tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post2087366545125811104..comments2023-07-06T09:03:00.051-05:00Comments on K. Z. Snow: GLBT follow-up thoughtsK. Z. Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01373906799954038740noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-64878438326206065022008-06-25T13:08:00.000-05:002008-06-25T13:08:00.000-05:00Don't know why, but Blogger didn't notify me of an...Don't know why, but Blogger didn't notify me of any comments except the most recent one.<BR/><BR/>Excellent observations, Jeanne. Yeah, Logo is kind of a letdown. Very "vanilla queer". You got the venerable J.L. to help you out? Wow.<BR/><BR/>When I write m-m fiction, I find myself falling back on my tavern-brat heritage. My parents owned blue-collar joints, so, in spite of my education, I've always felt most comfortable with people who are closer to the street than the Ivory Tower. I've always had close gay friends, too (even had an affair with one . . . but that's another story), so penis envy comes naturally to me. ;-)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, yeah, I do find that my authorial voice naturally modulates when I move from one genre to another. But, as Kate pointed out, a great deal does depend on the nature of the story and of individual characters.<BR/><BR/>I ADORE Etta James.K. Z. Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373906799954038740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-73667401497435343312008-06-25T10:40:00.000-05:002008-06-25T10:40:00.000-05:00I can't say I change my writing style due to the s...I can't say I change my writing style due to the sex of the characters, but go by the individuals when deciding how they react emotionally. I've written hard-edged females, gentle males and vice versa. For me how characters act and think depends more on their background, personal beliefs, etc. than on their sex. Only if something in a character's history has molded him into having certain ideas about gender will I emphasize that, but again it's very individual.Kate Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508799810759533960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-17446241038844632422008-06-24T14:53:00.000-05:002008-06-24T14:53:00.000-05:00OT, checked out your MySpaceYou're an Etta James f...OT, checked out your MySpace<BR/>You're an Etta James fan???<BR/>Love her!<BR/>Love the song!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12430195762629030092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-83190305725627606582008-06-24T14:51:00.000-05:002008-06-24T14:51:00.000-05:00(KZCheck your email, kiddo.)Okay now to answer you...(KZ<BR/>Check your email, kiddo.)<BR/>Okay now to answer your last question: <BR/>As a newbie author of m/m I found myself projecting my masculine self ;~D<BR/>I mean, I cursed more because every guy I've ever known straight or gay seems to have a raunchier vocabulary than I do.<BR/>I went nuts searching out gay movies to get a sense of the variety of scenarios existing (I found better movies on the indie cable stations over all than LOGO - (it it kinda like an Uncle Thomasina for straight folks?)<BR/>I badgered the male m/m writers I know (especially one whose intitals are jl) to get a sense of what turns them on<BR/>I remembered all the trouser roles I sang in opera and how I performed them (why? to get movement)<BR/>I immersed myself in gay history. I need backstory even if it's not in your face.<BR/>I wrote in the first person because that's how I internalize my love scenes when I write m/f (and any other combonation)so I guess I grew a penis. ;~D<BR/>Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12430195762629030092noreply@blogger.com