Picture from Bill In Exile NSFW!
Ally Blue at Fiction With Friction: Big Beautiful Men
Seriously. I mean, there’s a whole category on some publisher pages for BBW (big, beautiful woman) romance books. (Although, the lack of any visible “big” on most of the covers makes me wonder about the content; does “big” mean the heroine actually shops at Lane Bryant like the average woman it claims to portray, or that she wears a size 10? Hmmm…) Anyway, so I’m wondering, since there are romances starring a Big Beautiful Heroine, how come you never see any starring a Big Beautiful Hero? It seems like a sort of double standard to me, and I’m wondering why it exists.
Ally Blue brings up some great subjects on Romance and I love love love her take. There’s a smart author!
Tags: eBook Commentary, Gay Romance
veinglory wrote,
Well, I am have an in progress story with a BBM. I have no idea what they publisher will think of it.
Link | November 19th, 2009 at 8:52 am
TeddyPig wrote,
You know that guy with the glasses is a well known porn stud. See, real gay men like a little aged meat with real fur on their dudes. Bears are HAWT!
Link | November 19th, 2009 at 8:55 am
katiebabs wrote,
I would be up for reading Big Beautiful Men. :D
That pictures says it all.
Link | November 19th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Angelia Sparrow wrote,
My middle-aged werewolf has swivel-chair spread. Does that count? He’s an architect who would rather watch TV after work than go to the gym.
My guys tend to go tall and a little big, but not chubby. I have one sf guy who is not just a big guy, he’s really ahiry all over, because Cytorians are. They hate sonic showers because back-hair frizz is staticky.
Link | November 19th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Mandi wrote,
Ally is right, totally not enough big men in our books. I can’t even think of one..sigh.
I like ‘em hairy too ;)
Link | November 19th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Ally Blue wrote,
See, I knew Glasses Dude looked familiar! Ha!
Not that I’ve ever seen any porn or anything.
O_O
I’m glad you enjoyed my post, Mr. Pig :D And how cool is it to hear about current and upcoming BBM gay romances? That’s awesome, y’all! I wonder if there’s any of that going around in straight romance? I honestly don’t know. Me, I still read more horror and sci-fi than anything else. Well, if you don’t count reading my own stuff for edits and galleys (omg that gets old).
Link | November 19th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
K. Z. Snow wrote,
I prefer them Packers. :-D
Link | November 19th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
AnneD wrote,
Ally – I wrote an almost BBM – he was big and muscly but a little run to fluffiness – and I made him literally turn into a bear :)
Guy on the left is very reminiscent of what I was thinking.
Link | November 19th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Ally Blue wrote,
K.Z. LOL, that sounds really dirty *g*
AnneD, very cool! I think it’s neat that y’all are writing these things, seriously. There is obviously a market for it.
Link | November 19th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
K. Z. Snow wrote,
Nah, Ally. ;-)
Link | November 19th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Jules Jones wrote,
Damn, but that picture is cute. Makes me feel all happy again after an evening doing overtime.
Link | November 19th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
TeddyPig wrote,
Oops I was wrong that guy with the glasses is not from ABLQ and several other Bear Magazines!
I swear I saw a spread oh you never know they don’t use their real names.
He’s a Muscle Builder type dude and photographer.
http://davidgoldenberg.co.uk/
Link | November 19th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
BevQB wrote,
Danke dasbearpork! You just reminded me that it’s been awhile since I checked Amazon to see if Ally’s Fireflies is available in print yet… IT IS!
Oh, btw, dem big boys up dere is NEKKID! I’m shocked… SHOCKED, I say! ;-p
And by nekkid, I mean that, compared to my furry hubby, they REALLY are nekkid cubs, not bears. hee. Seriously, the older he gets, the more hair follicles spring into action.
Link | November 19th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Lbea wrote,
Noice.
Link | November 19th, 2009 at 5:18 pm