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Post by jenny on Feb 7, 2007 5:29:34 GMT -5
What kind of devotee fiction do you like to read?
Heavily focused on the day-to-day aspects of living with a disability? Romance? Sexy to the point of explicitness?
Is the interaction of the dev and wheeler the main point and only plot, or would you like what you read to have a plot beyond that?
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Post by Cake on Feb 7, 2007 11:56:41 GMT -5
What kind of devotee fiction do you like to read? Heavily focused on the day-to-day aspects of living with a disability? Romance? Sexy to the point of explicitness? Is the interaction of the dev and wheeler the main point and only plot, or would you like what you read to have a plot beyond that? For me, good devo fiction includes all of these aspects. No fluff, but enough romance. Sex, of course! Obstacles, too, the usual. A plot beyond that is not absolutely necessary, but often it gives the story more depth and complexity, which is alway good. All in all, it just has to be intelligent!
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Post by devogirl on Feb 7, 2007 19:47:12 GMT -5
As I said before, I find non-fiction autobiography to be the best. I like the realism, even if there isn't anything explicitly sexual. On the other hand, I recently discovered there are a lot of disability-themed romance novels, and some are really satisfying. I would never read romance novels otherwise, but some of the authors must be devos themselves, and they linger over exactly the right details. And of course the guy is always incredibly sexy, which is most often not the case in "serious" fiction. There has to be realism, though, even in the fluffy romances. If the details are inaccurate, and I can tell right away the author never even met a person with SCI, it ruins it for me. Likewise when in "serious" fiction the disability is clearly just being used as a plot device or for symbolic value, I really hate that.
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Post by Cake on Feb 7, 2007 20:13:45 GMT -5
So about those satisfying romance novels - would you mind giving us some names...?
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Post by devogirl on Feb 7, 2007 20:23:16 GMT -5
Just to clarify, none of the ones I read deal with SCI. I think in general the best ones portray blindness or amputees, probably because it's easier for the author to research and imagine. The SCI ones always seem to involve a miracle cure by the end, which I really hate. I enjoyed "This Is All I Ask" by Lynn Kirkland, "Miss Ware's Refusal" by Marjorie Farrell and "The Morning Side of Dawn" by Justine Davis. They are cheezy romances, not great literature, so consider yourself warned.
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Post by Claire on Feb 8, 2007 7:58:26 GMT -5
Okay, trashy romance novels... Family Matters by Joan Kilby (Harlequin SuperRomance) has not one but two paras in it. I started it a while ago, lost it, and really can't be bothered to find it again. It was ok, not terrible, but the main character, a para, is angry and bitter and the female romantic interest is out to save him from himself, and I very much fear that in the end, he will "walk again" (but I don't know this for a fact). If I find it, I will probably try to finish it. If you want to give it a go, you can get it for $0.01 used on Amazon. (Yes, one cent!). R I also have here, unread, One Stubborn Cowboy by Barbara McMahon (Silhouette Desire). The male love interest in this one is a para, but I haven't read it yet. Also available for one cent used on Amazon. A Man Like Mac by Fay Robinson (Harlequin SuperRomance) also has a wheeler male love interest, probably a para but I'm not sure. I don't have that one, but it too is available for one cent at Amazon! This one actually has good reviews at Amazon. Happy reading.
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Post by Claire on Feb 8, 2007 8:01:02 GMT -5
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Post by jenny on Feb 8, 2007 19:15:17 GMT -5
Cool - thanks for the tips.
I was asking because I'm thinking of writing some so wanted to know what folks like to read. Guys?
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Post by Cake on Feb 8, 2007 19:34:59 GMT -5
I was asking because I'm thinking of writing some so wanted to know what folks like to read. Guys? Oh don't ask the guys. This is a devo site after all! No offense, Gentlemen
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Post by devogirl on Feb 8, 2007 19:51:47 GMT -5
You're a devo--just write what you want to read. Really, these things we post on the internet are purely for our own pleasure, so if you're not enjoying writing it, what's the point?
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Post by BA on Feb 8, 2007 20:33:21 GMT -5
I enjoy most of what I read on this site, because it is written by people who truly do care about what they are writing and don't need to mend their hero's.
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Post by dolly on Feb 9, 2007 12:48:47 GMT -5
What kind of devotee fiction do you like to read? anything! ;D all of the above. and in that exact order. plot is nice, but optional.
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Post by laurasweetou on Feb 9, 2007 19:23:43 GMT -5
I'd like it to be at least semi-intelligent, maybe a kind of Nora Roberts style. She does a lot of research for her books so they are loaded with good history, real places, and realistic characters.
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Post by jenny on Feb 13, 2007 5:36:40 GMT -5
I just read "Adam's Fall" by Sandra Brown. Gah.
It was written in 1988 as a throwaway romance novel. That was the era when the romance heroine was feisty yet vulnerable and the romance hero was rough, tough, and macho and tended to throw things a lot. Very off-putting to modern sensibilities because they both seemed psycho.
Adam is a rich, handsome hotelier who goes rock climbing and oops, falls down and breaks his back. L3 incomplete, I think. Lilah is the feisty yet vulnerable PT who restores his ability to walk, his manhood, and his hope for life.
"This is not a book to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force." - Dorothy Parker
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2007 10:23:42 GMT -5
I totally agree Jenny. Even putting aside the fact that "Adam's Fall" is complete garbage and shouldn't even be classified as literature, as devo literature, it blows.
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