{"id":255,"date":"2014-05-21T09:58:14","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T13:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=255"},"modified":"2014-05-21T15:45:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T19:45:12","slug":"i-wrote-a-weird-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/i-wrote-a-weird-book\/","title":{"rendered":"I Wrote a Weird Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

It's becoming more and more obvious that what I wrote was a weird book.<\/p>\n

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\"<\/em>an unconventional romance\"<\/em> - read review<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"<\/em>I was well-invested in this strange, but lovely, romance.\"<\/em> - read review<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"<\/em>An unconventional romance with an often darker storyline.\"<\/em> - read review<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"<\/em>I've seen this book placed in some retailers as erotic, but I think calling it that does it a disservice\"<\/em> - read review<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Not\u00a0<\/span>quite\u00a0<\/em>what I was expecting, but I loved it\"<\/em> - read review<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"<\/em>This is also far from a romantic story\"<\/em> - read review<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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I think that's pretty awesome. Unconventional means that I won't get a large readership, I know, but I'm not in this for the money or fame. I'm in this for the characters I write and the people who will love them... because they deserve to be loved, as flawed as they are.<\/p>\n

I write romance that isn't romantic, erotica that is more than erotica, historical fiction that is\u00a0just the backdrop to a story that has a plot devoted entirely to character development.<\/p>\n

Some people are going to hate it, I know. It's one thing that keeps me from trying to market it to a larger audience... I'm not sure how to present it. I probably need a publicist.<\/p>\n

I'll leave you with one of my favourite things written about Caged<\/em> so far:<\/p>\n

\"In fact I must admit that if it weren't for the fact that I got this through the DBLM<\/a> program I would have stopped reading it before I hit 25% [sic] at 16% I told my daughter that I hated it but would give it to 25% before I contacted the moderators of the program. I'm thankful for that because had I set it aside and never finished it I would have missed out on one hell of a roller-coaster ride with some very interesting and at times lovable characters.\u00a0<\/span>[...]\u00a0Regarding the things I liked is much more complicated. While two of the three main characters had aspects that were horrible and at times made me question if I could ever like them, those massive flaws were what made the book such a thought provokingly good novel.\" -\u00a0<\/em>read review<\/a><\/p>\n

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It’s becoming more and more obvious that what I wrote was a weird book. “an unconventional romance” – read review “I was well-invested in this strange, but lovely, romance.” – read review “An unconventional romance with an often darker storyline.” – read review “I’ve seen this book placed in some retailers as erotic, but I think calling it that does it a disservice” – read review “Not\u00a0quite\u00a0what I was expecting, but I loved it” – read review “This is also far from a romantic story” – read review I think that’s pretty awesome. Unconventional means that I won’t get a … <\/p>\n

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