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Urban Fantasy =/= Paranormal Romance
Nov. 6th, 2014 04:51 am... in a well-phrased essay.
This is why I'm losing my taste for the urban fantasy books of today. Okay, I like fantapr0n, I really do. But that's not all I like, and I'm frankly bored with the hack-level writing of it. I'm bored. Your pr0n is boring.
I come home with my money in my pocket, and I write P.I.E. or Monster House. Or I throw money at my crowdfunding friends because they write diverse characters I'd actually like to chat with over a cup of cocoa.
I am not turning loose of urban fantasy just because some people want to wank all over it. There are claw marks on everything I ever let go of. Let that be a warning.
UPDATE: Okay, folks, no dissing whole species please. I'm not the only Otherkin on here, and two different people have dinged the Faery already. Remember that most of those books are no more accurate of any other species than they are of Homo sapiens. Let's keep it clean. You can criticize a book, or category of books, on the merit of their entertainment or technique.
This is why I'm losing my taste for the urban fantasy books of today. Okay, I like fantapr0n, I really do. But that's not all I like, and I'm frankly bored with the hack-level writing of it. I'm bored. Your pr0n is boring.
I come home with my money in my pocket, and I write P.I.E. or Monster House. Or I throw money at my crowdfunding friends because they write diverse characters I'd actually like to chat with over a cup of cocoa.
I am not turning loose of urban fantasy just because some people want to wank all over it. There are claw marks on everything I ever let go of. Let that be a warning.
UPDATE: Okay, folks, no dissing whole species please. I'm not the only Otherkin on here, and two different people have dinged the Faery already. Remember that most of those books are no more accurate of any other species than they are of Homo sapiens. Let's keep it clean. You can criticize a book, or category of books, on the merit of their entertainment or technique.
