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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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I used to have a list of favorite adj and verbs too, Di. I lost it, unfortunately. There are some good words out there. :) I'm always amazed that we all have the same 26 letters to work with, but the number of possible stories is limitless.
I love the colorful words comment, Di. That's a good way to figure out a title too. Jotting down words that relate to your story in some way and then playing with them. Denise is really good at titles!
At this rate, I’ll never be a writer. Every time I turn around there’s someone saying you have to do a certain thing or be a certain way if you’re going to be a writer. I don’t see myself as passionate about writing. I see myself as having a preference for it, and I’m not terrible at it, but I’m not passionate about writing. To me, if there is anything we should be passionate about, it is what we have to say, not how we say it. People driven to reach people with their message will find it easier to overcome the barriers they may face while doing it.
Passion is the driving force that keeps me writing--when I'm physically able. Not sure how one gets published without some measure of passion.
I used to write letters to the editor in my sleep. That's how you know that you can't NOT write. I went to the library yesterday and looked up my name, and my bestselling book gets like ONE star -- but it's sold a lot of copies and people who love it, love it. And those who hate it? HATE it.
If you don't believe in what you're doing, I just don't think it's possible to take the ongoing rejection!
Thanks for posting this, Diann. It was just what I needed to hear.
I'm with you girls. Words are my passion. I go over and over what I've written just to play with the words and see if I can say them better--and it's fun! If I can't speak clearly and enunciate my words, people can't understand what I say. If I can't write clearly and precisely, readers won't understand what I'm trying to communicate. One needs to love delving into words to communicate well.
I squirrel away scenes, phrases, and words that I think I might use one day.
passion: In Yoda-speak: pass I on what makes life easy, yes, for a dream that is hard, but good. hmm.
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