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GROUP
DISCUSSIONS
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The
tortured and/or alpha hero
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What
makes a tortured hero a sympathetic character, and
when does it become overblown? What makes an alpha hero
likeable and when does it step over the line of acceptable?
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Authors:
Allie Shaw , Katherine Garbera,
Leah Vale, Susan Grant, and Sue Charnley |
 
Authors: Top Left - Christine Feehan, Top Right - Stephanie Burke
(Reader to the right of Christine is Beatrice Downs.)
Below - Author: J. C. Wilder
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What
makes for a desert isle keeper/comfort read?
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Almost
the reverse of "taboos" -- the elements that work so
well that readers reread books or rave about them to others
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Glynnis
Campbell, Lauren Royal, and Jacqueline Hamilton (J. M Jeffries) |
 
Authors:
Left - Bonnie Tucker, Right - Lisa Cach, and Brenda Hiatt |
 
Authors:
Left - Kathy Carmichael and Kathleen Nance, Right - Nancy Lynn |
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Hot
buttons -- taboos in romance:
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What
real life elements or situations are not acceptable
in
a romance novel? What has readers running the other way?
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Authors:
Left - Michele Bardsley and Nicole Burnham,
Right - Jo Beverley and Janelle Denison |
 
Authors:
Left - Lori and Tony Karayianni (Tori Carrington)
and Ruth Wind (Barbara Samuels), Right - Jane Porter |
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Wrap
Up
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Editor/Reviewers
Janice Bennet, Leslie Tramposch, with
author Lisa Cach, and Kathy Boswell pose for last picture. |
Paranormal
critters have a tendency to follow me home from conferences!
In Orlando it was a shapeshifting jaguar from the Rain Forest
Cafe.
In Las Vegas, Fergusson the Virtuous DragonFairy found his way
into
my luggage. Legend has it that "Gus casts spells...enchanting
special
people to learn the great value of friendliness". He just
seemed
appropriate for a PNR reader at a meeting of on-line friends. |
Last
meal before heading to the airport.
Until
next year, Romance Lovers - Rock on! |
