tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772330150358269364.post935656750213697421..comments2016-10-01T16:04:27.127-07:00Comments on Pulp Erotica: I Think I've Got a FanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01224090176260483538noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772330150358269364.post-70209668208380471592015-06-20T15:34:02.184-07:002015-06-20T15:34:02.184-07:00Maybe it's worth making the distinction betwee...Maybe it's worth making the distinction between "stroke" and erotica. Erotica has classics in it that are part of the literary canon whether anyone likes it or not. Not that we're making high art on the one hand, but on the other hand, how our work will be judged in the long run is out of our control and none of our business.<br /><br />Anne Rice's Beauty series are not just sex scenes strung together by some excuse for a plot, and they are some of the best-selling erotica of all time. Right now the best-selling erotica comes in the form of full novel-length stories badly written by E.L. James. <br /><br />But if they're so badly written, why do people like them so much? They have a story that people like. They have characters people like (or perhaps love to hate). There is some kind of connection happening.Bryce Calderwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349004584237467944noreply@blogger.com