Comments on: My Lovers http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-lovers/ Novelist, Dog-Lover, Bon Vivant Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:48:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jill Monroe http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Jill Monroe Wed, 01 Jun 2005 11:39:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-lovers/#comment-543 I hadn't realized it until this moment that I'm constantly writing professors. I never really thought I was attracted to them, but now that I examine it - Wagner is for sure a professor. And so is the hero in my wip!<br/><br/>I love those uptight, totally controlled and intelligent men, bent on whatever project is SO IMPORTANT only to be brought down by a sexy heroine. <br/><br/>And here I thought I was always into Warriors. Maybe I should have hung around the Engineering Club more in college. I hadn’t realized it until this moment that I’m constantly writing professors. I never really thought I was attracted to them, but now that I examine it – Wagner is for sure a professor. And so is the hero in my wip!

I love those uptight, totally controlled and intelligent men, bent on whatever project is SO IMPORTANT only to be brought down by a sexy heroine.

And here I thought I was always into Warriors. Maybe I should have hung around the Engineering Club more in college.

]]> By: D. http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-537 D. Tue, 31 May 2005 09:42:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-lovers/#comment-537 The one I wrote most often would be a Charmer who is also a Bad Boy. That is, he is bad to the bone, but becomes smooth as silk and sweet as sugar when it is useful. Sometimes making the impression of being a gamma, but he is as alpha as they get, only he's not rough around the edges. Often with a healthy dose of Swashbuckler :) The one I wrote most often would be a Charmer who is also a Bad Boy. That is, he is bad to the bone, but becomes smooth as silk and sweet as sugar when it is useful. Sometimes making the impression of being a gamma, but he is as alpha as they get, only he’s not rough around the edges. Often with a healthy dose of Swashbuckler :)

]]> By: Elizabeth Kerri Mahon http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon Mon, 30 May 2005 23:49:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-lovers/#comment-535 I love Tam Cowden and Caro Lefever's book. It's up there on my shelf along with GMC, and No Plot, No Problem. My male characters tend to be either the Chief, the Charmer, or the Bad Boy, or a combination of both. I have yet to write a professor or a swashbuckler, but I'm sure I will in the not too distant future. <br/><br/>My heroines tend to be the spunky kid, with touches of the waif. I don't know why. I love Tam Cowden and Caro Lefever’s book. It’s up there on my shelf along with GMC, and No Plot, No Problem. My male characters tend to be either the Chief, the Charmer, or the Bad Boy, or a combination of both. I have yet to write a professor or a swashbuckler, but I’m sure I will in the not too distant future.

My heroines tend to be the spunky kid, with touches of the waif. I don’t know why.

]]> By: Diana Peterfreund http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Diana Peterfreund Mon, 30 May 2005 17:56:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-lovers/#comment-533 I have Tami's book, and I do like it a lot, though I can never figure out who my heroine archetypes are -- they never seem to fit into any of her molds the way the heroes do. Maybe because I write more modern women with more classic heroes? Anyway, the thing i like best about the book is that she's very careful to say that any character can work in any situation -- it's how they react to that situation that works in teh archetype. So say your characters are lost in a basement. How would the professor react? Or the warrior? Or the best friend?<br/><br/>It's just one of the tools you can use for writing though, and like most of the other ones i've found (GMC charts, plot color-blocking, etc.) it tends to work for me better *after* I've written the story. LIke the first draft is organic, and then, in revising, to see which parts i need to fix, then I apply the rules and techniques and etc. I liken it to knitting -- you make the sweater, then block it after you're done to make the edges all neat. I have Tami’s book, and I do like it a lot, though I can never figure out who my heroine archetypes are — they never seem to fit into any of her molds the way the heroes do. Maybe because I write more modern women with more classic heroes? Anyway, the thing i like best about the book is that she’s very careful to say that any character can work in any situation — it’s how they react to that situation that works in teh archetype. So say your characters are lost in a basement. How would the professor react? Or the warrior? Or the best friend?

It’s just one of the tools you can use for writing though, and like most of the other ones i’ve found (GMC charts, plot color-blocking, etc.) it tends to work for me better *after* I’ve written the story. LIke the first draft is organic, and then, in revising, to see which parts i need to fix, then I apply the rules and techniques and etc. I liken it to knitting — you make the sweater, then block it after you’re done to make the edges all neat.

]]> By: Rene http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Rene Mon, 30 May 2005 15:06:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-lovers/#comment-532 Tami wrote about the archetypes with Caro LeFever, I think they have a book about it. Anyway, I have the article in a writer's guide so I had to look it up and figure it out. <br/><br/>Okay, I write professors. They are driven by their intellect and are inflexible. They are also lost souls at the same time. They are fun to build conflicts with because the heroine throws them into a situation they are not familiar with and makes them act opposite from what they are used to. Tami wrote about the archetypes with Caro LeFever, I think they have a book about it. Anyway, I have the article in a writer’s guide so I had to look it up and figure it out.

Okay, I write professors. They are driven by their intellect and are inflexible. They are also lost souls at the same time. They are fun to build conflicts with because the heroine throws them into a situation they are not familiar with and makes them act opposite from what they are used to.

]]> By: TJBrown http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-531 TJBrown Mon, 30 May 2005 14:59:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-lovers/#comment-531 My guys are all best friend types. Funny guys with a heart of gold. Maybe I should stretch myself a bit. I might like the results. <br/>Teri My guys are all best friend types. Funny guys with a heart of gold. Maybe I should stretch myself a bit. I might like the results.
Teri

]]> By: Gena Showalter http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Gena Showalter Mon, 30 May 2005 11:50:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-lovers/#comment-530 You know, you are totally right. Seeing it written like that is an eye opener. Absolutely. Jorlan is a warrior, Tristan is a warrior/charmer and Kyrin is a Chief. Smart cookie! <br/> <br/>I'm in love with Dallas, hince he gets no woman but me yet :) I do plan to write his story one day and unleash all his badness LOL You know, you are totally right. Seeing it written like that is an eye opener. Absolutely. Jorlan is a warrior, Tristan is a warrior/charmer and Kyrin is a Chief. Smart cookie!

I’m in love with Dallas, hince he gets no woman but me yet :) I do plan to write his story one day and unleash all his badness LOL

]]> By: Diana Peterfreund http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Diana Peterfreund Mon, 30 May 2005 01:21:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-lovers/#comment-529 That's so interesting, Gena, because I don't think of you as having written any bad boys. I think the Stone Prince was a warrior, the Pleasure Slave was a warrior and/or charmer, and the alien in AMD was a Chief. I think *Dallas* was more like a Bad Boy... That’s so interesting, Gena, because I don’t think of you as having written any bad boys. I think the Stone Prince was a warrior, the Pleasure Slave was a warrior and/or charmer, and the alien in AMD was a Chief. I think *Dallas* was more like a Bad Boy…

]]> By: Gena Showalter http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Gena Showalter Sun, 29 May 2005 23:55:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-lovers/#comment-528 Of course you know I love bad boys, but I'm equally infatuated with warriors and lost souls. I'm intrigued by the best friend, though I'm not sure I could write one and do him justice, if that makes any sense. Of course you know I love bad boys, but I’m equally infatuated with warriors and lost souls. I’m intrigued by the best friend, though I’m not sure I could write one and do him justice, if that makes any sense.

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