Bujold interview included (at no extra charge)
Sarah Wendell, one of the bloggers at the romance review website Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/ , has one of her books about the romance genre on sale in the Kindle store at present -- I'm not sure for how much longer.
http://www.amazon.com/Everything-abou...
Tone and style is much like the blog. It has a number of short interviews with authors about aspects of writing romance, including one from me. Lots of fun.
Ta, L.
http://www.amazon.com/Everything-abou...
Tone and style is much like the blog. It has a number of short interviews with authors about aspects of writing romance, including one from me. Lots of fun.
Ta, L.
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Do you have a link to the interview? I couldn't find it, or indeed any interviews.Thanks,
Pat
For both Joanna and Pat: having spent the $3, a quick search on Bujold shows that Miles is listed first up in a list of "the top 9 romance heroes", and the entry has a number of quotes from Lois. So, I'd say the interview is on the Vorkosigan series alone (with some interesting comments on the Miles books not being "romance"), and that the interview was the development of this section of the book.
I don't think of the series in total being romance. It's a space opera, where Komarr, A Civil Campaign, and Captain Vorpatril's Alliance have strong romantic elements. But I can see how that's enough to interview about.
Pat wrote: "Do you have a link to the interview? I couldn't find it, or indeed any interviews.Thanks,
Pat"
The interview, which was mainly about Miles, was done by private e-mail to the author, if I am remembering correctly at this late date. So it's an exclusive here. It does repeat a few things I've said elsewhere when these questions arise. (Or maybe it was the other way around. These interview things tend to feed into one another.) Nancy, in comment #3 below, gives more information. I am, of course, only one of many writers mentioned in the book.
There's a topic for you all to kick around, if you like: Wide Green World vs. Vorkosiverse, which has the better romance value and why?
Ta, L.
Joanna wrote: "What was your interview about? Which of your books, if relevant? I'm guessing Beguilement and the other Sharing Knife books. Basically I'm asking because if you've written other r..."
Hi Joanna!
It's unclear from this if you have read the Miles books or not. If you have, there's nothing for me to add. If not, I can mention that the series includes visits to many genres, including but not limited to romance, coming-of-age, military SF, psychological drama, and mystery.
Happily, the first book in the series, Shards of Honor, is one of the romance-heavy ones, so start there if you wish to sample. My own reading-order guide is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/story/show/...
(The stand-alone fantasy The Spirit Ring also has a romance subplot of a sort. Available in the Kindle, iPad, and Nook stores, at present.)
Ta, L.
Oooh. That's tough. Right now, I want to say that the relationships in Wide Green World are healthier, more grounded, but the relationships in Vorkosiverse are more exciting, more swoon-worthy. I feel like many of the characters in the Vorkosiverse have unrealistic expectations or hangups about relationships to get over, although the do to their benefit. Fawn and Dag have a little bit of that, but they have this rock-solid trust of each other, and each is invested in making the other a better person in a way that just feels more solid to me. While you're paying attention, madame, I want to mention that the Vorkosiverse has been by working-favorite scifi book series since I was a teenager.
Oops. We seem to have posted at almost the same time. My last sentence was fan-gushing.
Aha, I misunderstood. I thought the interview was on the blog. I see now that it's in the book.
Please write more books. (She said, plaintively)
Lois wrote: Wide Green World vs. Vorkosiverse, which has the better romance value and why?Wide Green World, I think. My first impulse is to say it's because the romance is more central to the characters. But I'm not sure that's true. (Miles was looking for a soul mate+Countess throughout, and both he and I would have been very disappointed if he hadn't found one.)
I think it's because the romance is more central to the story. More of the WGW story, proportionately, is about the romance than is the case for Miles' career. If we had only had Komarr and Civil Campaign, it would be the other way around. But we couldn't possibly have had those stories as they are without the cumulative backstory. That's what's so fascinating.
Fawn and Dag's tale is also a bit more explicitly intense -- I'm not sure whether that's affecting my reaction or not.
Rick
I would say Wide Green World because it was unexpected on both parts. They fought the connection but eventually gave in to the inevitable. In spite of their gap in age, they are soul mates, both wanting to save and change their respective worlds. Which they do, at least make a good start!
Basically I'm asking because if you've written other romance books, I want to know about it and read them.