tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post296557391638318243..comments2023-11-03T08:03:15.599-05:00Comments on Killer Fiction: Scene StealerKathy Bacushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07549844839816876766noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-27182066960472287032008-07-13T14:59:00.000-05:002008-07-13T14:59:00.000-05:00Thank you, Ladies of KillerFictionWriters! I appre...Thank you, Ladies of KillerFictionWriters! I appreciate the chance to visit with you.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>EmEmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-7072697684793036202008-07-13T06:49:00.000-05:002008-07-13T06:49:00.000-05:00Thanks, Kathryne. I'm looking forward to your DOUB...Thanks, Kathryne. I'm looking forward to your DOUBLE ENCHANTMENT too. Victorian times with a little magic tossed it for good measure. What's not to love?EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-50528233504483128372008-07-13T06:48:00.000-05:002008-07-13T06:48:00.000-05:00Hey Terrio!The Bonbons are so right. An author can...Hey Terrio!<BR/><BR/>The Bonbons are so right. An author cannot gainsay her readers. When we decide we love a character, a writer ignores us at her peril. <BR/><BR/>While we all long for the love of our lives, we all have points of intersection with countless others--family, friends, co-workers, even enemies. Our fictional heroes and heroines need those too. And why not make them interesting people in their own right rather than just props that walk and talk?EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-28679448882461423822008-07-12T19:24:00.000-05:002008-07-12T19:24:00.000-05:00I loved 'Distracting the Duchess', and am really l...I loved 'Distracting the Duchess', and am really looking forward to 'Pleasuring the Pirate'! Oh, and the succint review from the Boston Globe rocks!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-24189427208557484062008-07-12T18:59:00.000-05:002008-07-12T18:59:00.000-05:00Did I hear Pirate?! Oh my, a girl after my own he...Did I hear Pirate?! Oh my, a girl after my own heart. And I like that you brought the heroine up instead of toning down her mother. A character that good should be able to shine.<BR/><BR/>I belong to a group of fans of Eloisa James affectionately known as the Bon Bons. The group and the name all came out of our obsession with a secondary character who was not originally supposed to have his own story. But there was no way Eloisa could let Mayne fade away into secondary land after we all fell in love with him. <BR/><BR/>Now that's scene stealing. :)Terri Osburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-80478546310914900142008-07-12T18:10:00.000-05:002008-07-12T18:10:00.000-05:00Hey Charlotte! Thanks for stopping by. Johnny Depp...Hey Charlotte! <BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by. <BR/><BR/>Johnny Depp does have that indefinable "watchable-ness" about him, but I have to confess his Captain Jack nanced about a bit too much for me. My Gabriel Drake has just as much a pirate's heart as Jack Sparrow, but Gabe's all male. He couldn't nance if his life depended on it.<BR/><BR/>My opera days are long gone, I fear. I've never been one for forcing my musical tastes on others, however, once in a while when I pull up to a stoplight and hear something "stank and nasty" booming from the car next to me, I'm tempted to throw in Ride of the Valkyries and crank it up as loud as I can. Bad, bad, bad. But just thinking about it makes me smile.EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-62027393095686744272008-07-12T18:03:00.000-05:002008-07-12T18:03:00.000-05:00Thanks, Gemma! I hope you enjoy my pirate.I love y...Thanks, Gemma! I hope you enjoy my pirate.<BR/><BR/>I love your High Heels series. Uber-chic with humor. You rock.EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-78818982065827275372008-07-12T18:01:00.000-05:002008-07-12T18:01:00.000-05:00Me, too, Barb. Spare me from shrinking violet hero...Me, too, Barb. Spare me from shrinking violet heroines. I'd rather have "violent" ones, like Jacquelyn Wren who starts the story with "The next time I decide to kill a man, I'm going to need to find better help."EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-24097795047071420282008-07-12T13:59:00.000-05:002008-07-12T13:59:00.000-05:00Hi, Emily!Ooh, did someone say JOHNNY DEPP?? Did s...Hi, Emily!<BR/><BR/>Ooh, did someone say JOHNNY DEPP?? Did someone say PIRATES?? I just love it that these bad-boy heroes are coming back into romances (and gee, I loved writing a pirate of my own in HOT FOR IT last year!)<BR/><BR/>Great post on secondary characters! While it's fun to see a "lesser" character upstage our hero/heroine, it was great to hear that you ramped up your heroine instead of demoting Isabella to the ranks of quickly forgotten secondaries.<BR/><BR/>I, by the way, would love to hear you sing opera someday. That is SO cool!<BR/><BR/>Charlotte Hubbard,<BR/>who writes dirty as<BR/>Melissa MacNealAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-71753628793528783752008-07-12T13:50:00.000-05:002008-07-12T13:50:00.000-05:00K, I'm going out to buy your book right now. It s...K, I'm going out to buy your book right now. It sounds SO yummy! I love pirates! <BR/>(Well, fictional ones at least...)<BR/><BR/>~GemmaGemma Hallidayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04677167276575234867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-30152517578615505922008-07-12T12:42:00.000-05:002008-07-12T12:42:00.000-05:00Yes! Of all people, my villain became such a scene...Yes! Of all people, my villain became such a scene stealer, he had me wondering if I could rehabilitate him in the next book... In some books I read, the hero/heroine are not vivid.They are so nice. Pablum-y. I like h/h's who are sharp, quick,and with enough quirkiness to make them likeable. From the excerpt, it sounds like "Pirate"'s fill the bill. Thanks for the blog, Emily.<BR/><BR/>BarbBarb Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08996074777659677868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-8443513602742474482008-07-12T12:35:00.000-05:002008-07-12T12:35:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Barb Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08996074777659677868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-32830758294891129882008-07-12T11:18:00.000-05:002008-07-12T11:18:00.000-05:00Thanks for the kind words, Faye. So far the review...Thanks for the kind words, Faye. So far the reviews for my PIRATE have been stellar. Here's what RT BOOKReviews had to say: "Bryan's touches of humor, naughty, bawdy dialogue and colorful descriptions capture the era, adding dimension to this charming tale of a landlocked pirate, the hellion who tames him and their wild adventure. The heat rises as their escapades sizzle, and readers' hearts will race to the delightful conclusion."<BR/><BR/>The Boston Globe was a little more succinct: "Steamy . . . arrg!"EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-31155185218292203322008-07-12T11:15:00.001-05:002008-07-12T11:15:00.001-05:00Thanks for having me, Christie. I guess my problem...Thanks for having me, Christie. <BR/><BR/>I guess my problem stems from wanting to make all my characters believable, even the bit players. Once I know them, it's hard not to let all of them out.<BR/><BR/>I'd actually love to write a younger Isabella as a heroine, but I'm afraid it would not be a romance story in the purest sense of the genre. Isabella is the sort for whom 'happily ever after' just doesn't ring true. I suspect because it's too ordinary for her.EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-85716507535369689152008-07-12T11:15:00.000-05:002008-07-12T11:15:00.000-05:00Emily,I have a problem with secondary characters, ...Emily,<BR/><BR/>I have a problem with secondary characters, too. Which is why I write a lot of sister books. You come across those powerful characters and they won't stop trying to take the lead until you promise they will get their own book.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for guest blogging with us today.<BR/><BR/>Crime Scene ChristieChristie Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838947086349600665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-43701880071421942242008-07-12T11:08:00.000-05:002008-07-12T11:08:00.000-05:00Great post, Emily. I know what you mean about tho...Great post, Emily. I know what you mean about those scene stealers, too. Your new book looks like a winner!<BR/><BR/>FayeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com