Comments on: Guest Blogger: JL Wilson

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:39:53 +0000

Thank you, JL! It was great having you here as a guest.

*WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT*

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And everyone else – thank you for coming along. I have another guest next week on Friday so please visit again

By: Larena Wirum

Larena Wirum — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:47:38 +0000

It sounds like you write some very interesting books.

By: Katie Reus

Katie Reus — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:48:49 +0000

Since I’m in my twenties I write heroines in their late twenties/early thirties b/c that’s what I know. BUT I definitely read books w/ older H/H. As long as the characters are easy to relate to and the plot is intriguing, age isn’t much of a factor.

By: Jenyfer Matthews

Jenyfer Matthews — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:03:44 +0000

You know, the older I get, the older my characters seem to get too :)

Your book looks really great, JL!

By: julia

julia — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:04:35 +0000

Older characters will become much more popular as the boomer generation starts getting tired of reading about 20-something heroines. And I will be interested in reading about them because I’m in my 40′s and have different issues than virgins.

By: J L Wilson

J L Wilson — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:48:46 +0000

Shelley, thanks for hostessing me here today, I enjoyed myself. I’m off to my first night of Citizen’s Police Academy. This is my chance to get some great details for my upcoming books.

By: Emily Ryan-Davis

Emily Ryan-Davis — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:31:53 +0000

Now that I’ve hit the other side of 25 (OK, and I’ve been here for a while) I have a hard time with characters written as “24 years old” or even “26 years old,” especially when they’re written in an unrealistic lifestyle. I prefer characters to behave like they’re in their late 20s or older (mature, responsible, bills to pay, some emotional experience and growth behind them) and I honestly picture every character as “early 30s” until they’re named otherwise.

The only older romance I’ve ever read was “Harold and Maude,” which I read when I was a teenager (and adored). And who didn’t love “On Golden Pond”?

By: Estella

Estella — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:14:30 +0000

I enjoy books with older heroines. I can relate to them better.

By: Rob Graham

Rob Graham — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:06:33 +0000

I prefer older heroes and heroines myself. A good thing because my oldest hero is 260 years old.

I guess it’s mostly a case of ‘write what you know’ and being past 50 I don’t know much about being young.

Plus I find young characters rather shallow a lot of the time. I certainly was when I was young. So they’re not very interesting.

I have had younger female characters in some of my ‘short pieces of smut’. Always with an older guy who shows them experience counts for a lot.

By: J L Wilson

J L Wilson — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:22:12 +0000

Well, all my books have older h/h. There’s “Your Saving Grace” (out last year), “Forgiveness” (out last year, it’s a paranormal/time travel/reincarnation story) and my books with Wild Rose (“Brownies, Bodies, and Breaking the Code” and “Candy, Corpses, and Classified Ads”, coming soon).

I’ve got another CP book this year with an older heroine: “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere”, and my next paranormal with them is “Endurance.”

All have heroes near 50, heroines at 50 or thereabouts.

I used the ‘older woman younger man’ theme in my latest WIP (not sold yet, heck, the ink is barely dry). But that one wasn’t the hero and heroine, it was a subplot. Maybe I can come back here and talk about it when I sell it.

You know, I like younger guys, but I do prefer older men. They can be just as much fun, if you find the right one.

In this book (If Not For You), Max normally has women 20 years younger than him. He discovers the joys of sex with an ‘older’ woman — someone his age. It totally catches him off guard and makes him re-think a lot about why he always dated younger women in the first place (was he so concerned what other people thought? Did he really like those women, or was he trying to make a point?)

I think, in the end, he discovers there’s more to a relationship than the sex.

Of course, the sex ain’t bad ….