The Bite Lectures on Romance Fiction: Heroines are Not Sissies So Man Up and Get Real Part 1
The Bite Lectures on Romance Fiction:
Heroines are Not Sissies So Man Up and Get Real:
Say, Kids, when it comes to No-no's for heroines in contemporary romance fiction, what would you list as the Ultimate SIN? That's what we're discussing at today's lecture and we're gonna get right to it, but audience participation is essential for this dialogue, so who'd like to go first? Raise you hand, please.
Ah, down in front. Thank you, Mary Ann. Yes, yes. That's what I'm after. The heroine sleeping with a man other than the hero is a sin, and many here would agree with you on that one. That's a start. We'll come back to that in a bit. May I see some more hands?
Hi Mary Elizabeth. I see you're a first timer here at Oldbitey. Welcome. What's that, Mary Elizabeth? You say the heroine must never be a bitch? OK. OK. That's something else, and I think we'll come back to that in a little bit too. Anyone else?
You, down the back, Mary Kate, is it? Can you speak up, please? Yes...yes...Let me just repeat that for our Biteyites who didn't hear you. Mary Kate said, "The heroine must never say fuck, shit, or...now Mary Alice pipe down. Come on, we're all adults here and I'm certain we've all heard it before. The heroine must never say fuck, shit or cunt. Oh, we're gonna come back to that little gem too.
I'm not surprised you mentioned those things as sins. But I'd like to point out a curious little fact. The one Mortal Sin no one mentioned is the heroine having the gall to be over forty.