I had a great week last week.
I learned about the first foreign sale of the rights to GETTING AWAY WITH IT (to De Kern, in Holland). Keeping my fingers crossed that the Dutch readers like it, and that some other publishers in other countries will be interested, too.
I went shopping for the RNA Conference, which is next weekend. This is very very exciting, and I fully intend to blog more about it, but what you really need to know is that I went out looking for accessories to wear with my Friday evening Gala Dinner outfit and ended up spending the massive amount of ONE POUND. Shopping triumph!
I inadvertently flashed a member of my husband’s band. This was actually embarrassing rather than enjoyable, but the fortunate thing was, I had waxed right beforehand. Which is something of a relief.
I figured out a really tricky scene in my book. The heroine, you see, is going out on a date with a man who is not the hero, but who she thinks could probably be the hero, because at the moment she hates the man who is actually the hero. This is hard. You have to signal to the reader enough for them to not completely fall in love with the wrong guy so they get annoyed when the heroine doesn’t end up with him—but then, you can’t make the non-hero such an obvious jerk that the reader goes, “WTF? Why would the heroine even like this dude?”
In the end, I remembered the advice that every character is the hero in his own mind. So hopefully I managed to make him sympathetic, and yet sow the seeds of the reasons why he’s not good for the heroine. Also, my friend Liz had some great ideas about awkward date behaviour that helped. I still do need to do some work on it, but at least the skeleton is there.
I’ve been on two picnics and for lunch with the Reading chapter of the RNA, and I have been given a pair of shoes!
Let’s hope this week will be as good. It’s starting out great, as my post about what shoes to wear has been put up on the RNA blog this morning.
I am sat, with my case, waiting for Friday.
LOL! Don’t forget to eat!
Great week. You flashed a member of your husband’s band (inadvertently)…I daren’t ask. Hope its another good week for you.
With a lot less flashing I hope!!
Wow, a busy week shopping, flashing and writing huh?
I love it when the hero and heroine start off arguing but I’d never given much thought to just how hard it is to strike that balance
Looking forward to the conference and pleased i could help
lx