Romance Writers Weekly

Do you like to read romance novels? Wouldn’t you like to know more about your favorite authors? Well you came to the right place! Join the writers of Romance Weekly as we go behind the scenes of our books and tell all….. About our writing of course! Every week we’ll answer questions and after you’ve enjoyed the blog on this site we’ll direct you to another. So come back often for a thrilling ride! Tell your friends and feel free to ask us questions in the comment box. This week’s questions come from Kate Robbins. If you’re arriving here from Ronnie Allen, thank you for stopping by. If this is your first stop on the hop, please take a minute to go back and visit Ronnie.

How much of yourself do you write into your characters? Or do you write characters completely opposite to you?

I think there is a little bit of me in every character. Sometimes it’s just a mannerism or a passing comment, but I’ve left a little part of myself on every page. I think that’s what makes writing such a personal endeavor. The most interesting characters to write are those that are the complete opposite of me. Those characters need to be built from the ground up, require the most imagination, and are the most satisfying when completed.

Has your writing helped you see events in your own life clearer?

Most of the events I’ve written about are drawn from something I’ve read about or heard via the grapevine. Putting events into words, describing the actions and consequences in detail, can give an entirely new perspective to what happened.

Have you written a character with more of your personal characteristics than any other? What are they?

There is one character in Intoxicated that others have said reminds them of me. If there is a similarity, it wasn’t intentional. She does use a lot of my favorite sayings and has the same outlook on life, so this might be a good example of writing me into a character – even if it was by accident.

Thanks for stopping by this week. Be sure to take the next stop on the tour and find out what’s new with Gemma Brocato. I hear that she’s playing jazz piano with her toes while she writes her blog this week.