tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10992888.post8412740042355826338..comments2024-01-08T22:31:54.517-08:00Comments on KYRA DAVIS: Judging A Book By Its Genre...Or Not.kyradavishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564245025938264405noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10992888.post-28490840950374659332013-04-17T13:07:45.390-07:002013-04-17T13:07:45.390-07:00I just think it's ridiculous that people judge...I just think it's ridiculous that people judge people for READING something light but think it's totally fine for those same people to find their escapism through watching SNL. We all get our escapism in different ways and to quote Sci-Fi author Piers Anthony:<br /><br />"People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it."kyradavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564245025938264405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10992888.post-1644548675700323022013-04-15T02:50:49.206-07:002013-04-15T02:50:49.206-07:00I have read the first two books of your Just One N...I have read the first two books of your Just One Night Trilogy, I loved both of them and I am eagerly awaiting the third installment. The saying that "you can't please all of the people all of the time" is true for many instances in life. Unfortunately there will always be someone who doesn't approve of want you do but you just have to go with your own instincts. I don't care if people think that I'm not a 'smart' woman because I read romance novels, (I also read the classics, thrillers and paranormal books). I read to escape into a different world and forget about the day to day business of being a stay at home Mum of 4. So as an avid book worm I urge you to carry on writing the types of books that your readers enjoy. I for one thank you for providing me with many hours of entertainment.Dennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10992888.post-50586541077565833272012-08-16T22:23:12.512-07:002012-08-16T22:23:12.512-07:00Wow, your comment is a rather well written blog in...Wow, your comment is a rather well written blog in itself! I agree with every word and deeply appreciate the compliments. And yes,I was reply flattered to be insulted by Maureen Dowd:-) kyradavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564245025938264405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10992888.post-17624060975938293122012-08-15T23:42:50.535-07:002012-08-15T23:42:50.535-07:00Hi, Kyra. I'm recovering from a dislocated sh...Hi, Kyra. I'm recovering from a dislocated shoulder, so I have time to write a long comment. Hope I don't bore you. :D<br /><br />1. Maureen Dowd dissed you?? Sorry, but that's just awesome. Someday I hope to be dissed by a famous person.<br /><br />2. I don't remember that scene from Killer Highlights at all! I remember a sex scene, but all that stuck in my head was the circumcision part (being a circumsized straight male, I had no idea that uncircumcised wieners looked different until I read your book). No, I didn't Google an image. I'd rather not know any more. ;-)<br /><br />3. I am rather sick of the "mommy porn" argument about erotic fiction. I don't know what women do with erotica, but it's not the same as what guys do with porn. There's more mental/intellectual engagement involved with erotica ... they're actually reading something. For guys, the images in porn trigger a physical response helping him to get hard and get off. I'm not making any value judgements, just saying that male (VISUAL) porn and erotica (WRITTEN) are apples and oranges.<br /><br />4. Your mysteries stand on their own as mysteries, though there is a heavy amount of "chick lit" material in them. Being a Raymond Chandler/Dashiel Hammet fan, I connected with the books on a different level. I liked seeing the California setting and mystery genre explored through a different perspective than the usual hard-drinking, heavy smoking, mistrustful private eye that I was used to. But one character is just as valid as the other! It's great to see different people and perspectives in literature, especially in the same genre. "Mystery + chick" lit was a good idea. I can't wait to see what another writer will do with mystery, and what elements of other genres he/she will include. Literature is a growing critter in itself, and every generation gets to help feed the Beast. And even if a book is "fluffy" .... why can't the Literature Beast enjoy some occasional cotton candy?<br /><br />I fell like Dowd is really saying that books about MEN are more important, since that's mostly what she gives examples of. Even feminists can be guily of associating men with importance. If she wanted to drudge out "classics" she could've picked something like Jane Eyre or Maria/The Wrongs of Woman, or something by Virginia Woolfe. Very telling that she picked MALE classics. Not that it would make any difference, as these are extremely old stories. While universal in some ways, they can't connect with people's lives the same way contemporary books can. She lauds Jane Austen, but I wonder how many people in my generation would've cared about Jane Austen without Bridget Jones Diary? Food for thought.<br /><br />5. I know what it feels like being judged for the format of your book instead of the content. I'm in the process of trying to sell a COMIC BOOK, of all things. Never mind that it's a mystery/romance/historical piece ... everyone still assumes comics = spandex.<br /><br />That said, genre fans can be a writer's best friend sometimes. Most of the support I have recieved is from comic book fans who want to see the format expanded. Your pink books may attract a lot of "chick lit" readers .... but there's nothing wrong with that. "Chick lit" is just a label, and even within one genre, there are fans waiting to see something new done with it. If that makes any sense.S. Foresterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11750761961138208874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10992888.post-36436427475312531072012-07-27T08:17:19.443-07:002012-07-27T08:17:19.443-07:00Oh, hi! That was ME that said the exerpt was like...Oh, hi! That was ME that said the exerpt was like a Sidney Sheldon book! I LOVE Sidney Sheldon and I have no shame in that. Why should I? He's awesome. I'm glad that you took that as a compliment, too, because it was meant as one. I loved what I read of the excerpt and will happily buy your book (as I have with ALL of you other books) when it comes out!Erin Schafferhttp://snire.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10992888.post-50977356673381510802012-07-21T23:51:23.380-07:002012-07-21T23:51:23.380-07:00Silly, don't you know that any book written by...Silly, don't you know that any book written by a woman about a woman who isn't at war, kidnapped or in some way being victimized is a chick lit book...so says the critics at the New York Times et. al.<br /><br />Seriously though, thank you. I didn't set out to write "chick lit." I hadn't even heard the term until I started shopping the series. I think it's fair to say that all of us who were assigned the label have paid for it in various ways. It would be nice if we could just call them books ;-)kyradavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564245025938264405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10992888.post-7995463468284611642012-07-21T23:51:17.872-07:002012-07-21T23:51:17.872-07:00Silly, don't you know that any book written by...Silly, don't you know that any book written by a woman about a woman who isn't at war, kidnapped or in some way being victimized is a chick lit book...so says the critics at the New York Times et. al.<br /><br />Seriously though, thank you. I didn't set out to write "chick lit." I hadn't even heard the term until I started shopping the series. I think it's fair to say that all of us who were assigned the label have paid for it in various ways. It would be nice if we could just call them books ;-)kyradavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564245025938264405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10992888.post-58514577446431173602012-07-21T23:51:14.793-07:002012-07-21T23:51:14.793-07:00Silly, don't you know that any book written by...Silly, don't you know that any book written by a woman about a woman who isn't at war, kidnapped or in some way being victimized is a chick lit book...so says the critics at the New York Times et. al.<br /><br />Seriously though, thank you. I didn't set out to write "chick lit." I hadn't even heard the term until I started shopping the series. I think it's fair to say that all of us who were assigned the label have paid for it in various ways. It would be nice if we could just call them books ;-)kyradavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564245025938264405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10992888.post-51087330272489937612012-07-21T23:51:12.681-07:002012-07-21T23:51:12.681-07:00Silly, don't you know that any book written by...Silly, don't you know that any book written by a woman about a woman who isn't at war, kidnapped or in some way being victimized is a chick lit book...so says the critics at the New York Times et. al.<br /><br />Seriously though, thank you. I didn't set out to write "chick lit." I hadn't even heard the term until I started shopping the series. I think it's fair to say that all of us who were assigned the label have paid for it in various ways. It would be nice if we could just call them books ;-)kyradavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564245025938264405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10992888.post-67236844518339663612012-07-21T10:46:59.532-07:002012-07-21T10:46:59.532-07:00None of the Sophie Katz mysteries even cross my mi...None of the Sophie Katz mysteries even cross my mind as chick lit. They are mysteries and awesome ones at that. I'm excited for your next venture as 50 Shades was such a let down. I was so disappointed and things that those comments above would describe a FSofG fan. Not a Sophie Katz fan.<br />No matter what someone is going to be way to uptight to admit that they need a little erotica in their life! I'll be gald to read your book in public. I'm so embarrassed to read FSofG, not because of the erotica, but because of the author's now that's attached. And the fact that its a crap book!<br />XoxoAbsoluteMommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09316263511770775288noreply@blogger.com