tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post1847723181760424238..comments2023-10-17T04:01:08.902-04:00Comments on Bianca Sommerland: Let's be straight. Who can write LGBT?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-52003561187854186932016-03-21T20:53:53.218-04:002016-03-21T20:53:53.218-04:00My favorite writer is Nicole Edwards, and I know s...My favorite writer is Nicole Edwards, and I know she's a woman - but she writes the most emotional, erotic love stories between m/m and m/m/f (or however you want that triad to be typed), and as a straight female, still makes me connect with the characters. *That* is good writing - making you feel the *human* part of it. Gender schmender - make me *feel*. Connect me to those characters, and that's the only thing that matters. I have nothing in common with what happens between two men in the bedroom - until she tells me what they see in each other's eyes, what they whisper in each other's ear, and how the touch of one makes the other feel. Guess what? I have felt that love, that passion, that heartache even. So I can still relate. What's more, I then get with her other fans in her group room, and we talk about her characters as if they were real people - because she's made them that way to us. <br />Any writer who can make a character walk off the page and connect not only the reader to the story, but then connect the reader to other readers is a writer who is *human*. Understands humanity and life and living and what love truly means. That is a writer I want to *know*. <br />And so I do now call Nicole Edwards "friend". I'm lucky, and I know how much so.Candice Royerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06578774282426648240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-80607996882817718322016-03-20T07:35:37.631-04:002016-03-20T07:35:37.631-04:00I hate labels. The only good place for them is on ...I hate labels. The only good place for them is on food boxes and price stickers! Labels limit creativity as well as experiences. LGBT in itself is a label, yes I'm bisexual and what? I enjoy sex, does that mean the end of story? I don't think so, it means I like to experience different things, and not fit into a label society deems necessary for me. Just my thoughts. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08248995711983134949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-87494293866826776392016-03-19T23:13:46.652-04:002016-03-19T23:13:46.652-04:00If writers could only write about things that they...If writers could only write about things that they experienced, the world would be a boring place! There would be no Star Wars, no Harry Potter, no Marvel/DC Superheros. There is this thing called imagination that is lacking in the world today. Just because I haven't experienced sex with two men doesn't mean I can't imagine what it would be like, or fantasize about it. Isn't that what fiction books are: the imaginings of an author put to paper to spark the minds of the readers?<br />Why must people be defined by their sexuality anyways? Is love any different if you are straight, gay, or bi? Does being straight mean you won't experience heartache? No. The basic themes of the romance are the same. Beckynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-48611702128776808422016-03-19T21:46:12.827-04:002016-03-19T21:46:12.827-04:00So true, Bianca. People should write what they wan...So true, Bianca. People should write what they want to write or what is right for them. They should not just jump on a trend because then their heart isn't in the story, and it will show through in the writing. Authors should stay true to their character's stories, not force their characters to conform to trends or other's opinions.<br />To me, if an author is writing outside their knowledge background, it is a great opportunity to research and learn new things, and it may even enlighten some people along the way as to different ways of life.<br />I love your work, so keep it up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10313620856385911168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315385975981449260.post-59842197643671411582016-03-19T21:30:58.257-04:002016-03-19T21:30:58.257-04:00Backlash was the first book I read from you and wa...Backlash was the first book I read from you and was so surprised that it was a m/f/m book - It was so well written that I have everything you have written on my back list. Prior to you, I have read everything written by Jenna Galicki & Bella Jeanisse - Those who don't get shouldn't be here to begin with, everyone should read whatever they like - There is no room for people trashing others for their likes or beliefs - I am a divorced white 50 + yr old who loves Rock romance of all kinds If you don't want to read MM - GO - You keep writing <br />karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03394528420545690320noreply@blogger.com