Monday: Ruth Logan Herne opened a discussion over How Much Conflict Is Too Much?
Wednesday: Debby Giusti entertained us with her blog post, "Suspense a la Snoopy!" The winner of the drawing for Debby's Publishers Weekly bestseller, "Dangerous Amish Inheritance," is Wilani Wahl! Congrats, Wilani.
Friday: Winnie Griggs talked about setting the pace of your novel. The winner of their choice of any of Winnie's backlist is Rachel Herod.
Monday: Erica Vetsch is our hostess today. She's talking about Rejection Letters, the Good and the Bad!
Wednesday: Cate Nolan is our hostess today.
Friday: Pam Hillman is our hostess today.
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A fun interview with four comedy writers, including Mary Connealy on Bethany House Fiction.
Debby Giusti and Jan Drexler
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2020 Genesis Finalists, the unpublished contest for ACFW. Check out the list. https://www.acfw.com/genesis/2020_genesis_contest_finalists
Does Your Story Really Need That Extra POV Character?
by KM Weiland at Helping Writers Become Authors
Harsh Does Not Equal Honest: Pick Your Beta Readers Carefully
by Dario Ciriello at Fiction University
Marketing Your Book From the Heart of Your Brand
by Karen Whiting at The Write Conversation
How To Write an Author Bio
by CS Lakin at The Self Publisher
Three Factors In Success
by Angela Ruth Strong at Learn How To Write A Novel
Team Up! What Makes Writing Groups Work
by The Editors of Writer's Digest
Does Your Story Really Need That Extra POV Character?
by KM Weiland at Helping Writers Become Authors
Harsh Does Not Equal Honest: Pick Your Beta Readers Carefully
by Dario Ciriello at Fiction University
Marketing Your Book From the Heart of Your Brand
by Karen Whiting at The Write Conversation
How To Write an Author Bio
by CS Lakin at The Self Publisher
Three Factors In Success
by Angela Ruth Strong at Learn How To Write A Novel
Team Up! What Makes Writing Groups Work
by The Editors of Writer's Digest
Oh mylanta, GOOOOOOOD MORNING, SEEKERVILLE!!!!!! Busy times on the farm, busy times in life, and there are pages to write, but I wanted to wish you and yours a wonderful weekend! God's blessings, and stay safe!!!
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DeleteNow that's a genuine Ruthy comment!
So good to have you back! :()
Happy Father's Day to all the Dads!!! I'll be thinking of my wonderful father--a good man and part of our Greatest Generation. God bless all our military heroes!
ReplyDeleteMindy, I love your new cover! Oh my, Bliss, TX, looks lovely. Did you know my first home with hubby after marriage was at Fort Bless, TX? Lots of wonderful memories!
Enjoy the weekend, everyone! Love you all!
Wilani, I'm waving to you, dear friend. So glad you won a copy of DANGEROUS AMISH INHERITANCE since you haven't been able to get to stores in your area. I'm praying your vertigo is better!
Thank you, Debby. I love the cover, too. All of the new covers Harlequin has done.
DeleteThank you Debbie. I'm still having fun with the vertigo. But the Lord is so good. Thanks for the prayers. Hope everyone has a great weekend.
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ReplyDeleteDo Women Not Want
a Hero Who Sings
in the Church Choir?
It just occurred to me after decades that I cannot remember one romance hero who ever sang in a church choir. That's in over 1500 Christian romances! Winnie had a wonderful romance which featured a Bell Choir but I'm not sure the hero was in it. It might have been the heroine. Besides, they did not sing.
What's going on?
Is a man who sings in the choir not macho enough to be a romance hero? Or am I just reading the wrong Christian romances? The singing does not have to be involved in the plot. It could just be a quirk.
Has anyone out there written a hero in a Christian romance who sang in the choir?
What say you?
My guys haven't sung in the choir. Did you know that editors shy away from heroes working in the arts or in sports? No movie stars, no singers, no sports stars! I think a guy who sings in the choir would be different. Still, I thought you might be interested in the "star" bias. :)
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DeleteThose editors would never get a job at Hallmark Movies: they love all the above. Maybe it's that Hall of Fame thing. :)
DeleteHi Debby:
DeleteI had the choir singing as just a quirk. The heroine hears the hero sing at church and later says, "You have a beautiful voice. You should be singing as a career." Hero says, "I tried that and as a night club singer, I'm a very good choir member."
It's just a little quirk to gain the hero a little sympathy. It does not have to come up again in the story unless the hero forgets his credit card on a dinner date and the heroine suggests he could 'sing for his dinner'. (Another stroke of sympathy for the hero.) It could be just a funny running subtext to the story. The kind of thing Hallmark romances like to do.
P.S. One more try: at the end of the book, just before the HEA, the hero invites the heroine to a night club where his old band is playing with a new singer. They call him up on stage to sing one last song and he sings, "Marry Me",as he comes off the stage and presents the heroine with a ring bending on one knee. (See, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRCsZ5a3aCM)
DeleteWell, I like to see some romance in my romances. :)
Love that "Marry Me" ending, Vince!
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ReplyDeleteTrump's in Town.
I pray the Woke
Don't Burn it Down.
Prayers Appreciated.
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