Sherry Thomas
I will, but this doesn't mean I will sign any more contracts writing historicals--my next contract with Berkley is for historical mysteries.
The last eight historical romances I'd written--out of the nine published--had all been kind of under pretty intense time pressure. I'll admit, there were some plots I wasn't proud of--amnesia, anyone?--but used out of desperation because two characters and sexy banter do not a book make, damn it.
So I don't want to commit myself to writing historical romances ahead of time. I want them to come to me organically. There is this WWI novella already brewing in my head and I am kind of chomping at the bits to try it. We'll see how that goes.
The last eight historical romances I'd written--out of the nine published--had all been kind of under pretty intense time pressure. I'll admit, there were some plots I wasn't proud of--amnesia, anyone?--but used out of desperation because two characters and sexy banter do not a book make, damn it.
So I don't want to commit myself to writing historical romances ahead of time. I want them to come to me organically. There is this WWI novella already brewing in my head and I am kind of chomping at the bits to try it. We'll see how that goes.
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You always create characters with such rich, full emotional lives, and with great depth. With as many novels as you've written, is it a challenge to create fresh characters/conflicts for each one? Where do you get ideas for your characters' battles/flaws, and does that come first, or does it grow out of the plot idea?
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