(the guy in the photo reminds me of Heath Ledger)
Well, today I attended a program on romance fiction that featured the film "Romance Writers of America." 75 million Americans read romance fiction and I'm not one of them! No wait, Nora Roberts was one of the writers in the film. And man is she successful!
“We pay the bills, one said. “We keep the lights on,” another said. Mary Bly said she only wanted to read
romances as a chid --- her father was a poet and her mother was a teacher. Love, loyaly, loss courage. We learn core values from fiction.
Spoke with Sabrina Jeffries for a while. She writes in Cary and this is her pen name. She has 8 million books in print! How cow! She's a former academe from Tulane.
Tragic love, failed love, lost gained. Women always win in the end. You can have sex without dying horribly, a
real plus.
Beverly Johnson said “there wasn’t anyone writing for us (black)
women. There was never anyone who thought black women were beautiful.
Black Mountain Breakdown
Sea grove Summer these would make great titles for my books :-)
Romance fiction is demonized because it’s about women, for
women, and by women. Celeste Donavan is
one…her first book fetched $7000 and her husband told her she would still have have to
work.. He didn’t see writing as
work, much less something that would could bring as much money as his
profession as a doctor brings.
There are gay writers like…….who was in medical school and
visited Giovanni’s Room.
Write like a man….do
the best you can at that moment.
Dictating….map out the plot….
The flame is always at your ass…try to get out 2 books a
year.
Think about a couple and the children they are going to
have….
A man who treats you like a princess….
Debbie McCromber is a successful author.
“The publishing house has the power.”
My dream: In the dream, I was in Missouri at an intentional living
space. People were writing and studying
in these cozy little spaces. Outside I
climbed a stone wall and a young boy let me through a gate. I felt like I had come home.
Boldstroke
Books: a publishing house run by
a former surgeon who's gay. Radclyfe books is
another publisher.
The Well of Loneliness is about a lesbian who kills herself
and is such a downer…I never knew that!
Write the first book!!!!
Try reading a Celeste Holmes book.
Sabrina Jefferies from NC “tossed aside a career in
academics to write fun novels.” She was
enthralled by Judith McNaught.
Lisa Shepard
revolutionized cataloging of romance novels.
Jennifer Loeman, writer for Harlequin and a librarian.
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Some ideas for MY stories include
Otis Redding,
Aretha Franklin
John Coltrane
You Had Me From Hello
Black Mountain Breakdown
Seagrove Summer
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