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I am a romance writer. That's not easy to say. Most people have preconceived notions about romances, and the people who write them. Let me tell you! Writing isn't for sissies. I got my first rejection in April 2004. That makes me a professional. In what other field are you considered a "professional" when you don't get called back for a second interview?
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Winter Miracles
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Professor Kennedy's Ghost
Everyday HeroThe Baby ContractAlmost On My OwnThe Stone CityDaddy's Little GirlsSkin DeepThe Dog Next Door
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Friday, May 02, 2008
A frustrating puzzlement I started a new work in progress a couple of weeks ago. My original idea was to write something simple and cute, less than 10K, as a giveaway for promotions. However, as is my tendency when I write, it quickly escalated into a full blown novella at least, and that's just too long to give away, especially when one only has one publication under her belt. The frustration? As I reread my published novella the other day, it occurred to me that the new WIP had some striking similarities. Apparently the same hero with a different name stars in all my stories. Maybe the same heroine too, I don't know. The hero twists a ring around his finger in both WIPs. He has crinkles at the corners of his eyes. He thinks the exact same thought at one point. Dang, that one upset me. I deleted it in the new WIP and gave him something else to think about. Highlighted the duplicated ring twisting and will fix in new WIP when I come up with some other business for him to do. Picked up the next WIP due at the end of June, the one I haven't touched in months, and what do you know? Even though this hero is only 25, HE has crinkled eye corners too. Blast and dagnabit. How do you keep that from happening after you write so many books/stories? Apparently I have some favorite features in men. This bit of frustration led to the obvious conclusion--I'm a hack. All my stories are the same. Nothing happens in any of them. People eat and talk and go the bathroom with their girl friends. I.e., the group bathroom visit. All my characters are the same, and the women are all neurotic messes--like me.
Posted at 10:47 PM by Grace Tyler
 
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