ManLove Erotic Romance Books

Lucynda Storey interviews ManLove author LE Bryce over at Realms of Love. Here’s a bit of the romance writer conversation:

LS: Do you have any other releases coming up in the future?

LEB: In January Phaze will be releasing Concubinage, a steamy tale of male courtesans in a desert land. In February one of my stories, “Artifice,” will be included in Phaze Fantasies V. And then in late spring will come the aforementioned A Crown of Stars. Beyond that I don’t yet know. I have two submissions with Phaze, and am currently working on a novella.

LS: Any words of encouragement for unpublished writers? If you had to give a new writer one key piece of advice about the road to publication what would it be?

LEB: It’s a cliché, but don’t give up or get discouraged. Keep writing, and never assume you’re too perfect to learn from your mistakes. For all the care I take, I still manage to miss a few typos in each manuscript.

If one publication doesn’t like your work, try another. Before I submitted to Phaze I tried Ellora’s Cave and Torquere, and was rejected by both. It doesn’t mean that I can’t write, just that my work wasn’t right for those publishers. Also, don’t give too much attention to ratings at places like Fictionwise, or reviewers who have nothing favorable to say about your work. I’ve said this before in my blog: I can’t be half-assed to worry about the opinion of someone who can’t spell my characters’ names correctly, and I know when someone gets what I’ve written. That might sound arrogant, but when the same readers come back and buy your entire backlist, and then your new releases, that’s what’s important.

Check out the rest of the interview with Phaze Books author LE Bryce at Realms of Love.