tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343519596287643773.post1600123698684963838..comments2024-03-25T11:13:45.783-07:00Comments on Victoria Chatham - Author : Round Robin for February, 2019Victoria Chathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064028734034371341noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343519596287643773.post-87870725891980351312019-02-18T04:29:24.708-08:002019-02-18T04:29:24.708-08:00Hello Anne! Thanks for dropping in. Your comment o...Hello Anne! Thanks for dropping in. Your comment on the TV personality's voice made me smile and as I feel much the same every time I hear the actor Sam Elliott. It's also an interesting point as how many of us ever give our characters a distinctive voice?Victoria Chathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064028734034371341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343519596287643773.post-66079009315461537132019-02-18T01:17:43.891-08:002019-02-18T01:17:43.891-08:00Hi victoria, I go back to Georgette Heyer, too. Sh...Hi victoria, I go back to Georgette Heyer, too. She's the Mistress of the between the sexes sparring that I just love and use in my own work. I remember the first TV personality I had a crush on and it was nothing to do with tight jeans or a six-pack. It was his voice doing a commentary on some big national event. I'm not on the official list thios month, but I did write a few word up yesterday on Novels Now, anne stenhouseanne stenhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737658937717248241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343519596287643773.post-28010231857548393502019-02-16T10:08:29.555-08:002019-02-16T10:08:29.555-08:00We know there was lots of sex in the Regency era -...We know there was lots of sex in the Regency era - however, not necessarily between a husband and wife! More likely the wife was in place to produce an heir and a spare, and His Lordship then enjoyed the company of courtesans and/or mistresses. Victoria Chathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064028734034371341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343519596287643773.post-13851999784760133122019-02-16T10:05:17.743-08:002019-02-16T10:05:17.743-08:00I started with Georgette Heyer, too. I still have ...I started with Georgette Heyer, too. I still have my first Heyer title, a first edition hardback copy of Frederica. To me, all her books were a build up. We rarely saw the relationship beyond the betrothal, except perhaps for the Duke of Avon, Lord Justin Alistair, who appeared in a few more of her books. I really like my 'people' and hope to write more stories about them, similar to the way Mary Balogh does with her series.Victoria Chathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064028734034371341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343519596287643773.post-83229213868383711632019-02-16T08:51:21.793-08:002019-02-16T08:51:21.793-08:00You are spot on about the sex in the Regency era r...You are spot on about the sex in the Regency era romances. Sometimes seems out of the scope of the period. And I think you are correct that the character seems to determine what they want to show and what they don't.Rhobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627825512017360508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343519596287643773.post-11539761648721229812019-02-16T08:45:06.440-08:002019-02-16T08:45:06.440-08:00I definitely GET it that the characters are the di...I definitely GET it that the characters are the directors in my stories - I was the screen writer, but they do the acting. Sometimes they just have to make love, on the screen, sometimes not so much. I also agree I've read far too many books that the sex just doesn't do it for me because it's too cookie-cutter. Too same old, same old and usually without the emotional aspect that is driving it past the hormones. I began with Georgette Heyer and her characters were complex enough to satisfy, but I really would have liked to see what she would have done with the doors open. And I agree that the reader, me included, wants to see past the final scene into their lives beyond. One of these days I'll find a way to write a final chapter in my TIde's Way series so the reader gets to check in on all the relationships.Skyewriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08938351117986167519noreply@blogger.com