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June 9, 2013 by barbarastewart

Random babblings…..

So, just some things you need to know…

I write under my own name – that way I won’t write anything that I wouldn’t feel comfortable sharing with my family….

There isn’t a genre that my writing has a comfortable place to land in, so ROMANCE is my only option. There is no category called LOVE STORIES and that’s what I write. When someone asks me and I have an opportunity to talk to them, I say that I write “ROMANCE”, but I add that it’s not the kind of romance you normally think of. There is no hard body man on the cover (he is in my dreams and I hope that the way I write ABOUT HIM you get your own vision of that man.) I believe that each of you have sent me the swooning emails has your own version of Andy Stevens. 🙂 and I like that. You also won’t find a half-naked woman. I’m hoping that the “LOOK INSIDE FEATURE”, the book blurb, and my covers make you think, ‘hmmmm… this won’t be a typical ROMANCE.’

Any sex scenes in my writing will lean more toward innuendo, they will be alluded to because I don’t think it has to be graphic to paint a picture… Paint your own picture of how you see that moment… I am, and I’ve been told that I’m moving a little deeper (NO PUN INTENDED… HA!) with each book  Oh and don’t get me wrong – I’m no prude – I READ those books, I just can’t by-pass the giggles and shock to consider doing it (NO PUN INTENDED! ) in my own.  These are some of my favorite quotes about that in reviews that I have read.

“You will find no steamy scenes in this book which I found refreshing!!” 

“This book throws the adage that “sex sells” right out the window. Details were not necessary and not missed in this book because the emotion elicited from the connection between this couple was all that was required for you to feel, really ‘feel‘ those scenes between Andy and Bethy”

“I enjoyed it as a romance without the sex scenes actually being played out in writing.”

These comments make me feel like I’ve done what I set out to do…

There will be no drugs… and for some reason a recent post makes me feel as though I need to add a disclaimer that says so, so that someone looking for “SEX, DRUGS and ROCK AND ROLL” doesn’t read them…

I write love stories from my heart – hoping that they take you on your own journey.

I just felt like I needed to share all that this morning.

Thank you again for sharing this experience with me – and to the Totally Booked Blog ladies… I have to share this song again…

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4rthQiAQu0

 

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