I've had this book for quite a while now; I bought it as a reference some time back. Not only is it quite informative, it is also a fun read. Who knows, I might just...
The dynamics of a relationship between a man and a woman are tricky, to say the least. In order to portray a believable, effective vision of two people in love it's important not to oversimplify, or assign stereotyped role behavior: Always assigning your male character the dominant role in a relationship, and always placing your heroine in a passive victimized role is fallacious and totally unrealistic-- a picture which certainly slights both male and female.
-p. 159, "Category Romance Mini-Course" by Anne Gisonny, in How to Write a Romance and Get It Published, by Kathryn Falk
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
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