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Re: Annicita
I have been trying to get back on a steady writing ethic again after being interrupted by Parkinson's and then Lisa being in the hospital for so long. I figured that I could spend some time working on 'romance' stuff with my mind running in low gear to get back into the swing of things. If it works out, I can help myself and collect some extra cash.
I probably won't start up here because we could be out and running at the drop of a hat, or be here all winter. That thought is not a pleasant one, but if we can't get moved, I have a friend who will go down there for the winter and do a bunch of work in exchange for the work.
I will know a lot more this week, one way or another.
posted by
BigV
on November 14, 2021 at 6:51 PM
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Yes, romance novels are very formulaic. Maybe that's why I find it hard to write one. I prefer to do things different.
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Annicita
on November 14, 2021 at 4:07 PM
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Re: You might already know this, but back in the '50s when monthly fiction
My mother was big into those types of magazines when I was very young. I was starting to read real books when I was turning four, and I read a lot of those magazines, plus the really crappy 'True Crime' variety mags. Those were truly terrible written stories!
It was Truman Capote's 'In Cold Blood' when it was serialized in 'The New Yorker' that really taught me how to write. I used to go into this old book store with my mother when she bought her magazines, and I spotted the magazine with the photos of Perry and Hickock on the cover. I bought it and bought every one of the seven installments. The story was something, but it was Capote's style that captured my then twelve-year-old mind. I had already been writing small stories, including a perfectly dreadful ripoff of 'Bambi' when I was seven. LOL. I was lucky Disney didn't sue me for that! LOL
'In Cold Blood' caused me to read Capote's first book, 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' and then 'Other Voices, Other Rooms.'
I understand the deal with men writing fiction for women under the authorship of another woman's name. Some men can do it, but most can't. I think that a man who really and truly loves his woman already can connect with her, and knows what he has to do to make and keep her happy.
I've been telling myself that I was going to do this for several years now, but as Judy got sick, I couldn't. During my years of grief set in, I couldn't, and then I met and began to date Lisa... and I couldn't - but now, once we get moved and settled, I will be turning out at least one, if not two short stories (8000 to 12,000) word 'romance stories.' Lisa is thinking about doing the same thing. We'll see how that goes.
Thanks for weighing in!
V
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BigV
on November 14, 2021 at 11:49 AM
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You might already know this, but back in the '50s when monthly fiction
magazines like "True Romance" and the like sold like hotcakes to teen-age girls. These, I found out later, were mostly written by male authors to a formula now followed by the romance novel, sensationalized "discoveries" about love and romance as told from a young, innocent girl's point of view. Read a bio of a guy who wrote for several of these rags and made a decent living at it. Which was why I lost all interest in trying to sell to one of them.
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Pat_B
on November 14, 2021 at 11:15 AM
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