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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Dear Fellow Romance Writers...




...please stop telling me that your heros smell of "maleness" or smell "like a man". I live with a husband and sons. To me, "maleness" smells like stinky gym clothes and old tennis shoes.  You're killing my fantasy.


Thanks so much

7 comments:

  1. LOL! No kidding... Why is it when the running shoes hit size 12, they smell so much worse? cheesy runners in the front hall? WHEW!

    What is maleness? Do they mean musk? :S

    Tell me he smells like CK1, then I'll know.

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  2. I know, right? I'm reading the third romance in a row where the hero is described as smelling of "maleness."

    I prefer my men a little less funky.

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  3. In the 1950's maleness smelt of tobacco, whisky, and an absence of deodorant - at least my uncles did - and, judging by their lifestyles - every one of Peter Cheyney's heroes.

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    1. Whiskey on the breath and soap on the skin (from recent shower) would be perfectly sexy.

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  4. Mike, you're making my eyes water just thinking about it.

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  5. Came across a quote just for you: a sentence that ended "...the hard male scent of him too disturbingly pungent." Um, a few problems: (1) how can a male scent be "hard"? (2) I associate "pungent" with cheese and (3) a "disturbingly pungent" scent from a guy would make me want to tell him to take a shower. Or lay off the burritos.

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  6. Ugh! Heros who eat too much garlic and the women who love them. *blerg*

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