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Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.
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Hi Diann!
I'm getting ready to National Novel Writing month and my plot revolved around the discussion my sister and I had about our middle names. That discussion led to my main characters and the whole back story. Funny isn't it?
Hey, Christy!! Good for you! One discussion and next thing you know, a book!!! How fun is that?! You go, girl!
Just this Sunday Pastor Greg said something that clicked in my head and I had to sketch out an image that came to me...(often I'll get a visual first and then write about it)...most often my plots develop in my studio or when I'm just about to fall asleep. I never jot down the ideas if I'm about to sleep...I figure that if it's a good enough idea, I'll remember it. If it wasn't a good idea...no great loss.
Every time I get around my mom and her four sisters, ideas pour forth. These ladies, all over fifty, unknowingly offer inspiration. The best times are during Christmas family reunions when they manage to plan, host, and emcee (yes all of them)a family gathering for rarely less than one hundred of us. And the amazing thing is that we all know each other;the family is that big... great material, always tweaked for fiction of course.
Funny, I just wrote an article on writing for a Christian drama magazine, and I included a restaurant scene similar to that. LOL The article dealt with needing other writers to connect to, since our friends can't relate to us. That "zone" isn't in their ken. :o)
So true! I'm in Pennsylvania right now, far away from my beloved California...and the stories here are plentiful. Such a different way of life here compared to what my fam is used to...really opens up the mind, ya know?
I must be a bad writer, because I totally do NOT eavesdrop.
I'm serious! Don't laugh!
Most of my ideas come from when I'm talking with a friend over lasagna and breadsticks and something truly magnificent comes out of her mouth and I scream, "Can I steal that???"
Camy
I'm a little with Camy... focus on the food... but I do eavesdrop (honey, did you hear what they ordered?)
Good point, Camy! I love how the ideas can come from anywhere--a blurb on TV, a commercial, a comment, a song. Adventures are waiting everywhere! :-)
I eavesdrop...you hear some fascinating stuff sometimes. My husband and I were sitting in a restaurant and I had to use the 'loo' (I was VERY pregnant). While I was in there, I flushed the toilet with my foot (can't remember why-must have been easier to lift a foot than bend over with a big, round baby belly).
I mentioned it to Bob and he said he does that all the time. Uses toilet paper to open the stall door, etc.
So together we imagined a person totally paranoid of touching anything and how they would maneuver around a public restroom.
Bob stepped away for a moment and I glanced around the dining room and noticed this man who looked like he would be this character. I showed Bob and he agreed so we talked even more about this character and his quirks.
Anyway, it was funny and I wrote all the details down to use at some point. :)
Hey, Audra, your character sounds like Monk. Have you ever seen that TV series? He's a detective who is totally paranoid of any kind of germs. :-) Too funny!
I've seen the commercials, but I never watched it. I may have to rent it from Netflix. :)
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