What I really hate in m/m romance stories

[Jan VL]

I donno if this has been said already, but I really hate it when some authors mess up the names which then messes up the flow of the story and makes me uber confused about who says/does what.

[Roger]

Jane A wrote: "I donno if this has been said already, but I really hate it when some authors mess up the names which then messes up the flow of the story and makes me uber confused about who says/does what."

Do you mean actually getting the names wrong? Or is it the all-too common case of too many pronouns—he, his, him?

[Monika]

Jane A wrote: "I donno if this has been said already, but I really hate it when some authors mess up the names which then messes up the flow of the story and makes me uber confused about who says/does what."

Haha...me too!

@Roger...for me it's getting the names wrong like John said to John. Is John talking to himself? Or like in one paragraph the guys name is Sam and in the next it's Bill but it's supposed to be Sam throws me right off. LOL

[Jan VL]

Yes exactly what Monika said! Actually getting the name wrong!
Say there are two MCs, John and David. David is talking to his mom alone and then suddenly it says "John looked up at his mom"
Totally confuses me!

[Monika]

Haha you said it better Jane I was trying to figure out how to explain......my excuse, it's 3:25 am and I should be sleeping. :-P

[Jan VL]

Hahaha that is so weird cuz here it's already 12:31, nearly lunch time xD

[Monika]

Don't you just love time zones?! :-D

[Lori S.]

I find it really confusing when an author refuses to use conversation tags so that I lose track of who's speaking and it doesn't matter what genre either. If I have to track back up the page to figure who started first, that's a waste of my time and energy.

Getting names wrong, within the same sentence even, is also very annoying and a sign of poor editing (or no editing for some of the self-published stuff).

[Roger]

That's just crap writing, then! :))

[Lori S.]

Yep. Unfortunately, it's a spreading disease.

[Fangtasia]

And so easy to catch! I beta-read and find it real easy.

[Cricket]

I actually saw "man pussy" in a book I recently tried to read. I just couldn't finish it. I didn't even make it past the first chapter.

[Lori S.]

That's a definite turn off!

[Preston, Moderator]

Oh that's sick.

[Roger]

OMG ... I'll have to completely rewrite all of Mississippi Hustler now :::sob:::

[Roger]

… >very quietly< is "boy pussy" okay?



please

[Monika]

Roger wrote: "… >very quietly< is "boy pussy" okay?



please"

Ummm....NO!

[Lori S.]

To be honest, I personally find the word rather offensive.

[Preston, Moderator]

Roger wrote: "… >very quietly< is "boy pussy" okay?..."

Only if you are British and talking about a male kitten.

[Roger]

That's what I meant…

[Monika]

Preston wrote: "Roger wrote: "… >very quietly

Only if you are British and talking about a male kitten."

Good one Preston, wish I thought of that! Lol

[Roger]

:::sigh::: It's obvious when you know! I'm sure when I was little and I asked my mom if I could have a boy pussy, I'm sure she didn't think I was requesting a sex change op, that I meant anything other than a kitten tomcat. Did she?

[Roger]

Come to think of it, Ian Fleming was never subtle, was he? James Bond loved Pussy Galore.

[Alexa]

LOL I was going to contribute to this discussion, but where does one go after "man pussy"....

Well, to get a shower maybe. :D

[Lori S.]

LOL Good plan!

[Roger]

Godammit! Back to the cliché bank… :::mutter, moan:::

[Preston, Moderator]

Why don't they say man puppy?

[Roger]

Isn't that a contradiction: man = grown up; puppy = baby. Just sayin'

[Akhil]

Did't Kesha already come up with Mangina?

[Preston, Moderator]

Akhil is such a gorgeous hunk of man I don't care about any M/M romance but a HEA with him.

[Roger]

Akhil has access to a Higher Educational Authority…?

[Akhil]

Preston, only if the guys I hit on thought so too.
Haha Roger, Sure, if you put it that way...

[Therese]

I really hate when there is sucking and licking of Adam's apples. No idea why, but it creeps me out.

I also hate the whole "Tom's cock was maybe a bit shorter than Dave's , but more substantial".
I'm all for fairness, but can't they just both be huge?

[Preston, Moderator]

Therese wrote: "I really hate when there is sucking and licking of Adam's apples. No idea why, but it creeps me out.

I also hate the whole "Tom's cock was maybe a bit shorter than Dave's , but more substantial"...."

I Agree. Let every cock be huge and sucking adam's apples should be banned. We have better places to suck. Ear lobes and nipples for example.

[Roger]

Preston wrote: "Ear lobes and nipples for example. ..."

Fore example…?

[Preston, Moderator]

Roger wrote: "Preston wrote: "Ear lobes and nipples for example. ..."Fore example…?"

If you want to provide other examples please do :-)

[Therese]

Fore...finger? Fingers can be sexy...*innocent look*.

[Roger]

My "e" key is stuck, Vive Le new iMac…

[Preston, Moderator]

Therese wrote: "Fore...finger? Fingers can be sexy...*innocent look*."

Therese you look too innocent to being sexing up fingers.

[Therese]

Preston wrote: "Therese you look too innocent to being sexing up fingers."

I used to be...
Once upon a time my literary world was filled with sweet, pretty and pure virgins (much like myself) seduced by handsome dukes.

Then I entered the realm of M/M romance. Spankings, expanding dildos, CBT, Ogre-cocks, tentacle-sex, what have ye not (although, for the record, this is not an official complaint!)

[Roger]

I always knew M/M Romance was disgusting ;-))

[Preston, Moderator]

Therese wrote: "…Spankings, expanding dildos, CBT, Ogre-cocks, tentacle-sex, what have ye not…"

Roger, why haven't you put any of this M/M Romance stuff in your Gay Romance Fiction books or did you put it all in your The Complete Chronicle Of The Emperors Of Rome?

[Roger]

I did up the ante on the paperback reprint regarding Trajan's boy preference (actually young military types, he wasn't like Hadrian who preferred his lads much younger). The original hardback edition didn't mention anything about Trajan's sexual peccadillos.

Gosh, that was a serious reply!

[Akhil]

Expanding dildos and Ogre cocks are not THAT bad

[Roger]

No, no, no. Not that bad!

[Therese]

Roger wrote: "No, no, no. Not that bad!"

Oh come on, don't knock it till you try it....:-P. You might have an epiphany after all these years of reading plain gay fiction;-).

[Roger]

Plain gay fiction?

[Lori S.]

Roger wrote: "
Plain
gay fiction?"

I've never come across Plain Gay Fiction. Is that a new genre or something? >curious<

[Roger]

It's an antidote to Gay Pulp Fiction like Mississippi Hustler… ;-)

[Lori S.]

=0D