Rosen’s Comments (group member since Oct 14, 2011)

Rosen’s comments from the Queer Plots group.

Surely a naked torso promises erotica, so although it might generate sales, if writers of non-erotic titles use those images, their readers are not going to enjoy their books. Or perhaps the people you're talking about not only compromised their books, but their content too?

"I can't understand why gay folks don't want to see themselves as protagonists of novels in the same way that straight people are"

Do you think it's the demand that's the problem, or the supply? There don't seem to be many non-erotic LGBT novels, and those I did find were swamped in a sea of covers depicting topless men.

Hoorah! Somebody else who's written an LGBT title that breaks the norm.

(And why does the LGBT norm seem to be erotica anyway?)