tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post6338625563513225027..comments2023-05-30T08:29:42.770-04:00Comments on The Erotica Readers & Writers Association Blog: The Bad Sex Awards, AgainCroco Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417265522875605547noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-8055098076376466902014-11-23T07:39:44.170-05:002014-11-23T07:39:44.170-05:00There's a lot to explore in this line:
My gues...There's a lot to explore in this line:<br />My guess is that many literary writers fear writing about sex.<br />Very insightfulAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484640447109164744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-32256101636867927662014-11-14T17:53:52.385-05:002014-11-14T17:53:52.385-05:00It is always men who seem to be accused of writing...It is always men who seem to be accused of writing women's sexual experiences badly, but as you can see, there are two examples here of women writing from a man's POV and neither is very competently done.<br /><br />That being said, May-Lan Tan is (this excerpt not included) a very good writer. Here's a podcast of one of her short stories. http://www.barefictionmagazine.co.uk/2014/07/podcast-5-short-story-may-lan-tan/Remittance Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07902713020074243375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-18594017777542768992014-11-14T17:30:53.369-05:002014-11-14T17:30:53.369-05:00Mostly, I was just examining why they'd been n...Mostly, I was just examining why they'd been nominated, because the Literary Review never openly explains it. And, as you can see, I don't include the Murakami because, besides a few odd references to nature, I just don't see why the passage was nominated. The character is quite alienated from life, and the sex scene (not by any means meant to arouse) reflects his distance.<br /><br />I had a rather long discussion with one of the people at the Literary review and asked why 'erotic' works were not included in the nominations. The answer seemed fair to me: the prize originated in the early 70s, when literary authors were piling sex scenes into their novels simply to sell more books. Pornography and Erotic literature sets out to specifically and intentionally arouse an erotic response in the reader and doesn't have the burden of realism that literary fiction has, since part of what it addresses are human sexual fantasies, which are often not in the least realistic.<br />Remittance Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07902713020074243375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-20283857494960873952014-11-14T09:06:54.682-05:002014-11-14T09:06:54.682-05:00The Saskia Goldschmidt one is cringe-worthy. I had...The Saskia Goldschmidt one is cringe-worthy. I had to look up and see if 'frenziedly' was even a word (shockingly, it is).<br /><br />However, "It's like sticking your cock into the sun" has had me laughing for ten minutes.Megan Morganhttp://www.meganmorganauthor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396437919069310850.post-22772426073653225282014-11-14T06:41:07.459-05:002014-11-14T06:41:07.459-05:00Ooh! Bad enough to be nominated in the first place...Ooh! Bad enough to be nominated in the first place - but then to be so expertly dissected and examined by someone as sharp as you... Painful!<br /><br />I wonder if they nominated Murakami just to get more attention for these awards.<br /> <br />I generally agree with your analysis, especially the reluctance to actually engage in an honest representation of sex. However, I have to say that I frequently read much worse than this in published erotic romance. Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com