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I've been writing my own sci-fi books in my spare time for just over a year now. The process had been slow but steady. 3 full length novels and two novellas that sell steadily if slowly. After reading through a few very helpful and informative threads here in our very own Fastlane Forums, I decided to start hiring ghost-writers to help me fill out a back catalog of books. So far it's been very hit or miss with what I've gotten in return and probably more importantly with sales.
Most of the writers I've worked with have been in the romance/erotica genre and have been very professional and returned quality work. Better than I could have produced myself. Until I received my last update from one of the writers I work with.
As I read through the novella I had received to edit it, I was horrified. The grammar and spelling were great, but the story and writing were terrible. It actually involved the sentence "she was hot, and had totally luscious boobs." .... I had to do a double take after I read that one. It was from the narrator's point of view and not dialogue. And that was not an isolated incident. The entire thing began to read like it was written by a 14 year old boy.
I was ready to chalk it up as a loss and just toss it, when I realized how much I had been laughing at how bad the writing was. I passed it along to my wife and kept track of how often she was laughing as she read it. I realized that I might actually be on to something here...
Which brings me to my question:
Now that I have a romance/erotica story that is so terrible that it's hilarious, how do I market it? Is there even a recognized sub-genre for this type of thing? Would people who read romance/erotica be willing to give me a dollar so they can laugh their asses off for an hour and a half? What does the Fastlane group think about this?
Most of the writers I've worked with have been in the romance/erotica genre and have been very professional and returned quality work. Better than I could have produced myself. Until I received my last update from one of the writers I work with.
As I read through the novella I had received to edit it, I was horrified. The grammar and spelling were great, but the story and writing were terrible. It actually involved the sentence "she was hot, and had totally luscious boobs." .... I had to do a double take after I read that one. It was from the narrator's point of view and not dialogue. And that was not an isolated incident. The entire thing began to read like it was written by a 14 year old boy.
I was ready to chalk it up as a loss and just toss it, when I realized how much I had been laughing at how bad the writing was. I passed it along to my wife and kept track of how often she was laughing as she read it. I realized that I might actually be on to something here...
Which brings me to my question:
Now that I have a romance/erotica story that is so terrible that it's hilarious, how do I market it? Is there even a recognized sub-genre for this type of thing? Would people who read romance/erotica be willing to give me a dollar so they can laugh their asses off for an hour and a half? What does the Fastlane group think about this?
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