Sunday procrastination

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elisa_rolle has an interview with Bobby Michaels on her LJ, it makes interesting reading.

This is my favourite quote, however:

Elisa: I know you have also a wide share of male readers. How they react to the romance part of your stories? Do they like it? Do they suffer it or do you think they want and need it?

BM: I still have saved on my computer my favorite e-mail from a reader. It says, “I have a hard on and I’m crying. What do I do now?”

Personally I think that all Males, gay straight or bi, want and need romance. Even on Nifty, I have readers who tell me that they skip the sex scenes entirely to read the story.

Hurrah !  Not that I didn't know this, already (by the reaction to my gloopy romances from men) but it's so nice to hear it from someone else. It was an empty niche at one point - which is why Scott and Scott started Romentics for a start - and it's great that men are reading it. (and admitting it, because, come on, we all knew they read it secretly) "I have a hard on and I'm crying" has got to be iconned.

Hilariously, this is one of the best Bad Book Covers on THIS BLOG