My essay on "Time and Place" in Novels
The New York City Chapter of the Romance Writers Association just published my essay.
Here is an excerpt:
Our stories are universal in that they address our need for human connection. Time and place, I believe, contextualize our stories in ways that help us reach our readers who find the time and place of our novels appealing. But time and place is also about the author, who writes about the times and periods which interest them the most, whether because they have lived it, or they have fantasized about it. Perhaps time and place is about creating an alternative reality where no one lives but where the human condition matters as well.
Although I read genres from a myriad of times and places, from the historical to the contemporary, I write exclusively in the contemporary, because I am interested in the human condition as experienced by people in the world of today.
Here is an excerpt:
Our stories are universal in that they address our need for human connection. Time and place, I believe, contextualize our stories in ways that help us reach our readers who find the time and place of our novels appealing. But time and place is also about the author, who writes about the times and periods which interest them the most, whether because they have lived it, or they have fantasized about it. Perhaps time and place is about creating an alternative reality where no one lives but where the human condition matters as well.
Although I read genres from a myriad of times and places, from the historical to the contemporary, I write exclusively in the contemporary, because I am interested in the human condition as experienced by people in the world of today.
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