Comments on: Dear Author – A Note From Your Heroine

By: Eleni Konstantine

Eleni Konstantine — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:19:40 +0000

Oh great post Shelley

By: Sha

Sha — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:23:19 +0000

It’s so true about the lube. Why do so many stories make it seem like it just slips right in!

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:56:55 +0000

Debra – great idea about getting inside a heroine’s mind.

Mary *nodding*

Amy W – I’m not sure yet. I’m waiting on edits and a release date. As soon as I hear, I’ll let you know.

By: Amy W.

Amy W. — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:23:19 +0000

OMG! That made my day! That last one is a must- too funny. However I do love a good stereotype every once in awhile. They’re good for short stories- LOL!
Luv ya!
-Amy
P.S. When’s my book coming?

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:47:18 +0000

LOL..I’m laghing with everyone else about the ‘Lube’. I don’t know why so many authors leave that little bit out. Maybe they just don’t know any better, haven’t done their homework…so to speak. lol

By: Debra Kayn

Debra Kayn — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:08:42 +0000

Oh gosh, I love it! Crackin’ up with everyone else about the lube.

This might be a good exercise to get more into your characters minds. I might try this sometime.

Great post!

By: Nessa

Nessa — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:14:15 +0000

these are all excellent reminders and we all appreciate the last one. Book Review - Moving In

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:48:19 +0000

Maria – I’m glad you enjoyed the post.

Cari – LOL – I’m glad you found it useful.

MamaKitty – I’m sure you’re being a bit hard on yourself.

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:40:05 +0000

Jaime – it’s actually surprising how many scenes don’t use lube. I always wince when I read them!!

Fiction Vixen – flawed characters are great. I think we all like reading them, but sometimes it’s hard for authors to torture their characters too much. We want to be nice to them.

By: MamaKitty

MamaKitty — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:12:05 +0000

I seriously LOL’d at the “lube” line.

I wish more authors would listen to their heroines. It really makes for a more interesting story.

I don’t know that I could write such a letter… I write fanfic, and I fear that I don’t do it well (which is why I haven’t written a word in more than a year). I need to hone my skills a bit more before attempting such a letter… but thanks for the guidelines/ideas! :)