I recently discovered that one of my son’s favorite children’s book authors is a former Edgar Award Winner who writes mysteires. Anyway Jake and I were having this coversation regarding writers, and branching out and Do Overs and she decided to blog about it. If you could pick up a second genre, or switch genres, would you? Go weigh in
Raine’s blogging about the Luck of the Draw over at SFC.
I took some time off writing yesterday to a) baby child #1 who had four teeth pulled and b) read. And this is where it gets interesting.
See I started this book a week ago while waiting for #2 child to get out of school. It only took me a few pages to realize that I didn’t like the writer’s style at ALL. Please note that a) it was a police procedural and b) the writer is a NYT bestselling author which leads me to C) Taste. I mention taste because this is not “Bash a Bestselling Author” post. Different writing styles work for different readers, and obviously this writer’s style works for a lot of readers. This particular writing style was a bit er formal and didn’t work for me but, and this is a big but, the story was interesting enough I had to finish it (And damn I love a good thriller so sue me 
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So am I the only one? Has this ever happened to you? And if so, did you pick up any other books by that author?
Or Why Serendipity is sometimes kinda Funny.
I was going to comment over at Sybil’s blog about this but got busy (basketball) and got sick (thanks #2 son).
On the one hand, we have Sybil asking about Hate Mail, and Lisa Valdez’s sophomore pressures. On the other, Sarah at LSC mentions reader reaction over some of her books either a) not having enough sex or b) having too much in the vein of her blog post. (links above).
You can’t please all the people all the time, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, the internet is at the very least, a license to voice your opinion, if not be downright rude about it. One of the best pieces of writerly advice I ever found anywhere (and sadly, I don’t remember where I found it) was from SEP, the goddess of comedies that can make you cry.
Protect the Work. 
If you take note of nothing else I ever say, take note of this. Sometimes protecting the work means turning down a book deal, refusing an editors request to make your book something it’s not, taking your toys and going home. Sometimes it means finding a new critique partner, or group. Sometimes it means firing an agent. Sometimes it means having someone else weed through your email for you. Sometimes it means stepping back from the internet, and the constant book chatter from readers found there. Sometimes it means avoiding those writerly “sisters” who have a tendancy to twist your gut and leave a bad taste in your mouth.
Ultimately what it means is do whatever you have to do to save your writerly sanity.
Ok I wrote this. It’s really bad but I’m sharing. Then, it’s your turn (cuz I don’t want to be alone out here in stupid land).
Hello My Name Is Rick
I Have a Magic Dick
It Really is The Shit
And You Should See It Spit
Otherwise, I can only apologize for not having jack crap to blog about–is it just me?
Ok no seriously!
I’m doing research…..how many ways you can stop a wedding? Have you ever known someone to leave someone standing at the altar and if so, why? If you KNEW you had to stop someone (who wasn’t even really a friend but for reasons I can’t disclose you *had* to help) from making the worst mistake of their life, what would you do?
No no no, I’m not talking about what’s going on out in the blogosphere. I have a novella I have to put in the mail in eight days so I’m ignoring all those PSA’s they keep interrupting me with.
What I’m here to talk about is when we don’t listen to our characters, like we know we should and how it can bite our :moon:
I had a long and interesting (and unexpected) conversation with D’Angelo last night and this is probably the high point of what he had to say……..
So you want to know how I could fall in love with a woman like Cherise? Now see, this is where you, the writer, lost control. It’s not about you, it’s about me–and Cherise. You are not the driver, we are. And if you had paid attention, you wouldn’t be in this mess now.
I am not the driver. I am the vehicle. :notworthy:
I am not the driver. I am the vehicle. :notworthy:
Cherise…she’s so pretty on the outside but on the inside, she’s not always pretty. …. you know what?
I ain’t that pretty on the inside either. And I like what we do cause it’s hot and nasty sometimes.
:wowee: So are you honey!
I was having a conversation with Sybil who emailed me, asking if my Kensington book had an HEA.
I said, “No. It has a happy ending but not an HEA in the traditional sense*.”
*I define traditional as a wedding and/or babies.
Sybil said she thinks of an HEA as the couple ending up together, though not necessarily married.
Which brings me to my point, apparently HEA is in the eye of the, er, be-reader.
What do you think of as an HEA? And, to take it one step further, do you expect an HEA in erotica (vs erotic romance which I personally, DO expect an HEA in just as I do a romance or romantic suspense)?
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