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This week: Our authors’ favorite type of hero …

Thanks to the awesome Kim Handysides for this week’s interesting author questions, and if you arrived here via Women’s fiction author, Tessa Gray, thanks for continuing the hop.

What’s your ideal: alpha or beta and why? A mixture. I don’t believe a guy is totally one or the other. I’m pretty passive until someone jerks my chain. On the other side of the coin, I have a friend who is a take charge individual, however, when someone confronts her, she has trouble standing up for herself. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. How a man handles those is what makes him a hero or an a$$.

As for my type of hero, I’ll said I like the strong silent type who doesn’t try to impress, but is secure in his own skin. A man of few words, but means what he says and can back it up.

Do you have a male buddy or mate you use for confirmation or inspiration when crafting your heroes?

I worked in a male dominated company for over twenty years and learned to decipher the male psyche, but when I get stumped, I ask my nineteen year old son.

What does any hero have to do to win your heart? Loyalty and honesty are at the top of my list and if you have a body like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, that’s icing on the cake.

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Check out Elizabeth Janette http://www.elizabethjanette.com/ blog next on the hop to see what type of hero is her favorite.

This week: How do you handle critiques of the romance genre…

Thanks to Victoria Barbour for this week’s tough questions, and if you arrived here via Rhenna Morgan you’ve read her awesome answers.

Have you always written Romance? I read many genres, but only write romance. Developing the deep emotion bond between hero and heroine while weaving in their sexual journey is satisfying to me as a writer. With life’s every day conflicts it’s nice to believe there’s a happily ever after.

How do you deal with critiques about the romance genre?

I assume this question is about those who put down the genre as a whole for whatever reason. There is good and poor writing within all genres. What’s interesting to me is that stories depicting murder and graphic violence are widely accepted. Yet, describing lovers during their most intimate moments is considered smut or deviant. The logic fails me.

What’s the one thing about our genre you’d like people to know? The HEA (Happily Ever After) genre contains so many sub-genres you’re bound to find one or more you’ll enjoy reading. If you like stories set in current day, try contemporary, inspirational, suspense, or paranormal. Historical includes, regency, ancient as well as inspirational, suspense and sometimes paranormal. Then there’s erotic and erotica and yes there is a difference. In the last several years I’ve seen sci fi emerge and as a trekkie, I’m excited about this newer category in romance.

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