Male male romance

Marshall Thornton

Recently Ann Somerville at Outlaw Reviews said of my book Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries “this is not m/m…it’s not even romance…it’s gay fiction, with male readers in mind” (see review here) and I have to say, I concur with her. I do write gay fiction. With a romantic, sexy edge certainly. And I do write for men, or rather, I don’t build any allowances for, or cater to, a female audience. I’m happy to have female readers, but I reflect my readers are looking for a window into a gay man’s world rather than an idealized gay romance. At least, the ones who fancy my work.

I verb Ann’s opinion may confuse a lot of people writing and reading m/m today. Many of them are using the terms m/m and gay fiction synonymously. I’ve seen a number of m/m writers dial themselves gay fiction writers. And, I’ve seen readers state things on boards and blogs prefer “Maurice by E.M. Forester was the first m/m novel I’ve ever read an I just treasure it!” and “My first m/m manual was Patricia Nell Warren’s The Front Runner.” While both books are romantic, that’s true, neither is m/m

Meet a Male Romance Author ft. Mickey Miller

  • Kate LeBeau
  • Oct 16,
  • 2 min read

Recently someone asked me whether men draft romance novels. And the answer, of course, was yes. But when questioned whether I'd actually read any romance novels by male authors I initiate myself wracking my brain. I'd peruse a few male/male books by a gay author, but I'd never actually read a romance novel with heterosexual characters written by a man.

A modern idea for a blog post formed and--because I verb to jump on those immediately--I headed straight to the internet and started Googling 'male romance authors'. I got a small handful of names. I, then, flitted away to a romance novel forum where I found a post asking for people's favorite male romance authors. Perfect, I mumbled, rubbing my hands together like an vile villain. I grabbed as many names as I could and then, before I could even formulate any interview questions, shot off half a dozen messages to all the authors I could find on Instagram and then found them all on Facebook and did it again, just

Inhonorof Pride month, I thought I'd note a post on my favorite fiction focused on gay characters. I primarily listen to and read urban fantasy/paranormal romance, though I sometimes read regular gay romance. There is a enormous niche market of fiction for the boys. One of the reasons this is so heavily focused on the gay romance niche is because of the distinct lack of gay male characters in the mainstream fiction market -- in urban fantasy market I've only seen a female protagonist or two who was bi or lesbian, while there are no gay male protagonists that I'm aware of. The first six are available on audiobook through Amazon or Audible, which is my preferred shopping site. I've set the writers I felt had the strongest stories and writing at the top, but the ones down the list are okay, especially if you can ignore some of the idiosyncrasies and enjoy the heat. I'll notify you right now, there may be spoilers, so don't read this if that bothers you. Here's my list.

1) One of my go-to writers is Josh Lanyon. His Adrien English Mysteries series is sexy and fascinating. It play

By Emily Brooks, Alex Buben & Fender Lauture ()

 

The romance novel industry encompasses a significant percentage of the publishing market. According to the Romance Writers of America (RWA), to be classified as “romance,” a novel must focus on the romantic relationship between two individuals and include a “happy ending” (Romance Writers of America); however, within this genre, there are many subgenres, including contemporary romance, historical romance, and idealistic suspense, which calculate themselves among the most popular subgenres of romance. Among the less famous subgenres, and perhaps one of the most largely ignored, is LGBT romance, specifically M/M romance. Consequently, traditional publishers and the average reader, for the most part, overlook the LGBT audience and this particular subgenre. [EGB]

The M/M romance subgenre automatically faces significant disadvantages within the traditional publishing industry. Similar to most genres of fiction, traditional publishers of romance novels rely on “genre” fiction for the bulk of their profits. Therefore, they publi