Comments on: Marathon http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/ Author of Historical Romance Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Maggie Robinson http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-2739 Maggie Robinson Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:01:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/#comment-2739 Marnee, me either, LOL. But like I told Tiff this morning, I feel very zen. If it's supposed to happen it will---if not, no animals have been harmed in the making of this manuscript. Marnee, me either, LOL. But like I told Tiff this morning, I feel very zen. If it’s supposed to happen it will—if not, no animals have been harmed in the making of this manuscript.

]]> By: Marnee Jo http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-2738 Marnee Jo Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/#comment-2738 Congrats on the new requests Mags! I can't wait to hear you've sold. :) Congrats on the new requests Mags! I can’t wait to hear you’ve sold. :)

]]> By: Maggie Robinson http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-2737 Maggie Robinson Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:54:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/#comment-2737 Tiff, I know Paradise was way outside my comfort zone, and I had to cut a ton of horrible stuff that I wrote to make it still-too-horrible, LOL. But like HB, it just swamped me and I couldn't not write it.<br/><br/>Janga, I just know your curving circles will encompass all who read them. Am anxiously waiting! Tiff, I know Paradise was way outside my comfort zone, and I had to cut a ton of horrible stuff that I wrote to make it still-too-horrible, LOL. But like HB, it just swamped me and I couldn’t not write it.

Janga, I just know your curving circles will encompass all who read them. Am anxiously waiting!

]]> By: Tiffany Chalmers http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-2736 Tiffany Chalmers Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:09:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/#comment-2736 outside my comfort zone was writing hidden beauty. I didn't know what the hell I was writing, I just knew the dang character. The story breaks so many romance rules that I'm just glad I'm now writing a story that is more typical in the romance genre :) Not that I don't love HB, cause I love that book!<br/><br/>And I say yay on LB wanting the CC books! They are amazing reads!<br/><br/>Not much turns me off in reading either. How weird is that? I've been desensitized to the incest/cousin thing from all the erotic (old erotic, namely Victorian erotic) I've read, it's always uh... kept in the family in those books, LOL.<br/><br/>Maggie, I love fragments, too! It was something that always came back from contest feedback, use less fragments. I can't, I'm such a fragment whore! LOL outside my comfort zone was writing hidden beauty. I didn’t know what the hell I was writing, I just knew the dang character. The story breaks so many romance rules that I’m just glad I’m now writing a story that is more typical in the romance genre :) Not that I don’t love HB, cause I love that book!

And I say yay on LB wanting the CC books! They are amazing reads!

Not much turns me off in reading either. How weird is that? I’ve been desensitized to the incest/cousin thing from all the erotic (old erotic, namely Victorian erotic) I’ve read, it’s always uh… kept in the family in those books, LOL.

Maggie, I love fragments, too! It was something that always came back from contest feedback, use less fragments. I can’t, I’m such a fragment whore! LOL

]]> By: Janga http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-2735 Janga Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:20:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/#comment-2735 Maggie, I refuse to believe that Paradise won't make it to bookshelves one day. I agree with Terri. Once the Courtesan Court trilogy wows romance readers, Paradise will find a publisher. Congrats on the requests. May Maggie Robinson Squee Day be just a heartbeat away!<br/><br/>Alas, there are no edges in my writing. I think curving circles of connection are my strength, and my weakness too. Maggie, I refuse to believe that Paradise won’t make it to bookshelves one day. I agree with Terri. Once the Courtesan Court trilogy wows romance readers, Paradise will find a publisher. Congrats on the requests. May Maggie Robinson Squee Day be just a heartbeat away!

Alas, there are no edges in my writing. I think curving circles of connection are my strength, and my weakness too.

]]> By: Maggie Robinson http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-2734 Maggie Robinson Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:56:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/#comment-2734 Oh, Terri, science. It might as well be Martian to me. I am woefully stupid. I do remember a paper I wrote on turning sand into glass. I took Science For Dummies in college. It wasn't called that, but it was a 2-year survey course. I'll never forget the physics prof looking at us and mumbling, "Oh, why am I bothering?" I did meet my college boyfriend in the chem lab part of it (a philosophy major), so I guess it was worthwhile, tho he broke my heart.Sniff. Oh, Terri, science. It might as well be Martian to me. I am woefully stupid. I do remember a paper I wrote on turning sand into glass. I took Science For Dummies in college. It wasn’t called that, but it was a 2-year survey course. I’ll never forget the physics prof looking at us and mumbling, “Oh, why am I bothering?” I did meet my college boyfriend in the chem lab part of it (a philosophy major), so I guess it was worthwhile, tho he broke my heart.Sniff.

]]> By: terrio http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-2733 terrio Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:43:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/#comment-2733 Congrats on the new requests! The good thing is that once you've sold this series (which WILL happen), you'll have less resistance to getting Paradise out there. A good story is a good story, edgy or not. And I think the Historical Romance world can use a little edge right now. Look what it's done for Anna! LOL!<br/><br/>The only writing I've done outside my comfort zone was those science papers I had to write in the fall. Totally out of my element. :) Congrats on the new requests! The good thing is that once you’ve sold this series (which WILL happen), you’ll have less resistance to getting Paradise out there. A good story is a good story, edgy or not. And I think the Historical Romance world can use a little edge right now. Look what it’s done for Anna! LOL!

The only writing I’ve done outside my comfort zone was those science papers I had to write in the fall. Totally out of my element. :)

]]> By: Maggie Robinson http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-2732 Maggie Robinson Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:34:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/#comment-2732 Thanks so much, Ely. I'm not quite Stephanie Laurens, but sentence fragments are my friends.<br/><br/>I'm with you on the cousin thing too, altho most were legal. There were super-strict laws of consanguinity concerning marriage which a lot of people (including me) aren't aware of. At first I had Eden's stepfather offering her marriage after her mother died, but they could not have according to law. I must have watched too many soap operas. Doug and Julie on DOOL comes to mind. Thanks so much, Ely. I’m not quite Stephanie Laurens, but sentence fragments are my friends.

I’m with you on the cousin thing too, altho most were legal. There were super-strict laws of consanguinity concerning marriage which a lot of people (including me) aren’t aware of. At first I had Eden’s stepfather offering her marriage after her mother died, but they could not have according to law. I must have watched too many soap operas. Doug and Julie on DOOL comes to mind.

]]> By: Elyssa Papa http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-2731 Elyssa Papa Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:56:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/#comment-2731 And, um, no I don't think I color outside the lines in my writing. I just procrastinate a lot and worry, but really what I write is not groundbreaking at all. Even when what I considered to be dark and angsty; apparently it was light and humorous. And, um, no I don’t think I color outside the lines in my writing. I just procrastinate a lot and worry, but really what I write is not groundbreaking at all. Even when what I considered to be dark and angsty; apparently it was light and humorous.

]]> By: Elyssa Papa http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-2730 Elyssa Papa Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:53:00 +0000 http://www.maggierobinson.net/2009/02/22/marathon/#comment-2730 Maggie, I'm sending you an e-mail with step-by-step instructions about customizing grammar/spelling for Word. I even think what I sent will work. <br/><br/>And yay on LB requesting the <b>Courtesan Court</b> books. I've got everything crossed for you.<br/><br/>Not much turns me off. Well. Certain things do. <i>Lolita</i>, and that whole plot element. Cousins marrying. Domestic violence. Heroine being raped by hero, or vice versa. Women who are only concerned with having babies because her biological clock is ticking away (that plot just drives me up the wall, especially in contemporary books).<br/><br/>But, I've read books with these plot elements. The one I can not absolutely forgive: domestic violence and rape on either the hero or heroine's part. Maggie, I’m sending you an e-mail with step-by-step instructions about customizing grammar/spelling for Word. I even think what I sent will work.

And yay on LB requesting the Courtesan Court books. I’ve got everything crossed for you.

Not much turns me off. Well. Certain things do. Lolita, and that whole plot element. Cousins marrying. Domestic violence. Heroine being raped by hero, or vice versa. Women who are only concerned with having babies because her biological clock is ticking away (that plot just drives me up the wall, especially in contemporary books).

But, I’ve read books with these plot elements. The one I can not absolutely forgive: domestic violence and rape on either the hero or heroine’s part.

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