Lindsay Townsend's Blog, page 31

Ritzy tote bag...

Here I was this morning, rummaging for something strong, practical and pretty to carry my promotional/teaching/general paperwork in, and the postman came down the drive with a parcel. Inside was this lovely tote bag with A Knight's Captive on it. I'm off to my local college tomorrow morning for a meeting, so it will be used right away. Thank you so much, Debi in California (you know who you are)! You've perked up a wet and windy September morning.

Classic Romance Revival has a new website

[image error] Classic Romance Revival, the mainstream romance readers' and writers' Yahoo group, has a splendid new website. If you want to check it out and discover what CRR might do for you, please go to

http://www.classicromancerevival.com

Classic Romance Revival has a new website

[image error] Classic Romance Revival, the mainstream romance readers' and writers' Yahoo group, has a splendid new website. If you want to check it out and discover what CRR might do for you, please go to

http://www.classicromancerevival.com

Historical romance and romantic suspense

Why do I write romantic suspense and historical romance? I love both genres because I like writing adventure and action and characters under extreme stress. I suppose all my novels are romantic suspense novels as well as some being historical romance novels. In my Bronze Lightning there is a mysterious villain threatening the female lead whom she has to battle against and finally unmask - like a romantic suspense. My second 'big' ancient Egyptian novel Blue Gold has at its core a religious m...

Historical romance and romantic suspense

Why do I write romantic suspense and historical romance? I love both genres because I like writing adventure and action and characters under extreme stress. I suppose all my novels are romantic suspense novels as well as some being historical romance novels. In my Bronze Lightning there is a mysterious villain threatening the female lead whom she has to battle against and finally unmask - like a romantic suspense. My second 'big' ancient Egyptian novel Blue Gold has at its core a religious myst

Ancient world romance

The Dear Author review of Blue Gold sparked off a thread on historical romance which brought up a lot of favourites set all over the ancient world. You can follow it here.

Ancient world romance

The Dear Author review of Blue Gold sparked off a thread on historical romance which brought up a lot of favourites set all over the ancient world. You can follow it here.

Men as Heroes

Heroes - charismatic, caring, compelling. A great hero 'makes' a romance. There are bold heroes, quiet heroes, wounded heroes, heroes who become heroic, charming heroes, clever heroes... the list goes on.

To show what I mean, here is an action scene from my latest Kensington medieval, A Knight's Captive. It's mentioned by Kathe Robin of Romantic Times in her 4 Star review of my work. In it, the hero Marc acts as a hero should and rescues the heroine, Sunniva. (I love having my hero and heroin...

Men as Heroes

Heroes - charismatic, caring, compelling. A great hero 'makes' a romance. There are bold heroes, quiet heroes, wounded heroes, heroes who become heroic, charming heroes, clever heroes... the list goes on.

To show what I mean, here is an action scene from my latest Kensington medieval, A Knight's Captive. It's mentioned by Kathe Robin of Romantic Times in her 4 Star review of my work. In it, the hero Marc acts as a hero should and rescues the heroine, Sunniva. (I love having my hero and heroine r

Crowning glories

I admit it. I have a 'thing' about hair in my writing.

Not in real life. My hair is brown going grey and tough. It goes its own way and if it's cut 'wrong' then it will spike. I have it cut short and leave it alone. We get along fine. But in my romance novels, I love hair.

What colour will the herone's hair be? How long? Wavy? Curly? I always like to imagine my main female character's hair.

Many romance novels have blond or auburn haired heroines. Sunniva, my heroine from A Knight's Captive is a s