tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158466.post6412942224886174995..comments2023-10-23T12:19:56.802-05:00Comments on A LOW PROFILE: Tweaking The Trope: Writing What SellsGennitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05560547131612743465noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158466.post-77453293704542202192010-03-25T23:17:34.315-05:002010-03-25T23:17:34.315-05:00Thanks J. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you...Thanks J. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, too.Jordan Summershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437563784716604402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158466.post-36424804547990192862010-03-25T19:26:18.615-05:002010-03-25T19:26:18.615-05:00Jordan,
I'm sorry to hear that. I hear there...Jordan,<br /><br />I'm sorry to hear that. I hear there are several assassins running around in the UF section who are quite badass, and hopefully I'll pick those books up in the near future.<br /><br />I wonder whether your "twist" was too big of one, like mine? I also heard that UF is hard to sell these days too because of the glut. But you'd think a MALE UF hero would be snatched up then, right? :D<br /><br />Anyway, I hope your series find a home. I really enjoy your writing.Gennitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560547131612743465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158466.post-54523851175436999122010-03-25T19:23:24.168-05:002010-03-25T19:23:24.168-05:00Alund,
LOL at your frustration about the shopping...Alund,<br /><br />LOL at your frustration about the shopping. Not just assassin types, but I've read heroines who are supposed to be skilled at something the hero can't do, and then NEVER once used the skill through the whole book. Sigh.Gennitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560547131612743465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158466.post-90673063514144684262010-03-25T19:18:28.820-05:002010-03-25T19:18:28.820-05:00Kim,
Rejections are tough but the writer learns to...Kim,<br />Rejections are tough but the writer learns to keep on. Besides, there are many more options now besides New York Publishers, so there's hope for Big Viking Dude yet.Gennitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560547131612743465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158466.post-18145003209078678902010-03-25T19:16:22.981-05:002010-03-25T19:16:22.981-05:00Mo, good to see ya! Looking forward to chatting w...Mo, good to see ya! Looking forward to chatting with you again, girl.Gennitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560547131612743465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158466.post-23464129406084245802010-03-25T12:15:33.418-05:002010-03-25T12:15:33.418-05:00I believe you're absolutely right. I encounter...I believe you're absolutely right. I encountered the same problem with my Dead World series. It's a blend of genres (UF, Romance, Sci-fi) and my heroine kills.Jordan Summershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437563784716604402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158466.post-48081006018667558572010-03-24T19:35:02.874-05:002010-03-24T19:35:02.874-05:00You have truly spoiled the romantic suspense genre...You have truly spoiled the romantic suspense genre for other authors (except for Linda Howard's Kiss Me While I Sleep, which I love). Other authors continue to attempt the genre with really bad results. For example, a couple of months ago I read a book, title and author unnamed, which I reviewed for Amazon thus:<br /><br />"So Zara is supposed to be this super top covert spy, part of a CIA arsenal of covert ops. She's sent on a covert mission to Paris to lure a terrorist/assassin who almost killed her into the clutches of the CIA. So what's the first thing Zara does in Paris? Meet up with her sister to go shopping! Yep, although I love a good shopping mission in Paris, I'm not supposed to be a covert ops agent. When she and the hottie assigned to the mission with her visit the site where the terrorist/assassin had her by the throat, she faints. Then, while being chased by the baddies and being shot at, her sidekick, who's driving, tells her to change places with him so he can shoot back at the bad guys. Her response? "You want me to change places while the car is moving?" I kid you not. When the bad guys are blown up she then starts crying! When she has the terrorist/assassin in her gun site, she lets him go!! What the what? This is a super agent? A top covert spy? Please."<br /><br />Yep, this was supposed to be a covert super-soldier spy. It's kind of infuriating to read something so ridiculous; almost an insult to a reader's intelligence. Can you imagine Marlena or Hell in these scenarios? They would have kicked the terrorist's ass all the way to the morgue, and THEN would go shopping in Paris.alundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01293057921198218905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158466.post-34073704208389809362010-03-24T18:12:34.006-05:002010-03-24T18:12:34.006-05:00Sorry bout the rejections. But thank you thank you...Sorry bout the rejections. But thank you thank you thank you for helping start kick ass heroines. I can't read lame meek virginal heroinines who couldn't kill or shoot or fend for themselves because That's not how I live My life and I find Them unbelievable. So take that meek lovers! I vote in favor of more sparring as foreplay cuz that's actually really hot in fiction and real life ;) no meek chicas for me.Kimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158466.post-6546715420157481692010-03-24T11:05:51.735-05:002010-03-24T11:05:51.735-05:00Boring? Nevah! Heh, I'm just beginning to em...Boring? Nevah! Heh, I'm just beginning to emerge from my own silence. So good to see you posting more often again. <br /><br />As for people who can't stand a heroine doing her job, what? She can be whatever she wants but not actually do it? That's silly! <br /><br />Heh! Honestly, kick ass is where it's at, baby. :) More to come, but privately.Monoreply@blogger.com