**mutter**

[tinhuviel]

At work, one of the ladies taking her break slid in the booth I commandeer every day beside me and piped up, cheerily saying, "Ooh, what good romance are you reading?" referring to the book in front of me.

"There's no romance in this book," I replied. "It's HannibalI think she was fairly horrified. But so was I. Why is it that people assume

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[evansmj]

I find it irritating enough to be interrupted while I am reading. I think it's fairly offensive that she just assumed the genre of book you were reading. Who does that?

[tinhuviel]

Idiots aka people in general.

[rheyamorgaine]

The funny thing is I only like two people who read romance novels. One is a gay man. The other is an older woman that I work with. The women around my age usually read suspense and mystery and crime novels.

I hate romance novels personally.

[tinhuviel]

Good on you! Really, how many times can someone read or write "their love triumphed against all odds" ??

[miintikwa]

While I will read the occasional romance, I would have been equally offended, and for much the same reason.

I am far more likely to be reading a book about writing, or a fantasy, or any number of other books ASIDE from romance. Who sticks women into categories like that? Or assumes all women who read, read romances? FIE!

[tinhuviel]

FIE indeed!

[booraven22]

I'm with you on considering "Hannibal" kind of a romance.
Romance to me is an element in a story. For the most part, the GENRE that romance has turned into is fairly sad. While there are some books that get mis-categorized and thus lost in the wash, most of the books there are just thinly veiled soft core porn. And not even GOOD soft core porn.
This is why I'm more likely to read vampire/werewolf/horror/urban fantasy to get what I consider my romance fix. Because to me, romance has to have some tragedy, blood and realistic sex in it.
That's why I write what I do.

Speaking of, I was forced at Muse-spearpoint (see icon)to write a non-related smut scene, about 1200 words. Already sent a copy to morriganwind. You wanna take a gander? It's really a rough draft and needs some work, but it'll give you a taste, if you'll excuse the expression, of the Jaden/Angelica scene I'm finishing up.
Let me know and I'll pop it off in an e-mail to you.

[tinhuviel]

Really, do you think you even have to ask? Please!!

[booraven22]

On it's way...:)

Remember-- ROUGH DRAFT!

[morriganwind]

It's nummy and made me fan myself ;)

[tinhuviel]

:)