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Allow me to tell you about: Iris

December 3, 2020 christinesteevesspeakman Leave a comment

This is going to be a very quick and rough outline of who the character, Iris, is and why she’s…

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Posted in: Iris, Notes On... Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, Notes on Iris, romance, writing

The Pseudonym: for author or reader?

October 22, 2020 christinesteevesspeakman Leave a comment

For the author. I do not believe I am a romantic. I have never called myself a romantic. My husband…

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Posted in: General Romance Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance

Oh, so that’s who my character is

August 20, 2020 christinesteevesspeakman Leave a comment

I really need to get a character chart done. I just read an earlier post and what I had written…

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Posted in: Iris Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, Notes on Iris, writer, writing

WIP: Notes on Iris

August 6, 2020 christinesteevesspeakman Leave a comment

Iris is the sister of the character, Olive from Midnight Find, and I think she’s a matchmaker. Not a dating…

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Posted in: General Romance, Iris, Notes On... Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, Notes on Iris, Notes On...

What do I consider is romance?

July 30, 2020 christinesteevesspeakman Leave a comment

Basic romance involves two people meeting and falling in love forever being happy. Everything else around that core is filler…

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Posted in: General Romance Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance, writer, writing

Why difficult to write

September 5, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman Leave a comment

Probably because the characters need to feel a match. The readers need to want and believe they belong together. When…

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Posted in: General Romance Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance

Too Sappy

August 29, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman Leave a comment

Can it be too sappy? Not sappy enough? What’s wrong with sappiness? What is sapping? I’ve also thought sappy meant…

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Posted in: General Romance Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance

The HEA

August 22, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman Leave a comment

What is the HEA, happy ever after?  The last time I talked about whether leads should end up a romantic…

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Posted in: General Romance Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance

Romance and other genres

August 15, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman Leave a comment

Romance works in other genres. It can be the main genre or the secondary one, even the third genre. The…

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Posted in: General Romance Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance

Should all leads end up together?

August 8, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman Leave a comment

Isn’t that why people read romances?  To see the characters fall in love and be with their soul mates.  A…

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Posted in: General Romance Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance

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