I learnt something interesting yesterday. Did you know candles have a memory? I didn’t. Evidently a candle will only burn to the same diameter it was last burnt to. To avoid ‘tunneling’ ensure the candle burns for one hour per 20mm in diameter. Note to self – this is obviously what I did wrong with my chubby candle because I ended up with a wax tube.
Out on the web at the Naughty and Spice blog Shelli Stevens is talking about love scenes. When did you read your first love scene and if you’re a writer, how did it feel writing your first love scene? I remember writing mine – discomfort would sum it up. How times change!
There’s always lots to look at in the Midnight Moon Cafe but check out Tempest Knight’s Flirting tips. You never know when this stuff can come in handy.
At Six Degrees of Sexy Wylie Kinson has a great post on body language. It’s one post you’ll want to save and refer back to while writing.
And finally, I received my Romance Writer’s Report today and Louise Ahern has an excellent article titled “The Cure for the PR Challenged.” I’ve just done an online course on PR with Louise through Author MBA and learnt so much. I’ll be putting stuff into practice soon so watch out!
Quote for the day: “We don’t stop laughing because we get old; we get old because we stop laughing.” Author ~Unknown~
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I totally had no clue about the candle memory thing! That’s a bit trippy! But it does make sense…
Oh and I still blush every now and then writing love scenes!
by Shelli Stevens August 14th, 2007 at 10:26 pmMmmm, my first love scene was closed door. I’ve come a long way since then. LOL.
I’ll have to check out that article.
by Jennifer McKenzie August 15th, 2007 at 6:24 amI don’t remember the first one I read, probably because I was too young to understand what was going on, lol. I was a very precocious reader.
The first I wrote was LOTR slash fanfic, and it was fun. I still tend to stick with the guys.
by Gabriele August 15th, 2007 at 12:30 pmShelli – yeah, the candle thing is weird. I like to take my alphasmart and write in a cafe. Now writing love scenes in that situation can be a little tricky. People do like to see what you’re doing…
Jennifer – mine was very, very tame compared to what I write now!
Gabriele – hi! A precocious reader, huh? A lot of people started with slash fanfic. It seems like a great training ground
by Shelley Munro August 15th, 2007 at 1:00 pmThanks for linking Wylie’s post! I knew a lot of those things, but it’s amazing how we forget to put them in sometimes.
by Christine d'Abo August 15th, 2007 at 2:20 pmOh, I didn’t know that about candles.
When I burn candles, if I’m using them while I meditate, usually the flames varies in size depending on my mood.
by Tempest Knight August 15th, 2007 at 8:46 pm