05:002010-01-29T12:51:26.310-05:00Nah, I think you're right about the public and...Nah, I think you're right about the public and their view of writers in general especially romance writers. I don't talk a lot about it to those who don't know me. But when the subject comes up, I'm just honest about it. I even have cards I hand out that say, Romance Author. So I handle it. But I do know it can be hard. Even other writers sometimes say, you write romance? Like it's the plague or something!Kaye Manrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03639814610213100626noreply@blogger.com