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Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.
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It sounds to me like you need to pick better friends. I don’t bother listening to Insecurity, Doubt and Fear. My problem right now is that Honesty is telling me some of the same things. On the bright side, Honesty says, the last three chapters are good, or they will be with some tweaks. She says, the plot isn’t boring. There are portions of the rest of it that are good, but the first chapter doesn’t show the tension at home well enough and some of the villains are overpowering the theme. That’s not to mention the fact that I still have gaps to fill and characters to develop.
I'm *SOOOO* happy to hear you say this! You've made my day (in a sick demented kind of way LOL) because I've been working on my work of art for a year and a half now and picked it up the other day, started reading and yelled out, "It's all drivel!" Really, who am I to think that I can take on this task?
Thanks for sharing your heart! It's nice to know I'm not alone in my insecurities!
Timothy, you'd better watch over Honesty. Word on the street has it that Insecurity, Doubt and Fear are after her. Just wanted to give you the heads up. :-)
Glad to hear that even experienced writers go through this. I guess the thing is to persevere, tune out the Three, and just keep writing! I also find that babbling, "Dear God, help me do this, I can't do this, HELP!" works well. : )
But seriously, if you struggle with Insecurity, it doesn't show in the end result. Blessings!
Timothy, villains are the best part. That's why I read Ted Dekker.
Denise, at least you're having this problem over something worthwhile. I'm having this problem over a 10 page research paper for class! Two of them, actually.
I'm reading it and I assure you it's not dreck! :-)
Diann, Honesty has no need to worry, but I have the hardest time telling her apart from her evil twin, Pride.
Kayla, I love villains too, but in this case, the “villain” needs to be the female lead. The “super villains” are confusing things.
Glad to see everyone here is as whacky as me. No wonder we all get along so well. :-)
You folks are hilarious! And Denise, I would be hard-pressed to believe that Insecurity and Fear even have the remotest idea what good writing is. I bet dollars to crouton-topped sundaes that it's fantastic.
I can relate so much. I am constantly second guessing every single word I write, so much so that I have to give up because the entire process becomes too stressful. I agree with Timonthy Fish, you should pick better friends and quite frankly so should I.
Oh,Diann! This post was God-inspired. You just don't know the temptation I was facing today!
Yes, Doubt, Fear and Insecurity have kidnapped Honesty and are holding her captive in an undisclosed location.
But never fear, there is a superhero: Faith to the rescue!
Thank you for your faithfulness. :)
Good post and follow-up comments. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one battling insecurity, doubt, and fear. I wrote a novelette a couple of summers ago, decided it was a flop, and have been afraid to write any other fiction ever since! Maybe I'll try again...
On the selfish side, I'm glad an experienced writer is going through this at the same time this newbie is.
But for you, how could an incredibly talented, God blessed writer suddenly start writing drivel? Hmm?
I love "Hinds Feet on High Places," possibly because Much Afraid could be my name, and I cringe every time the Shepherd shows up in her times of fear, because I know every time he's going to say: "build an alter."
Sacrifice that fear.
I am not a writer but I am currently trying to write my PhD dissertation and I think you nailed my daily writing experiences! I am glad I am not the only one...and man does that laundry call!
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