So next up...Cowboys!

[TurquoiseSunset]

So, supposedly vampires are out and cowboys are in. I cannot wait for the Litnet debates to begin!! :lurk5:

The Rise of the Cowboy Romance Novel (http://entertainment.time.com/2011/12/02/galley-girl-linda-lael-miller-and-the-rise-of-the-cowboy-romance-novel/)

[Emil Miller]

So, supposedly vampires are out and cowboys are in. I cannot wait for the Litnet debates to begin!! :lurk5:

The Rise of the Cowboy Romance Novel (http://entertainment.time.com/2011/12/02/galley-girl-linda-lael-miller-and-the-rise-of-the-cowboy-romance-novel/)


Ahhrrrrg! Just when we appear to have got rid of wizards and vampires along comes the next load of nonsense.

England has dukes and earls and various forms of nobility; the United States has cowboys.” As for their erotic appeal, she explains, “There is something very sexy about knowing that at 4 in the morning, if it’s 20 degrees below zero, that a guy’s going to get up and take care of things.”

In her current New York Times bestselling cowboy collection, Holiday in Stone Creek, what begins in Chapter 3 as heroine Olivia O’Ballivan’s timid fantasy
(“Drugstore cowboy, Olivia thought, but she couldn’t work up any rancor. Tanner Quinn might be laying on the Western bit a little thick, but he did look good. Way, way too good for Olivia’s comfort.”) turns into an X-rated romp less than 50 pages later (“She wanted hot, sticky, wet sex. And she knew Tanner could give it to her.”)

Yeah but not at 4 in the morning.

[kensington]

Ahhrrrrg! Just when we appear to have got rid of wizards and vampires along comes the next load of nonsense.

England has dukes and earls and various forms of nobility; the United States has cowboys.” As for their erotic appeal, she explains, “There is something very sexy about knowing that at 4 in the morning, if it’s 20 degrees below zero, that a guy’s going to get up and take care of things.”

In her current New York Times bestselling cowboy collection, Holiday in Stone Creek, what begins in Chapter 3 as heroine Olivia O’Ballivan’s timid fantasy
(“Drugstore cowboy, Olivia thought, but she couldn’t work up any rancor. Tanner Quinn might be laying on the Western bit a little thick, but he did look good. Way, way too good for Olivia’s comfort.”) turns into an X-rated romp less than 50 pages later (“She wanted hot, sticky, wet sex. And she knew Tanner could give it to her.”)

Yeah but not at 4 in the morning.


We're in for a great read!! How soon can we get started?

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Zombies are eternal, though.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

...turns into an X-rated romp less than 50 pages later (“She wanted hot, sticky, wet sex. And she knew Tanner could give it to her.”)

Yeah but not at 4 in the morning.

hahaha...I'm now recalling Lili von Shtupp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laq2rNiWDYQ

[kensington]

Zombies are eternal, though.


I'm living proof. :blush5:

[JuniperWoolf]

Zombies are eternal, though.

Funny you should say that, I've noticed that A LOT of my friends are doing "zombie walks" lately.

[Emil Miller]

Zombies are eternal, though.

They're what TV was invented for.

[TurquoiseSunset]

Zombies are eternal, though.

Yes, but they aren't really creatures of romance novels though :p ...unless you count Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

[PeterL]

So, supposedly vampires are out and cowboys are in. I cannot wait for the Litnet debates to begin!! :lurk5:

The Rise of the Cowboy Romance Novel (http://entertainment.time.com/2011/12/02/galley-girl-linda-lael-miller-and-the-rise-of-the-cowboy-romance-novel/)

I think that this is the evidence that proves beyond any doubt that I have been transported to a parallel universe. Where I come from cowboys were for stories for young children, but that has been decreasing through the last several decades.

[Lokasenna]

One of my departmental collegues moonlights as a writer for Mills & Boon - apparently there's an upsurge of demand for romantic Viking-themed novels as well... sigh...

[cacian]

Humm....Cow and boys what is it with this word that brings a cow to a boy that ultimatley rides a horse?

[kensington]

One of my departmental collegues moonlights as a writer for Mills & Boon - apparently there's an upsurge of demand for romantic Viking-themed novels as well... sigh...

I wonder if people of substance will go extinct, because how discouraging to have that knowledge to give to the world, and then in order to make a living in the age of media, a person must pander to the lowest common denominator.


Cacian, It's because the profit was (is) in the cow. The cowboy would actually rather drive something with a huge engine, and so that's why they weren't/aren't horseboys.

[Emil Miller]

One of my departmental collegues moonlights as a writer for Mills & Boon .

A clearer case of justifiable homicide would be difficult to find.

[Lokasenna]

A clearer case of justifiable homicide would be difficult to find.

Do you want to know the really hysterical thing? He's an evangelical Christian who absolutely detests the idea of sex before marriage. I wonder how many other Mills & Boon writers share that opinion?

In his words, it "pays the mortgage". I can understand that.