Jennifer McKenzie
Romance--Boy meets girl. Romantic Suspense--Boy meets girl with dead bodies.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Decisions, Decisions.
I got to talk to Diva Lisa aka Eden Bradley (http://www.edenbradleyerotica.com/) who is really great. It is the weirdest feeling to be talking to someone who just had two publishing houses get into a bidding war for her work. That's right, she had publishers duking it out to get her. I'm sooooo not worthy. She's got a lot of deadlines so I don't want to be flaky and disorganized. She's given me a couple of days to decide whether I want to submit the sex scene in "Hidden Grief" or some of the new (but very raw) wip "Cold Murder". I went back this morning (at 4am, don't ask me why I was awake. I have no idea.) and reread some of "Hidden Grief". It just seemed so flat and uninteresting. Lisa mentioned that the problem with the first manuscript is that it's usually a combination of the new, untrained voice and the more polished, less ignorant voice which makes it a patchwork. She also said something amazing that will help with my POV issues in the sex scenes. She said when in doubt, put the scene in the POV of the person who has the most to lose, the most to gain or the most to change. (I hope I got that right.) That is a fabulous way to get to the heart of a scene. Don't hold back and let me know what you think. Go with the first manuscript sex scene, or give her the raw, unworked first chapter of "Cold Murder". Don't worry. There's no responsibility here. I'm just curious to know what you think.
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