Ask the Author: Sage Ardman
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Sage Ardman
My favorite hero and heroine are the two from my third romance, "Seductive Synchronicity". Constance Westerley and Nick Veseli are wildly different in their backgrounds yet perfect together. Both generous and honest, they fly in the face of the standard romance trope that a rich woman cannot end up happily with a poor man.
Sage Ardman
My most recent book, "Seductive Synchronicity" came about because I wanted flip the usual rich-man / poor-woman trope and write a story where the woman was rich.
Most of the stories I read with rich women end by (a) the woman losing her money, (b) the man running off to become rich, too, or (c) an unhappy ending. Of course, when the man is rich, a happy-ever-after is usually guaranteed. So my book fights the sexism inherent in money.
Most of the stories I read with rich women end by (a) the woman losing her money, (b) the man running off to become rich, too, or (c) an unhappy ending. Of course, when the man is rich, a happy-ever-after is usually guaranteed. So my book fights the sexism inherent in money.
Sage Ardman
I tend to be plot driven, so when I get an idea, I'm ready to write it. My fourth book's plot came to me while meditating in Arizona.
Sage Ardman
The writing process is full of down-time and other delays. What do you do when your book is with the editor? What do you do when you're waiting for reviewers to read your book?
The answer: write the next book.
So I always keep two books in the pipeline. Right now, my third book ("Seductive Synchronicity") is weeks away from release and there's not much more I can do to it. So I'm writing my fourth book.
The answer: write the next book.
So I always keep two books in the pipeline. Right now, my third book ("Seductive Synchronicity") is weeks away from release and there's not much more I can do to it. So I'm writing my fourth book.
Sage Ardman
The usual answer that people give to this question is, indeed, correct. If you want to write, you must read first.
When I started to write my first romance novel, I had never read one. So after knocking off a first draft and realizing that I was writing romance, I put down the keyboard and started to read. Fifty romance novels later, I was ready to finish writing my own.
By now, I've read nearly 200 romance novels. Each one teaches me something (although sometimes all I learn is that I shouldn't have read that book).
When I started to write my first romance novel, I had never read one. So after knocking off a first draft and realizing that I was writing romance, I put down the keyboard and started to read. Fifty romance novels later, I was ready to finish writing my own.
By now, I've read nearly 200 romance novels. Each one teaches me something (although sometimes all I learn is that I shouldn't have read that book).
Sage Ardman
I love writing. Some days I'm on a roll and type all day. Other days I can spend hours getting two paragraphs to look good. It doesn't matter: it's all fun.
Sage Ardman
I don't write. I'm lucky to have writing as a hobby, not a profession, so I can choose to skip writing if I don't feel like it. And if I'm looking for inspiration, I read.
Then, when I'm ready to write again, it all comes out.
Then, when I'm ready to write again, it all comes out.
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