Sweet vs Spicy
General, Writing » RomanceSeptember 27th, 2006
Recently, a friend and I were discussing trends in the romance industry. She would like to see an upswing in historicals, specifically, Victorian-set historicals. “But,” she says, “historicals seem to have gone either super-sweet, or super-erotic. I want something in the middle, like they used to be.”
The previous was taken from the most recent blog post at Romancing the Blog. On the one hand, I’m glad to see I’m currently writing something someone is looking for: a Victorian-set historical which could be categorized as sweet. And so my topic for this entry emerges…
Why is sweet romance looked down upon as immature and YA (young adult) only?
Woe is I
Writing » Work-in-ProgressSeptember 24th, 2006
I will admit, I’m struggling. I want to get this first complete draft out, but I can feel the doom of the Writer’s Block hovering over my left shoulder, while my muse bats away at Writer’s Block on my right. I have the entire next scene outlined.
From the Notebook: Bringing Fiction to Life
Writing » Character Development, Research, SuspenseSeptember 23rd, 2006
I’ve been cleaning my place, trying to get things in order since I’ve moved back to campus, and I found some old notes about how to bring fiction to life. I only got as far as character surface life in terms of my detailed handwritten notes, with a character that I gave up, sadly enough. There are a couple things I wanted to post from my notes, however, since they seem useful.
Creating a Title They Won’t Throw Back
Marketing » Covers, TitlesSeptember 16th, 2006
Yes, I accept e-mails from AuthorHouse even though they were sued for libel because they accepted a self-published author’s book which had been rejected by another self-publishing company for libel. I accept e-mails from AuthorHouse even though their contract is less than stellar. I accept e-mails from AuthorHouse because they send helpful information like the following.
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