Three Burning Questions (Sept. 9, 2014) #lovewritechat

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Ever wonder what's going on inside the head of a romance writer? Wonder no more. You've landed in the midst of romance authors who are happy to give you a sneak peek into their writing lairs.
This week's questions come from Beth Carter:





1.What’s your favorite aspect of novel writing? Dialogue? Setting? Conflict? Narration? Explain.

It's none of the above. The best part of novel writing is the relationships. It's the healing of a wounded soul or transformation from zero to hero. It's falling in love or rediscovering that lost lover. The words. the sentence structure, the story elements are the frame for the beauty of the characters and their struggle. It's my job and my pleasure to translate their stories from mental movie into written text on the page.

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2.How do you choose the setting for your plot? Are they always similar settings or does it vary? (i.e., small town, big city, castle, etc.)

My first novella is set on a fictional island where the Wiccan Haus stands. As a world shared by various authors, I adhere to the "rules" set by the founding author. I also write a contemporary romance where the setting is a rural county in Tidewater Virginia. I will write one in a castle or in *gasp* a big city one day. And naturally, there's one or two in the works set at the beach and a lighthouse.

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3.I’m a big six-word memoir fan. (Hemingway even wrote one.) Describe your writing day using just six words.

Never enough time to write alone.

As a wife who works full time and mother of two tween girls, there is never enough time to write. I know it sounds weird, but I'd love to win the lottery so I could stay home and write full time.

So ends these three answers from me. Don't stop now, hop on over to see what answers the talented A.S. Fenichel has in store for you.