tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post111042541598953866..comments2023-12-22T19:52:13.198-05:00Comments on Fernham: Your Wicked WaysAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03281027116636227323noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-1111023078027839512005-03-16T20:31:00.000-05:002005-03-16T20:31:00.000-05:00One of my daughter's English teachers approached A...One of my daughter's English teachers approached Austen with her students via Mills and Boon, to some useful effect I believe.<BR/><BR/>Having had a go at writing this stuff, I have to agree with all your comments and add that the fastidiousness of romance editors is precisely what makes these books so pacy. The editors do not make the same judgements we do about appropriate subject matter or sexual politics, that's all! <BR/><BR/>I had never read one before I decided I might have a bash at writing - I read for research purposes and it was enlightening. The writing was a humbling experience!! and as good a test of narrative skills as any you will find IMVHO. Most of the sex in these books is as challenging to write as any other ( buttons, holes - very limiting! where's Oulipo when you need them?) - and easier to read than for example Peter Carey's or Colm Toibin's in his earlier books.<BR/>Ewwh this is turning into a post - sorry!!<BR/>I now know I can't write dialogue for shit, for example ( though I did like my plot).genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.com