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November 15, 2011

The Hero’s Agency

JaneLetters of Opinioncharacter-development59 Comments

During a past discussion about the lack of representation of non nobles in historical romance, there was one comment that by Darlynne that stuck with me. Maybe it says readers want people of power in their romance novels. You don’t have to worry about the hero being ground under someone’s ... more >

Verso Phosphor
October 26, 2011

Wednesday Midday Links: Liking the Unlikeable Character

JanePublishing Newsawards / booklight / character-development / Entangled Publishing / Literary Criticism36 Comments

Tribute Books has announced that beginning in 2012 it will become solely an e-book publisher young adult titles. They are looking for authors who are ready have a book published to a royalty paying press and are offering a 50% off the net retail price in royalties. They want to ... more >

Radclyffe
June 23, 2011

PRIDE WEEK INTERVIEW: On Character Authenticity

Guest ReviewerInterviewscharacter-development / LGBTQ / Pride Week / Radclyffe14 Comments

For Gay Pride week here at DA, I decided to interview a group of my favorite authors and bloggers about creating authentic LGBT characters. Laura Goode, Radclyffe, Georgia Beers, Kirsten Saell, Mfred, and Leah all agreed to answer my questions.   Welcome, ladies! Please introduce yourselves. Mfred: I’m Mfred, a ... more >

Tabitha King One on One
September 8, 2010

Damaged Survivors: Thoughts on Two Memorable Heroines

JanineBook Reviews / Features / Letters of Opinionabuse / character-development / Stieg Larsson / tattoos63 Comments

If my friend Elle hadn't mentioned, when she read Tabitha King's novel One on One earlier this year, that Deanie Gauthier, the heroine of the book, reminded her a bit of Lisbeth Salander from Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, I might not have paid as much attention ... more >

September 16, 2009

POLL: Is it important that you can pronounce character names?

JanePollcharacter-development / poll67 Comments

There is so much I could write about in terms of names in books (and maybe that will be an upcoming Tuesday post) but for today, we have a poll inspired by author Christina Dodd who tweeted today: “For you as a reader, is it important that you can pronounce ... more >

July 14, 2009

What Makes a Hero

JaneLetters of OpinionBeauty-and-the-Beast / character-development / good characterization / heroes34 Comments

Barbara Vey of Publishers’ Weekly asked those attending Lady Jane’s Salon in New York City for three words that describe a hero. Many of the respondents went for the superficial (tall, dark and handsome was one answer and yet another said “Sexy, handsome and luscious”): sexy and strong. One author ... more >

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