tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post1599620798333082261..comments2024-01-19T22:01:50.746-05:00Comments on Three Wicked Writers Plus Two: Diversity of characters in romanceCari Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581235338272282124noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-78503667286907062982008-06-25T08:55:00.000-04:002008-06-25T08:55:00.000-04:00Kelley,Thank you for a wonderful post! My first sh...Kelley,<BR/>Thank you for a wonderful post! My first short story features a "thick" woman as well, inspired by Mia Tyler. Regina mentioned one of the most beautiful women of all time - Ava Gardner - and I must agree. Same with Sophia Loren - to me these women are so much more sensual than the skinny models they parade on the catwalks today, trying to make us think that what we're seeing is in Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15479770253777605289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-82368832961037784982008-06-23T18:09:00.000-04:002008-06-23T18:09:00.000-04:00I absolutely love diversity in my fiction! The gr...I absolutely love diversity in my fiction! The group that I want to see/hear more from is older women who are more likely to adopt a red thong than a red hat. :D<BR/><BR/>Actually shopped a manuscript that editors loved, but they felt the concept was a no go due to the heroines' ages. I still love that concept, and as an over forty reader, I absolutely cringe when a twenty year old editor says Liane Gentry Skyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393035282032592271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-2106239956383095582008-06-22T20:53:00.000-04:002008-06-22T20:53:00.000-04:00I like diversity in my characters.Lots of diversit...I like diversity in my characters.<BR/><BR/>Lots of diversity.<BR/><BR/>It keeps things hopping. :)Amy Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02212879406999128140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-76148237046357664582008-06-22T19:27:00.000-04:002008-06-22T19:27:00.000-04:00Glad you made it by, Monique!!Glad you made it by, Monique!!Kelley Nyraehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370986712526819194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-32462442048151941252008-06-22T19:21:00.000-04:002008-06-22T19:21:00.000-04:00Here! Here! Kelly. Very well put. From another wom...Here! Here! Kelly. Very well put. From another woman with curves from an AWESOME good looking man who loves me for who I am. <BR/><BR/>MoniqueMonique Lamonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17890588123370191998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-50424173017344271052008-06-22T10:17:00.000-04:002008-06-22T10:17:00.000-04:00So Regina... I have a baldy for you...in Kama Sutr...So Regina... I have a baldy for you...in Kama Sutra Lovers, Hart is bald, Arik has looooong blond hair and Giosetta is a luscious plus. How's that for fulfilling all your dreams???<BR/><BR/>My characters are everything from bold and buff to bald and blue. I've written 'em all. Variety is the spice of life.Anny Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305873753916213970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-67972545907022644632008-06-21T21:05:00.000-04:002008-06-21T21:05:00.000-04:00Regina-Love Vane from Night Play. He's one of my f...Regina-<BR/>Love Vane from Night Play. He's one of my favorites in that whole series. Have you read Lori Foster's SBC fighter series? She has a bald hero in it. <BR/><BR/>Bailey-<BR/>You're so right! My friends come in all different sizes as does everyone else's I'm sure. Love comes in all sizes too! Queen Latifah is a perfect example! She's bigger than you typical Hollywood actress, beautiful, Kelley Nyraehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370986712526819194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-53927334397226365362008-06-21T20:44:00.000-04:002008-06-21T20:44:00.000-04:00Oooh, a subject after my own heart. Yes Kelley, I...Oooh, a subject after my own heart. Yes Kelley, I too like stories about real women - yes, I said it, real women. Look at your friends - how many of them have the perfect body. They tell us that the majority of American's are overweight - so where are the Barbie girls? Not in my neighborhood. But the point is, that this is fiction. Yeah, that's right - fiction. Which means it doesn't have Bailey Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639029254352011915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-7655738209179828312008-06-21T20:39:00.000-04:002008-06-21T20:39:00.000-04:00Okay...back again because this topic drives me fre...Okay...back again because this topic drives me freakin' nuts. I'm ready for a hero with no hair. That's right! I want BRUCE FREAKIN' WILLIS...he's majorly hot and no HAIR. Love that.<BR/><BR/>I've read a few books with heroines who aren't stick-skinny and usually weight issues are a thing with them in the story. For ONCE..I'd like to read one where the heroine is full figured and considers Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-38607389238228044982008-06-21T19:31:00.000-04:002008-06-21T19:31:00.000-04:00I agree that diversity is great to see in storylin...I agree that diversity is great to see in storylines....no matter how or who it ends up on. I wouldn't mind seeing the hero even, with not the perfect body. It's about the connection and relationship that develops that brings emotion to me. =) <BR/><BR/>Great blog today Kell!Tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457342710187975653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-30033264260846503912008-06-21T18:37:00.000-04:002008-06-21T18:37:00.000-04:00Connie said...but the story should be more about t...Connie said...<BR/>but the story should be more about the couple than the size of either person.<BR/><BR/>I agree. But it is nice to see the diversity as well, isn't it? I'm glad you've found some different books this year!<BR/><BR/>Amarinda-<BR/>It's so imporatant that the heroine be a real woman, with real flaws. Love that you write that way.Kelley Nyraehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370986712526819194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-91629818626449728102008-06-21T18:10:00.000-04:002008-06-21T18:10:00.000-04:00oh crap - look at those typos...too early in the m...oh crap - look at those typos...too early in the morning to be accurate...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012768592941285677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-62587038037374015242008-06-21T17:14:00.000-04:002008-06-21T17:14:00.000-04:00All my heroines are full figured and have some fla...All my heroines are full figured and have some flaw as all women do. I want to write about real women and read about real women. I get reviews and reader letters hapy that I write about 'real' women. To typecase real life men into being only interested in the skinny woman is wrong and unjustified. It's sad/prejudiced if some people can only equate a certain body type and romance together. Books Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012768592941285677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-87127132611826108262008-06-21T16:52:00.000-04:002008-06-21T16:52:00.000-04:00I enjoyed your post, Kelly--I agree that I prefer ...I enjoyed your post, Kelly--I agree that I prefer a diversity of figure types and personality types in romance. I'll be more like some of them and less like others, but if the writer's doing her job, then I'll still be able to identify with her in some way--maybe it's her sense of insecurity, or maybe it's that she's struggling to balance family with work, or maybe she's feeling like she hasn't Fedorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879033776125666713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-17779272554738669702008-06-21T16:06:00.000-04:002008-06-21T16:06:00.000-04:00Hi! I agree with most of this, but for some of u...Hi! I agree with most of this, but for some of us weight isn't something that can be controlled. I have health issues that make it nearly impossible to lose pounds and the doctors are worried about me even trying. OK, that was my rant.<BR/><BR/>I never really cared about the build of heroine for the most part. I don’t remember ever finding a book about a woman who was more than a size 14 (the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947676125623585115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-66929826150825453812008-06-21T14:44:00.000-04:002008-06-21T14:44:00.000-04:00Kelley--YAY!!! Weight is something people can cha...Kelley--YAY!!! Weight is something people can change if they want. Height, I've been stuck of 5'2" since 9th grade, but I've always lived by the philosophy that dynamite comes in small packages! <BR/><BR/>I just finished reading a short story about a full figured woman and I got to say the things the hero did to make the heroine realize she is a beautiful woman....well we should all have a Laura J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16803588950187596757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-88720212974222442462008-06-21T14:30:00.000-04:002008-06-21T14:30:00.000-04:00Well said, Cindy!!Well said, Cindy!!Kelley Nyraehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370986712526819194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-80862856193848719662008-06-21T13:52:00.000-04:002008-06-21T13:52:00.000-04:00Hey Kelley, I have to say that I like books with a...Hey Kelley, I have to say that I like books with all different kinds of hero's & heroines, be they big, small, deformed,it doesn't matter,I believe there is someone for everyone,especialy in a romance. As for as the big woman,not getting the man,I know better,I have two brothers-in-law & a brother & a son that are all attracted to heavy women & not to smaller type women,beauty truly is in the Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605638591554884818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-79592212549482025492008-06-21T12:22:00.000-04:002008-06-21T12:22:00.000-04:00You ladies are like me, I could have gone on for d...You ladies are like me, I could have gone on for days about this. It really bothered me. I hadn't heard that Elizabeth Hurley said that. Opinions like that drive me crazy. <BR/><BR/>You're right, Regina, some of the most beautiful women in the world are full figured. <BR/><BR/>Laura- I have a short heroine planned in a future book! Actually, she's blonde like you too, lol. <BR/><BR/>Anne-I'm the Kelley Nyraehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370986712526819194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-51984073597539441772008-06-21T12:12:00.000-04:002008-06-21T12:12:00.000-04:00okay, I'm going to give my 2 cents here and then I...okay, I'm going to give my 2 cents here and then I'll shut up. LOL, when I read, I don't really care if she's skinny, curvy, or full figured. I don't focus on her figure at all. In fact, I'm usually too caught up in the sexual tension, the conflict, the fast pace of the plot to care whether she's a size 5 or a size 20. <BR/><BR/>However, when I write, my heroines tell ME what size they are. I Anne Raineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06110446131001665977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-272265929110615522008-06-21T11:48:00.000-04:002008-06-21T11:48:00.000-04:00I agree. It doesn't bother me if the heroine is a...I agree. It doesn't bother me if the heroine is a full figured woman. There is way too much emphasis put on the "ideal" woman and I'm sorry but skin and bones is not only not ideal looking but unhealthy and that is a very bad message to send our daughters. Beauty is suppose to come from the inside and I think when we can believe that we are beautiful we are more beautiful. I would rather readLaura J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16803588950187596757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-90819828843545748102008-06-21T02:32:00.000-04:002008-06-21T02:32:00.000-04:00Great post, Kell and let me say right off the bat ...Great post, Kell and let me say right off the bat that some of the most BEAUTIFUL women in the world are full figured. I'll never forget reading a comment by the actress Elizabeth Hurley about Marilyn Monroe. She said...I don't get it. She's fat! Ummm Excuuuse me? Nope, I don't think so and neither did millions of men in her day. Neither did they think Sophia Loren was fat. She's as beautiful nowRegina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.com