Helenkay blogged For Further Confusion regarding the March Romantic Times trying to, as Alison Kent sez: Define Eroticism .
I happen to agree there is no right or wrong. But as I sit here trying to assign sensuality rating, the question is running through my head. I have read books recently that are called hot, hot baby but seem very mild to me. I am missing something? LOL or just too jaded and on romantic erotica overload ;).
1. How do you define erotic vs erotic romance in your personal reading or reviews?
2. Do you have any personal examples of authors you feel fit the two?
3. Where do you feel romantica fits in between erotic vs erotic romance?
4. Is the sensuality rating something you even pay attention to before you read a novel? Or do you look after? Do you find yourself agreeing or disagreeing?
5. If you do look at the ratings before – you are looking for hotter stories? Or are you looking for the sweeter ones?
6. If you write, is the level or page amount focused on sex something you even think of when you plot out a story (if you outline) or do you just ‘let the characters lead?’?
7. Do you think we are flooding the market with too many hotter books? Or are you happy to see so many new erotica lines?
8. Where does BRAVA fit in with erotic vs erotic romance?
lots of questions… and I have more! readers and/or authors answers as many as you want or not 😉
ETA: Cindy’s answers
