Blow the trumpets! Light the fireworks!
Chef d'Amour - my second published romance - is now available! Check the "Books" tab for more information. And as Jill Shalvis would say - buy a book, keep an author from working at Target! :)
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If you've joined me from the queen of everything roses, Collette Cameron, welcome! We're doing things differently again this week. Now the Writers of Romance Weekly have been asked to dish about our first kiss. We have been given some creative license, however – we are writers after all. Here's my take. The best description of this may be – based on a true story... The first kiss I can remember giving was in elementary school. I have a very vivid recollection of sitting in our lines, waiting to be called to class. It must have been winter, because everyone was in the gymnasium, and I know it was prior to Grade Three, as I changed schools the next year. The young man sitting in front of me was my best friend, and I suddenly had the uncontrollable urge to lean forward and kiss him on the shoulder. So I did. I don't know who was more surprised and embarrassed – him or me! Suffice it to say I didn't repeat the adventure. In Grade Seven I went on a double date with a girlfriend. After the movie was over, i distinctly remember my friend and her beau sharing a kiss – but I can't remember if my date and I did! There were a number of first kisses through high school and the few years after, and damned if I can remember any of those. I do remember the last of my first kisses. We'd only known each other a few months, and weren't even officially dating. I'd driven him home from our company Christmas party, and we were sitting in the driveway, engine running to beat back the chill. He asked if we could get together for dinner the next night, and I said yes, my heart thrumming in my chest, palms sweating. Somehow I knew, even then, that this was IT. And I was right. Am still right, almost twenty-seven years later. Let's see what Carolyn Spear has to say about her first kiss! If you've come from Katherine Givens blog, you'll already know we're doing something different this week on Romance Writers Weekly! We’re each writing a piece of flash fiction using three words – candle, chocolate and scarf. I went with the first images that came to mind, and wrote something that is nothing like the “voice” I normally use in my writing. There's a real sense of poetry about it to me.
He tightened the scarf about the wrists she held up to him, the silky material not as soft, not as luscious, as the pale, fragile skin soon to be marked by his bonds. Her melted chocolate eyes watched him, wary arousal flickering in their depths. The candle flame guttered in the breeze from the open window, scented wax trickling slowly, painfully down its slender column. What do you think? If you like to read romance novels of all genres, join the writers of Romance Weekly as we go behind the scenes of our books and tell all...about our writing, of course! Every week we'll answer the same questions. Once you've read my blog, the link below will direct you to another. Tell your friends and feel free to ask questions or make comments. If you've joined me from Jo Richardson, welcome! On to the questions... Does humour help or hinder you in your creative process? As a general rule, I try not to take myself too seriously. So I suppose the answer is humour helps me, by allowing me to step back from what I'm doing and relax. Empires will not fall if I do not write tonight. Neither with anyone die if my quota is not reached. For that matter, if I never sell another book, my life will still be pretty darn good. Now, if we're talking about writing humour, I'm a dead loss. I'm sure I've written some funny stuff - but there's a good chance I didn't write it on purpose! What is a favourite go-to book or movie you use to unblock a problem in your writing? I'm not much of a movie watcher. If I have a couple of hours free, I'm generally reading. And while a really good book can inspire me to work through any issues I have, sometimes I learn more from a book I don't enjoy. You know how it's easier to list negatives than positives? The same holds true when I'm reading. I can't always put my finger on why a book works – but I can usually figure out why I don't like it. Which sometimes points me in a better direction with my own work. What’s the most inspiring book you’ve read this week or month that’s generated a new idea? I've been re-reading Diana Gabaldon's Outlander Series (in preparation for Written in My Own Heart's Blood – please, no spoilers!!!). The whole time travel thing has always fascinated me (Quantum Leap, anyone?) especially how history can or can't be changed by a time traveller. So then I thought – what if a book someone read in the present, which seemed to be a science fiction novel, was actually a history book that someone had sent from the future as a warning? That's as far as I've gotten, but I think it's a pretty cool idea. Of course, there'd have be a romance... And now I invite you to visit Carolyn Spear and she what she has to say! |