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REVIEW: Stripped by Tori St. Claire

REVIEW: Stripped by Tori St. Claire

Dear Ms. St. Claire: I have a feeling that this book is going to get some bad grades because the heroine does very bad things and is hard and edgy and the redemption story is hers, not the male protagonist.  But it is because of the heroine that I enjoyed this book.   Natalya Trubachev is a(…)

Heroic no more? Rise of the bad, bad men.

Heroic no more? Rise of the bad, bad men.

In romance, the main characters are referred to as Hero and Heroine.  The terms are formed from the base word, hero. The term “hero” in modern vernacular refers to someone who is “of distinguished courage or ability, admired for brave deeds and noble qualities.”  In the romance genre, there are often good guys and bad(…)

Writing About the Difficult Protagonist by Barry Eisler

Writing About the Difficult Protagonist by Barry Eisler

I met Barry Eisler at RT 2009.   I was sure I wasn’t going to like him.   I mean, here he was at RT, a male author amongst a cavalcade of women, with his long hair and shiny white teeth.   But I actually got to sit down and talk with Barry and he’s a pretty interesting(…)