tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post5498748728731558097..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Where to publish stuff?chris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-47738509516822789592014-04-03T20:06:27.029-04:002014-04-03T20:06:27.029-04:00Hmmm. But I was thinking of things with a bit mor...Hmmm. But I was thinking of things with a bit more wiggle room. Shifting Hearts was, among other things, a romance anthology, but Chris's story was about people getting back together. In established relationships you can have flashbacks to the meeting and falling in love...<br /><br />But yeah, I get what you're saying.<br /><br /> Probably I was thinking more of stories in multiple genres, like "high fantasy romance" or "steampunk romance" or "romance involving alien species and colonialism" or whatever... Lonesparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278753827545905559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-50908050976775734442014-04-02T14:32:21.808-04:002014-04-02T14:32:21.808-04:00@Lonespark: Romance (in the publishing world) is a...@Lonespark: Romance (in the publishing world) is a genre, and like any genre has a specific structure and rules. Established relationships aren't permitted - the structure is "meet, fall in love, overcome obstacle, get intimate, overcome second obstacle, live happily ever after." If it doesn't meet the structure, it won't be accepted by a romance publisher. (It might of course be accepted by a *different* publisher, if it meets the rules of some other genre - but it won't be published as a romance.)Redwood Rhiadranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-85437261067268825922014-04-02T11:15:52.934-04:002014-04-02T11:15:52.934-04:00The Greek Myth-Based Story involves romance, too. ...The Greek Myth-Based Story involves romance, too. But like many of those, it involves a lot of stuff that isn't focused on the romance.<br /><br />I don't necessarily know all your stuff. But A World Without God and other apocalypse thingies are good, and I would think genre enough to have calls... <br /><br />I can't think of many interesting stories that aren't at least partly about love, broadly defined... But that's not the same as the romance genre...<br /><br />Also you seem to have a lot of first-time/meet-cute/falling-in-love stories, but I would think that at least some romance could involve established relationships... especially in ways that refute the tiresome "Dude gets with his ex-wife because that's the only conflict we understand" action/scifi movie thing.Lonesparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278753827545905559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-90429724764441054152014-04-02T10:31:02.808-04:002014-04-02T10:31:02.808-04:00I've heard good things about Hadley Rille Book...I've heard good things about Hadley Rille Books. But as long as you're not paying them, it's a good publisher. (If they pay you before you have to set lawyers on them, it's a <i>great</i> publisher.)Firedrakenoreply@blogger.com