I picked up a copy of The Everything Guide to Writing a Romance Novel by Christie Craig and Faye Hughes the other day and came across a great list of how to make fictional characters lovable. Thirteen Ways to Make Characters Lovable 1. Make your character an underdog....
...is that I enjoy reading romances and other genre fiction in both first and third person points of view. I like being in the main character's head in some books while in other books seeing things from both the hero and heroine's perspective is interesting. For a...
I haven't mentioned books and reading for some time. I've read some excellent books recently that have really stayed with me, and with every one of them it's been the characters that have grabbed me by the throat. It's also interesting to note that three of the four...
I've been in the writing cave again today and doing some heavy-duty thinking about the story I'm plotting. I took a bit of a break to write a post for Selena Illyria for her menage a trois week. While I was writing my post, I started to think about character driven...
I’ve been researching body language recently. It’s a fascinating subject, and I’ve learned all sorts of interesting things. The Definitive Book of Body Language by Barbara Pease has a section on the things men and women first notice about prospective partners. Butt,...
Thirteen Negative Traits For Heroes I'm pondering book nine in my Middlemarch Mates series and the heroes in particular. Of course, it goes without saying that the heroine will love her two heroes to bits and think they're the best thing since the invention of sliced...
Ah, that made you look. Sorry if I've disappointed you, but I'm actually talking about reading - do you read romances in public? I used to do a lot of reading while I traveled via bus or train to work. I'll admit that although I'd read a romance, I'd pick one off my...
I’ve heard readers comment about authors who write a variation of the same book over and over again. Each new release is a rewrite of the same story. I know I’ve stopped reading a couple of authors because I felt their stories were pretty much identical. Maybe the...
I'm blogging over at Access Romance today, and since it's Valentine's Day in New Zealand, I'm talking about love. Here's the link to the Access Romance blog. Happy Valentine's Day! Do you celebrate and if so, what do you do to celebrate this special day for lovers?
