tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post4077596903270110044..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-46507907729388314712017-03-14T10:07:07.543-07:002017-03-14T10:07:07.543-07:00I do like a little romance in my mysteries--but th...I do like a little romance in my mysteries--but the mystery always comes first for me. I think of the romance as the spice in my mystery main dish.Marcelle Dubéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164965676254630066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-62251836420814253622017-03-13T17:22:18.082-07:002017-03-13T17:22:18.082-07:00Have you noticed main stream 'male' author...Have you noticed main stream 'male' authors writing suspense have been adding in romance? I am fed up with all the "ewwww romance" people. I used to get upset when people looked down their nose at me and said "I don't read romance." Now I look down my nose at them and say, "Yeah I can tell." Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054306874904898496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-38055750186344823982017-03-13T15:03:19.564-07:002017-03-13T15:03:19.564-07:00An addendum: In romantic suspense, the word "...An addendum: In romantic suspense, the word "romance" comes first. Think of your average bottle of ketchup--the first ingredient is the most important one. A debatable point here, I know, but then, no analogy is perfect. Just wanted to toss this into the mix!jean harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04925805990806522316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-70263839191560258382017-03-13T15:01:03.949-07:002017-03-13T15:01:03.949-07:00Kathy, I do understand your dilemma between myster...Kathy, I do understand your dilemma between mystery-romance in a crime-driven story. I've run into the same problem and tried to solve it, as you have, by keeping in a measure of romance to offset the grimmer aspects of the crime. Bottom line, it works. jean harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04925805990806522316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-11229050900371037972017-03-13T11:46:34.406-07:002017-03-13T11:46:34.406-07:00I'm in your camp, Kathy. To me, romance and su...I'm in your camp, Kathy. To me, romance and suspense go together. After all, it's the human connection that makes fiction worth reading, and what is more human than love?Daryl Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485684679852822756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-47437654960111385252017-03-13T09:49:20.783-07:002017-03-13T09:49:20.783-07:00I'm with you, Kathy. I'm baffled there are...I'm with you, Kathy. I'm baffled there are people who don't understand RS is a legitimate, established genre. Toni Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09006694783089788568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-89070022965474063772017-03-13T09:21:32.744-07:002017-03-13T09:21:32.744-07:00Kathy, I love the layering of the two story arcs, ...Kathy, I love the layering of the two story arcs, too. I just got back from a weekend at a book festival where many of the people who stopped in seemed baffled by the idea of romance and suspense together in one story. They seemed to either want mystery/thriller or romance. I'm happy to say I think I converted many of them. ;) Why not have two great stories in one?Anne Marie Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603878676306179018noreply@blogger.com