Kathleen
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C.E. Kilgore:
It appears you are primarily a writer of MF stories, attempting to branch out into MM romance. Is that an accurate assessment? What was impetus to write gay fiction?
C.E. Kilgore
Hello Kathleen,
Although I primarily have M/F relationships in my writing, I am not a mainstream M/F romance writer. All of my books and series feature M/F, M/M, F/F, M/M/F/? (lol) relationships. In other words, I treat LGBT relationships the exact same way I treat straight relationships in my books and series. For example, Book 2 of my Sci-Fi Romance series has a M/M relationship, and books 3 and 4 have subtle inclusion of a F/F/ relationship. Book 3 in my BDSM series has a M/M/F (polyamourous, not menage) relationship, while book 6 will include a M/M relationship.
It's safe to say that a straight-only reader (a reader who doesn't like reading romances that venture outside the m/f relationship zone) probably wouldn't like my series. You are right that recently I have been writing M/M with my Apocalyptic series, but I am also releasing another M/F book in April. I do have plans for exploring more LGBT (primarily M/M) romance books in the near future.
I honestly write where the muse takes me and don't discriminate when it comes to relationship types. I'm hoping to explore LGBTQ even further with transgender, non-binary etc. I think it's important that these relationships be incorporated into the book-worlds we build, and that they be treated as equally and with the same weight we write other relationships.
Thank you for your question!
Although I primarily have M/F relationships in my writing, I am not a mainstream M/F romance writer. All of my books and series feature M/F, M/M, F/F, M/M/F/? (lol) relationships. In other words, I treat LGBT relationships the exact same way I treat straight relationships in my books and series. For example, Book 2 of my Sci-Fi Romance series has a M/M relationship, and books 3 and 4 have subtle inclusion of a F/F/ relationship. Book 3 in my BDSM series has a M/M/F (polyamourous, not menage) relationship, while book 6 will include a M/M relationship.
It's safe to say that a straight-only reader (a reader who doesn't like reading romances that venture outside the m/f relationship zone) probably wouldn't like my series. You are right that recently I have been writing M/M with my Apocalyptic series, but I am also releasing another M/F book in April. I do have plans for exploring more LGBT (primarily M/M) romance books in the near future.
I honestly write where the muse takes me and don't discriminate when it comes to relationship types. I'm hoping to explore LGBTQ even further with transgender, non-binary etc. I think it's important that these relationships be incorporated into the book-worlds we build, and that they be treated as equally and with the same weight we write other relationships.
Thank you for your question!
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