I would like to submit my newest erotic romance to JERR for review
This is another post that belongs in the FAQ category.
Since JERR was first published it has exclusively reviewed erotic romance. The original founders "baptized" the newsletter Just EROTIC ROMANCE Reviews for a reason. Initially the only requirements were that all books had to be erotic romance, with extremely and bluntly graphic scenes. A couple of years ago we added the minimum length requirement (11,000 words) due to the extremely high number of super short short stories that barely had enough room for a quickie scene.
Now, what do we mean by erotic romance. At JERR we only consider erotic romance a story in which the romantic plot takes center stage, irrespective of how many main characters are involved, their gender, race, species, or whatever. Additionally, the story has to end on a positive note if not an outright HEA (happily ever after) in the classic sense.
JERR DOES NOT review any other category of romance NOR any other type of erotic fiction (i.e. erotica, erotic chick lit, etc.)
Our guidelines are specific and more importantly, are well defined and interpreted, so that our reviewers are able to do their job properly. We acknowledge that what may feel romantic to one reader may not necessarily feel romantic to another, hence, our reviewers are instructed to inform us when they read something for review that does not seem to match our guidelines, before they write their review. Fran, our head editor, and myself, take a closer look, and decide if the book should just be "shelved" for not meeting our guidelines, or if it should be made available to someone else. We do try to be as fair as possible, and not discard books without further evaluation when we get such reports.
On a final note, the guidelines are non negotiable.
Mireya
Since JERR was first published it has exclusively reviewed erotic romance. The original founders "baptized" the newsletter Just EROTIC ROMANCE Reviews for a reason. Initially the only requirements were that all books had to be erotic romance, with extremely and bluntly graphic scenes. A couple of years ago we added the minimum length requirement (11,000 words) due to the extremely high number of super short short stories that barely had enough room for a quickie scene.
Now, what do we mean by erotic romance. At JERR we only consider erotic romance a story in which the romantic plot takes center stage, irrespective of how many main characters are involved, their gender, race, species, or whatever. Additionally, the story has to end on a positive note if not an outright HEA (happily ever after) in the classic sense.
JERR DOES NOT review any other category of romance NOR any other type of erotic fiction (i.e. erotica, erotic chick lit, etc.)
Our guidelines are specific and more importantly, are well defined and interpreted, so that our reviewers are able to do their job properly. We acknowledge that what may feel romantic to one reader may not necessarily feel romantic to another, hence, our reviewers are instructed to inform us when they read something for review that does not seem to match our guidelines, before they write their review. Fran, our head editor, and myself, take a closer look, and decide if the book should just be "shelved" for not meeting our guidelines, or if it should be made available to someone else. We do try to be as fair as possible, and not discard books without further evaluation when we get such reports.
On a final note, the guidelines are non negotiable.
Mireya
