tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post674112614264428326..comments2024-03-28T08:01:16.284-04:00Comments on Eclectic writer: About genres and subgenres -- Romantic SuspenseJanet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-25449521331453733892010-04-16T15:02:18.865-04:002010-04-16T15:02:18.865-04:00I agree with all of your comments, and that is exa...I agree with all of your comments, and that is exactly why I cannot write romantic suspense! I had one foray into it because I enjoy reading the genre, but knew immediately I could never pull it off. I think plot is so important, and I suck at plotting!! It is my greatest challenge. Great points.Jennifer Probstnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-58304145093126344832010-04-16T08:40:12.643-04:002010-04-16T08:40:12.643-04:00I were a writer, I would have beenn able to write ...I were a writer, I would have beenn able to write that blog. It sounds just like what I say about some books. When I find myself re-reading the first chapter again and again and still not being able to figure out what is going on, I read the end. If I like the end I will skip to chapter 2 or 3 and hope something is hapening there. When it doesn't happen, the book is gone - no matter how much I liked the author in the past. However, I will come back to the author later and try again. Two strikes and you're out, though!kmt1976https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220442116746148760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-85388546234357924992010-04-15T16:01:08.627-04:002010-04-15T16:01:08.627-04:00I've always said that the reader is smarter th...I've always said that the reader is smarter than they think they are. They may not be able to explain WHY they don't like something using terms of the literati, but they KNOW something's not right.<br /><br />I like your analysis. "Too-stupid-to-live"...ewww. For me, that's a sin that may prevent me ever reading another book by that author again. I think Donica's fix is priceless :)<br /><br />Sometimes a book is miscategorized. It says "romantic suspense" when it should really be something else. What else? Who knows? Anything but "romantic suspense."Zetta Brownhttp://www.zettabrown.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-27357558405153334882010-04-15T11:50:12.945-04:002010-04-15T11:50:12.945-04:00As a romantic suspense author I have to say you...As a romantic suspense author I have to say you've touched on a nerve. LOL (joking) <br /><br />In my very early days when I was still trying to find my way in the world, I had a book that the villain was easily discovered--though it was NOT my intention! <br /><br />I had a heroine in another book I wrote and after reading it through I discovered she WAS TSTL--so I changed the plot and made her a murder victim instead. <br /><br />The challenge of writing a romantic suspense is very great. That balance you talk of is not easy to find and unfortunately sometimes we do miss the mark. But with any luck we all do get better! (I hope I am better for my readers' sakes!)<br /><br />Thanks for the interesting blog post and have a FABU rest of the week/weekend!Donica Coveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13703723469509570492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-68609287623299317702010-04-15T11:29:28.461-04:002010-04-15T11:29:28.461-04:00Hmm. I cannot say I really disagree. Although I ...Hmm. I cannot say I really disagree. Although I HAVE read books where either one element or another made me continue on. I think when they are written by FAMOUS AUTHOR, that may push me to keep reading, hoping for the best. I read one this year by one of my favorites, who writes across the romance genres under different names. The romance was pretty much tied up by page 100, so then next couple of hundred was really just a lot of running around. But still. While some of her books are in my all-time fave list and others are just ho-hum, I continued to read b/c she's never let me down so badly I wanted to throw her book at the wall. Another NEW TO ME author whose romantic suspense series I gobbled one after another this year, had a couple of scenes that would have probably had you howling, with the h/h being shot at from all sides and/or otherwise in danger, but having "moments" nevertheless. But the rest of the series had built the hero's character up so much over the course of 6 or 7 books and the heroine was a flame from his past and I was so invested in all of it and the FAMOUS AUTHOR did it so well, it was not going to end up a dent in my wall.<br /> I am in the middle of a rom.susp. novella. I just realized I have done everything in it you don't like. Villain will not be at all beefy and you will know his identity. Characters may be too stupid to live. They will engage in at least one love scene in a place where they shouldn't be making love. <br /> Oh. Woe. <br /> This has been helpful, though.<br /> Maybe I will call my WIP a romance with some running around and not very suspenseful elements.Terrihttp://www.dreamvoyagers.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com