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Sunday, December 03, 2006
10 Things I will not do as a romance novelist (no matter how famous I become)
10. Pose on the back of the cover, trying to look like my heroines.
9. Name any of my heroes Nick.
8. Write a heroine who makes TSTL decisions to compensate for my weak plotting.
7. Let a hero get away with treating his heroine like shit in the name of the "Alpha" archetype.
6. Accept a Fabio book cover without protest.
5. Use sexual euphemisms.
4. Employ the Big Mis in lieu of real conflict.
3. Utilize coitus interruptus more than twice in one book.
2. Write children who behave as though they are 35 year old insurance salesmen.
1. Fail to satisfy your prurient curiosity with a fade-to-black.
9. Name any of my heroes Nick.
8. Write a heroine who makes TSTL decisions to compensate for my weak plotting.
7. Let a hero get away with treating his heroine like shit in the name of the "Alpha" archetype.
6. Accept a Fabio book cover without protest.
5. Use sexual euphemisms.
4. Employ the Big Mis in lieu of real conflict.
3. Utilize coitus interruptus more than twice in one book.
2. Write children who behave as though they are 35 year old insurance salesmen.
1. Fail to satisfy your prurient curiosity with a fade-to-black.
"It's...Dirk... Dark...steel, then I changed it, er I mean, I was born Phoenix Dark, but then I changed it--"
(Waitress) "Never mind."
(Furious sighs) "Roy. My name is Roy."
Hi Stella, glad you made it back here! Carrie could tell you whether the foofy round letters suit my writing. She just did a great crit for me of Your Alibi.
That book does look good. Wonder if I can get it in ebook version...
point with Italian-American police detectives named Nick. I'm done with Regency heroes or vampires named Lucian/Lucien, too. I know there are story and character archetypes, must the names be so predictable as well?
I guess when it comes to heroines the big trend is towards the cute and adorable. Carly, Cassie, Katie, Mandy, etc. You know, names ending in y, ie, or ee. Variations on these and also Kaitlyn drive me effing crazy! I'm so far gone that I will actually not buy a book if the heroine has one of those little girl names. Don't even get me started on the old-fashioned ones like Emma, Emily, Molly, and the like.
Their real names are Eleanor and Adelaide, and I didn't think a modern woman would go through life without acquiring nicknames.