Menages were my gateway drug...

Why m/m? Well, why not? 
When my co-workers first found out I was writing smut, sorry, erotica, the assumption was that it would be boy/girl stuff. And I let them keep that assumption for a while, until the sneaky bastards tracked down my books online. *Waves to cheeky bastards* 
Well, needless to say the list of co-workers wanting to read my books diminished quite quickly. Apparently the straight guys just really aren't too keen to read about what publishers and sellers refer to as "male/male sexual practices" and I refer to as "fucking awesome". On the plus side, I've picked up some very keen fans in the workplace, both guys and girls, who love a bit of boy-on-boy action. And who wouldn't? 


To honest, I haven't been writing m/m romance for long. 
The first romance I attempted was way back in high school. It was terrible. It was also m/f. It's probably still lying at the bottom of a cupboard somewhere. Hopefully not still at my mum's house, because we've had enough awkward talks, thanks. 
I don't remember the first m/m book I read. 
The first m/m scene I read was in a book with an m/m/f menage. And m/m/f menages are like a gateway drug. Pretty soon I was like, "You know what would make this scene even hotter? If they got that girl out of the middle." 
So I read one without the girl. Boom. I was hooked. 
I like reading and writing m/m because I am a fundamentally shallow person who can only do basic mathematics. Here is an example of my basic mathematics: 
1 x hot guy = hot. 2 x hot guys = double hot. 
This doesn't work ad infinitum, of course. I tend to get lost on who is who and what's being put where once the number of participants get past about three. Which is why I've never written a threesome. Dammit, Jim, I'm a writer, not a choreographer!
So that's the why of why I chose m/m. 
If we want to get into why I'm such a fan of dub-con, non-con, more angst that you could throw at a French philosopher, emotional baggage that would sink the Bismarck, and just good old-fashioned fucked-up characters, I think we're gonna need a longer post. 
Much longer. 
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Published on April 19, 2013 05:04
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message 1: by J.A. (new)

J.A. Rock Hell yes! I also attempted a romance when I was in high school, and it was m/f because at the time I didn't know you were allowed to do another kind. But there were two male side characters who stole the show making out with each other. Then I added some whips and my best friend who read it looked at me funny.


message 2: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Henry J.A. wrote: "Hell yes! I also attempted a romance when I was in high school, and it was m/f because at the time I didn't know you were allowed to do another kind. But there were two male side characters who sto..."

Lol! Good work!
Future career path - 1.
High school friendship - 0. Or 1000, depending on if you're still friends!


message 3: by Lori (new)

Lori Toland I attempted fanfic at 13 that was m/f/m but only because they were brothers. :D (One of the guys was having a bromance though)


message 4: by J.A. (new)

J.A. Rock Lisa wrote: "J.A. wrote: "Hell yes! I also attempted a romance when I was in high school, and it was m/f because at the time I didn't know you were allowed to do another kind. But there were two male side chara..."

Haha! She is still my best friend, and the totally fascinated by the world of whips and chains. She sent me handcuffs for my birthday last year.


message 5: by J.A. (new)

J.A. Rock Lori wrote: "I attempted fanfic at 13 that was m/f/m but only because they were brothers. :D (One of the guys was having a bromance though)"

Yeah, bromances! I feel like those are another gateway drug...


message 6: by Lori (new)

Lori Toland J.A. wrote: Yeah, bromances! I feel like those are another gateway ..."

Yeah. Those have been going on for forever. :D There are so many characters that need to take a walk on the wild side.


message 7: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Henry Lori wrote: "I attempted fanfic at 13 that was m/f/m but only because they were brothers. :D (One of the guys was having a bromance though)"

Good work! Glad I wasn't the only teenage deviant out there!


message 8: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Henry J.A. wrote: "Lisa wrote: "J.A. wrote: "Hell yes! I also attempted a romance when I was in high school, and it was m/f because at the time I didn't know you were allowed to do another kind. But there were two ma..."

See, nothing says friendship like handcuffs. :)


message 9: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Henry Lori wrote: "J.A. wrote: Yeah, bromances! I feel like those are another gateway ..."

Yeah. Those have been going on for forever. :D There are so many characters that need to take a walk on the wild side."


Agreed! Lotta boys out there need to taste the rainbow!


Karma♥Bites ^.~ ...Dammit, Jim, I'm a writer, not a choreographer!...

LOL!! I sometimes have similar thoughts reading a "crowded" scene. Takes a little away from the moment when your brain suddenly pauses to figure who's where doing what to whom. :)


message 11: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Henry ETA: soon wrote: "...Dammit, Jim, I'm a writer, not a choreographer!...

LOL!! I sometimes have similar thoughts reading a "crowded" scene. Takes a little away from the moment when your brain suddenly pauses to fi..."


Oh, it gets way too complicated for my brain to follow... :)


message 12: by Deb (new)

Deb everything about this post was perfect... I wish you were my math teacher though, I would have got A's the whole way ;) heh


message 13: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Henry Deb wrote: "everything about this post was perfect... I wish you were my math teacher though, I would have got A's the whole way ;) heh"

I was so, so bad at maths...Still am! But it turns out all that daydreaming about hot guys when I should have been figuring out the value of x turned out to pay off. Suck it, high school maths teacher!


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