Comments on: Loose Id Are All About The M/Ms Are They Not?

By: Loose Id ~ Teddypig Treats! | The Naughty Bits

Loose Id ~ Teddypig Treats! | The Naughty Bits — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:46:42 +0000

[...] when Karen posted on her blog about Loose Id and M/M and perceptions my immediate thought was “Man, I have lots of eBooks in the Teddypig eBook [...]

By: Marie Harte

Marie Harte — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:21:47 +0000

You know, I was a little taken aback by all the negativity in response to this post. Why I was surprised, I don’t know. Because it’s all too easy to misread intentions in the written word, where tone is often absent. For my part, I was curious as to why a lot of people think Loose Id is primarily a m/m publisher. I write for them as well, mostly m/f or menage with m/m elements. Unlike Karen, I find m/m romances enjoyable. To me, as long as the romance is the central point to the story and there’s a happy ending, I don’t much care who the main characters are. But hey, to each her own. I will say that when I think of Loose Id, I think of well-written erotic romances that push sexual boundaries. My raciest stuff is there, and I love the fact that I’m encouraged to write a great romance about any/all type of characters, regardless of gender, race, species (long as they’re humanoid). *grin*
Thanks for the great topic. Really interesting viewpoints, Karen. And the percentages of vagina to penis in several posts had me laughing out loud.

Marie

By: sallahdog

sallahdog — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:45:14 +0000

You give yourself too much credit love. Like your calling yourself a legitimate reviewer…

Many loved the white trash comment, but this was my personal favorite… Karen can call herself a lot of things, but she has never called herself a reviewer, legitimate or not… Lazy reviewer? yeah… I think she would cop to that…

btw folks, just because someones taste in books doesn’t match up with yours, doesn’t make them wrong… I think the only author both Karen and I agree on Dorothy Koomson (we both think she is terrific)…(oh, and we also agreed on an old Linda Howard assholic hero should have had painful things done to him)… Other than that, her tastes and mine don’t match up much… which is ok… I never read this blog for its rich intellectual discourse over books…

I admit it… I come for the twat speak… and arses.. I love it when Karen has arse talk…

By: vein

vein — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:51:09 +0000

Selective misquote : “Treva, my wife and I love the BDSM”

By: Melissa Conatser

Melissa Conatser — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:48:59 +0000

Wow! I just stumbled upon this blog while looking at someone else’s that had this blog in their blog roll. I am amazed at all the nastiness that has come from one post. Anyway, Karen, I think that we are all entitled to our opinions and perceptions. I am going to start checking your blog regularly!

By: Trace

Trace — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:21:20 +0000

Thank you for having this discussion, Karen. Can you please list the names of the authors here who have insulted and/or called readers homophobic, perhaps in a separate post?
They will be removed from my list and I will never buy from them, even if they publish books that might interest me.

By: Eve Vaughn

Eve Vaughn — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:05:33 +0000

LOL @ Karen! No likey my vampires huh? And to think I was going to name my next vampire heroine Karen. ~

I’m a fan of m/m and know I can usually find a good m/m story at Loose id because it does seem like they release a lot of them. That’s not really a bad thing for me though.

By: Barbara J. Hancock

Barbara J. Hancock — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:50:13 +0000

I thought I might add to the conversation because I write for Samhain Publishing and Loose Id.

As someone said, Loose Id seems to “push the envelope”. Since I also write for category, it was very freeing for me to really let my hair down with my Loose Id book. When I explored their site prior to submitting, I was thrilled at the variety I found.

*But that also applies to Samhain Publishing.*

The most wonderful thing about dipping your toes into the pool of e-publishing is the out-of-the-box opportunities. That translates m/m to some. M/m/f to others. M/f/m or BDSM to someone else.

For me, at Samhain, it translated into finding a home for a vampire romance where the heroine had the fangs and lusted after her wicked Maker who was not her meant-to-be. For me, at Loose Id, it translated into finding a home for a non-traditional werewolf romance that was more American Werewolf in London than Dances with Wolves. It wasn’t about the pairings. It was about the story. At both publishers.

As Angela pointed out, you can’t argue with someone’s perceptions. As Treva pointed out, listening to what others perceive is good business practise.

I have to admit as a working writer trying to make a living I’ve noticed how well m/m’s seem to be selling…everywhere!

Thanks for the discussion, Karen.

By: Has

Has — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:11:57 +0000

WOW – I agree with Karen and the others said about preferences- although I have enjoyed the odd m/m book. I usually prefer menage stories, but I am mainly an Het focused reader. Does this mean I am homophobic too?

Trista’s attack on Karen is beyond tasteless, and to me as a reader I won’t pick up a her book of hers as I think this was a cheap dig to plug her book. If she thinks she can sell lots of copies of her books, then good luck. But to attack a reader for stating the perceptions of publishers is just stupid, and inane.

By: MichelleR

MichelleR — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:24:39 +0000

What I support politically, societally, etc. is not necessarily what gives me the tinglies. As it happens, I support LGBT and like MM and FF, but not liking them **as configurations in romance or erotica** would not make me a ‘phobe. I’m also a staunch Democrat, but rarely does Ted Kennedy show up in my fantasy life.

Wouldn’t the better thing be to ask someone where they stand rather than to attribute prejudice or a sinister motive?