tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281925592595958318.post4341065243047542800..comments2024-01-05T19:27:47.609+00:00Comments on Janine Ashbless: Blue MondayJanine Ashblesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281925592595958318.post-5390607951821369012015-09-09T14:06:26.123+01:002015-09-09T14:06:26.123+01:00Absolutely I *did* change the tone for a male audi...Absolutely I *did* change the tone for a male audience. (And yes, you spotted the tanned and pert tells). Taking my cue from reading other writers in that subgenre ... My female characters written for men are optimistic, confident and supremely sex-positive. They have no body-image issues, no worries about the consequences (social or psychological) of sex, no nervousness of the men. They are out for fun and orgasms and have no Baggage, no Issues. <br /><br />Men, so I gather, don't want read that sort of stuff. They are not interested in how messed-up we are in our heads.<br /><br />In summary: I'm much more idealistic.<br /><br /><br /> Janine Ashblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840188081214225153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281925592595958318.post-81672824979539144752015-09-07T21:39:37.661+01:002015-09-07T21:39:37.661+01:00So I've just read this sexy excerpt, and I als...So I've just read this sexy excerpt, and I also went back and read your 2009 analysis of Nexus vs. Black Lace—which is still interesting and thought-provoking (and makes me nostalgic for 2009, when It All Still Mattered and We Actually Had Conversations on Each Other's Blogs).<br /><br />But anyway, here's my question: Do you recall to what extent, if any, you consciously altered your authorial voice when writing these "anonymous confessions"? I don't mean the content, but rather the voice per se. For instance, I was once hired to write an anonymous "Male Shot" piece for <i>Scarlet</i>, after having already published many pieces with them under my usual by-line, and I remember suppressing my more idiosyncratic language and stylistic "tells." (I kept an eye open for JA "tells" when reading this piece, btw, asking myself if I'd have recognized your voice. Nothing jumped out at me, though for the most part it didn't read <i>un</i>like you, either—though I'm guessing there might not be "tanned, pert tits" under the JA by-line, and maybe not as much of the <i>boner</i>- and <i>snatch</i>-type vocabulary.) Anyway, it's a very effective piece, and I'm sure it was just what Dr. Nexus ordered. So really I'm just wondering how much you had to wrestle the tone into place, versus its just falling into place through your instincts. (As if you're going to remember, six years later, haha.)Jeremy Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980177431018869829noreply@blogger.com