05-05-2009, 07:44 AM
great ideas Bastet and it sounds like you definitely have the resources and know-how to pull this off. A similar thing is happening with pulp/noir hard boiled type fiction, new works being published in the old 30s-50s tradition of that genre with artwork imitating the early styles (think: Jim Thompson et al).
I'm 94% complete with a manuscript that started out as a traditional gothic romance (set in 1969) but well into act three there seems to be a lot of "reality bending" (alas, our poor heroine is MAD) and there won't be a cheery romantic conclusion.
I had posted excerpts on a writer's forum and all my critiquers did their very best to talk me out of it, targeting the "antiquated style") and urging me to read contemporary romantic suspense (referring to them as "gothic" - it seems only readers of our forum here really understand the difference) In fact my whole reason for writing this story was as a sustained exercise in style.
ANyway, just checking in with my two cents worth. While you're here, don't forget to peruse our cover art library (sub forum of gothic book reviews) there are several hundred scans of covers from the golden era of 20th century gothics. A feast for the eyes!
I'm 94% complete with a manuscript that started out as a traditional gothic romance (set in 1969) but well into act three there seems to be a lot of "reality bending" (alas, our poor heroine is MAD) and there won't be a cheery romantic conclusion.
I had posted excerpts on a writer's forum and all my critiquers did their very best to talk me out of it, targeting the "antiquated style") and urging me to read contemporary romantic suspense (referring to them as "gothic" - it seems only readers of our forum here really understand the difference) In fact my whole reason for writing this story was as a sustained exercise in style.
ANyway, just checking in with my two cents worth. While you're here, don't forget to peruse our cover art library (sub forum of gothic book reviews) there are several hundred scans of covers from the golden era of 20th century gothics. A feast for the eyes!
