Not quite 60k

[erastes]

But I did my 1000 words. Had to take Dad to the docs, then it was a very late breakfast and a late lunch, so didn’t even get writing until 3pm.  But words done. 60k tomorow for def.

North Walsham was covered in snow! Here’s Dad’s road and garden. We only had a sprinkle here. Poor birds.

ok – only about six inches, but where’s the pavement?

I just read a book for review on TLA and it’s… all right but everyone is SO NICE. The protags are nice, the father is nice, the woman is nice, even the homophobe turns nice. So far there’s only bit the smallest bit of conflict and that lasted about half a page. I’m hoping that there’s a bit more conflict in the last 20 pages because otherwise i shall die of sugar intake.  I dare say most people who like romances will love it, but it’s TOO NICE for me. I like my men to be a bit more realistic and have shades. No-one’s that nice.

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Comments

[essayel.livejournal.com]

You've got a lot more snow than we have. *hugs* take care.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

thanks dear - I personally could do with lots more!

[essayel.livejournal.com]

I just want my washing machine to thaw so I can do some washing. :( Snow would be warmer.

[delay in response courtesy of Yahoo who has decided to spam ALL my LJ notifications]

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

That's more snow than we had yesterday.

All the characters are nice? All the time? Where's the fun in that?

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Just nice nice nice, they fall in love in about 3 days and spend the entire time being sweet to each other - and they are cowboys.or one of them is, at least. I think there might be a big action ending with danger! but it will probably involve someone heroically saving the other, rather than any real conflict, which so far in the book has been almost zero. Written by a guy too, but he probably sees what the readers like and is writing chicks with dicks for that reason.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Gah! I mean I'm having to be careful with a couple of my characters being nice, motherly women who latch onto my protagonist and take care of her. Then again they're both in the business of encouraging tourists, and one turning up out of season probably merits a bit of extra niceness.

Kate, at least, has other ulterior motives too: she needs to convince *someone* to marry that disreputable son of hers in order to a) provide an heir for the estate, and b) give him a reason not to spend all his time in London.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

LOL - sounds good.

I mean, I understand the problem, writers get to love their characters and don't want to show them in a bad light - I suppose I've never had that problem, in the main my characters have a healthy streak of something, selfishness, arrogance, pride, immorality....

Nice is boring! :D

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

My protagonist has a healthy level of suspicion towards all the niceness around her anyway. All these simple country folk that are being nice to her are blatantly in league with the local landed gentry to cover up what really happened to Julia!

[josephine-myles.livejournal.com]

The snow's looking great - you've got more than we have over in Somerset.

Yuk - I don't think I could cope with that level of niceness - in real life or in fiction.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

It's very disappointing where I am, but Dad has lots, so I can gaze out at it all day, at least. And trying to keep the birds fed!