May 2007

13 posts

Thirteen Mistakes Your Hero Should Never Make Last week, I talked about mistakes your heroine should never make. To give equal time, let’s do the hero this week. And of course, this is the biggie: Sleeping around – the hero must be committed to the heroine, even if this is a historical or in a …
Romance Writers of America is considering changing the rules for its RITA and Golden Heart contests. Two things concern me. First the proposed change to the inspirational category: 9.2.11. BEST INSPIRATIONAL ROMANCE – romantic novels in which one or more characters’ religious or spiritual beliefs (in the context of any religion or spiritual belief system) …
Back with I wrote about Sexual Tension in the Sweet Romance, I said that this was workshop I will be giving on the cruise in July. I will also be doing a workshop on older heroines. Let’s see what you all think about that. The earliest heroines were sweet, young things – 18 to 20 …
  To avoid the dread TSTL (too stupid to live) syndrome, please avoid these mistakes when creating your heroines:   1. FLEEING UPSTAIRS: The murderer is on the first floor of a building, so our heroine, naturally, runs up the stairs to get away. Eventually, honey, you’re going to end up on the roof and …
Fan Fiction Okay, maybe you’ve heard of it. Maybe not. Essentially, fan fiction is just that: fiction written by fans, generally about movie or television show characters. A person who just loves, say, Stargate: SG-1, thinks a lot about the characters and usually has an idea for something that might happen that may or may …
As regular readers of this blog know, I’m going on a writer’s cruise in July. I hope some of you will join me! I’ll be giving two talks and one of them is about Sexual Tension in the Sweet Romance. I asked my inspirational writer friends for some help and advice for this and in …
  Nine Writing books I love and Four that inspired me to become a writer. 1. Goal, Motivation and Conflict: The Building Blocks of Good Fiction – by Debra Dixon. After I read this book, it changed the way I thought about my plotting. I got to hear her speak about this in September and …
Now I can see who links to me and how people find me! Thus, I found another Meme I was tagged for by Esther. Thanks again, honey! Aprons – Y/N? I don’t have any but I keep telling myself I need to make a few. I think they would make me feel more like working. …
I got this from Esther. She apparently tagged me in March and I missed it, so here it is now! 1. Where/How did you meet? I saw him in the choir of the church I was attending. We were both Lutherans at the time. My roommate was the deaconess and she asked his mother how …
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