This has been very educational.
For what it's worth, I've seen some authors(successful ones)that write more than one genre and also have many books in many different sub-genre's. I don't see why you should have to limit the breadth of what you want to write. You shouldn't have to limit yourself to only m/m or f/m etc. Why would a reader get upset that an author chose to mix it up and have a variety? I don't get it.
Does it mean if I write a sweet romance, something that could be turned into a hallmark movie, does that mean I can't write erotica? I'll get ousted by readers for going from innocent sweet to erotic? I guess if an author has a hardcore following then you don't mess with that? But then that means you aren't writing whats true to you, but you are writing for your readership....not that there is anything wrong with that, I'm sure many authors know what their followers want and they don't mess with it, since that would mean messing with your living and profit.
For what it's worth, I've seen some authors(successful ones)that write more than one genre and also have many books in many different sub-genre's. I don't see why you should have to limit the breadth of what you want to write. You shouldn't have to limit yourself to only m/m or f/m etc. Why would a reader get upset that an author chose to mix it up and have a variety? I don't get it.
Does it mean if I write a sweet romance, something that could be turned into a hallmark movie, does that mean I can't write erotica? I'll get ousted by readers for going from innocent sweet to erotic? I guess if an author has a hardcore following then you don't mess with that? But then that means you aren't writing whats true to you, but you are writing for your readership....not that there is anything wrong with that, I'm sure many authors know what their followers want and they don't mess with it, since that would mean messing with your living and profit.