tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post293890414392744381..comments2024-03-28T23:06:34.406-04:00Comments on The Romance Dish: Today's Special - - Susan Seypjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-27501103911999965912011-06-14T10:14:36.554-04:002011-06-14T10:14:36.554-04:00As someone who started reading with mysteries, I l...As someone who started reading with mysteries, I love a little crime/action/suspense in my romances. I think books are richer when the main characters have a good and evident supporting cast of characters (especially in series that way they don't get stale), and every once in a while, I find a secondary love story more appealing than the main.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-46631297646428410822011-06-13T22:53:14.133-04:002011-06-13T22:53:14.133-04:00PJ wrote: Susan, thanks so much for being with us ...PJ wrote: <i>Susan, thanks so much for being with us today! See you in NYC in a couple weeks!</i><br /><br />Thanks so much for having me today! I always have such a great time with your readers! See you in NYC!Susan Seyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033511012283092945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-73562901476802266482011-06-13T22:52:26.714-04:002011-06-13T22:52:26.714-04:00hrdwrkdmom aka Dianna wrote: I really do like seco...hrdwrkdmom aka Dianna wrote: <i>I really do like secondary romances as long as it gets a finish and doesn't leave me hanging. </i><br /><br />See, if I *know* it's a trilogy, let's say, I'll expect certain plot points to remain unresolved. But I need a certain amount of resolution, too. (The love story, preferably.) <br /><br />But if I wasn't prepared for a To Be Continued,Susan Seyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033511012283092945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-24432395743311740792011-06-13T22:49:24.559-04:002011-06-13T22:49:24.559-04:00PJ wrote: Thanks for asking, Carrie. Now, I don...PJ wrote: <i>Thanks for asking, Carrie. Now, I don't have to duck! :)</i><br /><br />As for my next trick...I mean book...it's in the air just now. I'm pitching a trilogy right now--I've written book one--and am hoping my editor likes the concept enough to pick it up. It's about a happily widowed young woman whose world is thrown into chaos when she discovers her black Susan Seyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033511012283092945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-60140367225728146042011-06-13T22:41:56.462-04:002011-06-13T22:41:56.462-04:00Kat wrote: I like my romances angsty and emotional...Kat wrote: <i>I like my romances angsty and emotionally charged. </i><br /><br />Oooh, those are delicious sometimes! I think you might enjoy MONEY SHOT. It's angstier (is that a word?) than my previous book & a bit darker, too. But I had the best time writing it, just pulling out all the stops & going for broke, emotionally. Got to say, that was a good time.Susan Seyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033511012283092945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-34845497560253897402011-06-13T22:39:53.661-04:002011-06-13T22:39:53.661-04:00Barbara E wrote: How about all of the above? I enj...Barbara E wrote: <i>How about all of the above? I enjoy that something extra in a story,</i><br /><br />Why limit ourselves? That's what I say! I'm with you, Barbara. If the author can pull it off, bring it on!Susan Seyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033511012283092945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-9327749168063594782011-06-13T22:38:40.597-04:002011-06-13T22:38:40.597-04:00flchen1 wrote: years ago, I happened to catch part...flchen1 wrote: <i>years ago, I happened to catch part of a *ahem...* Buffy episode when DH was out of town. I couldn't sleep, at all. It was wretched, not to mention embarrassing... </i><br /><br />Oh, that happened to me once. My husband was out of town & I made the mistake of watching Silence of the Lambs. (I know, right? But I was laboring under the delusion it was suspenseful Susan Seyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033511012283092945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-11813137797443284532011-06-13T22:36:44.920-04:002011-06-13T22:36:44.920-04:00Adrienne wrote: I love that excerpt. Such fun. Sou...Adrienne wrote: <i>I love that excerpt. Such fun. Sounds like a fun read!</i><br /><br />I hope it is! That was my goal, anyway. You'll have to let me know how close I got if you decide to pick it up!Susan Seyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033511012283092945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-91706610690632164552011-06-13T22:35:37.128-04:002011-06-13T22:35:37.128-04:00Becke wrote: Yay!! I've read Susan's books...Becke wrote: <i>Yay!! I've read Susan's books and loved them both. She's an auto-buy for me now!</i><br /><br />Oh, man, that's high praise coming from you! I think you just made my day!Susan Seyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033511012283092945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-83691026378835423262011-06-13T21:41:55.481-04:002011-06-13T21:41:55.481-04:00Susan, thanks so much for being with us today! Se...Susan, thanks so much for being with us today! See you in NYC in a couple weeks!pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-37649091450983211392011-06-13T21:00:01.171-04:002011-06-13T21:00:01.171-04:00Money Honey whetted my appetite, I am ready for Mo...Money Honey whetted my appetite, I am ready for Moeny Shot now, and I really do like secondary romances as long as it gets a finish and doesn't leave me hanging. Like you say though, if it is too much to finish then give them their own book. I can get behind that idea.hrdwrkdmom aka Diannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520769151419586319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-20090381151492380832011-06-13T20:12:06.519-04:002011-06-13T20:12:06.519-04:00The characters are what really makes a novel for m...<i>The characters are what really makes a novel for me, but I do love a bit of suspense with my romance.</i><br /><br />LSUReader, Susan's stories are very character driven. Have you read them yet?pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-79641089414751442592011-06-13T20:11:17.927-04:002011-06-13T20:11:17.927-04:00Congrats on the release! Now when can we expect th...<i>Congrats on the release! Now when can we expect the next one? lol and ducking.</i><br /><br />Thanks for asking, Carrie. Now, I don't have to duck! :)pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-50573723512796330782011-06-13T20:10:20.523-04:002011-06-13T20:10:20.523-04:00Becke! Good to see you over here! Susan's be...Becke! Good to see you over here! Susan's become an auto-buy for me too.<br /><br />Jen, Goose more than lives up to the potential we saw in <i>Money, Honey</i> and Rush is her perfect (imperfect) hero!pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-68587948186108786592011-06-13T19:11:32.734-04:002011-06-13T19:11:32.734-04:00I like my romances angsty and emotionally charged....I like my romances angsty and emotionally charged. Whether that happens thru a crime-suspense, time travel, paranormal or a historical story does not really matter. I also want my all wrapped up HEA!!!!Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11755718172910646641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-10831460507599933602011-06-13T18:44:26.360-04:002011-06-13T18:44:26.360-04:00How about all of the above? I enjoy that somethin...How about all of the above? I enjoy that something extra in a story, a mystery to be solved, some type of paranormal gift or occurrence, secondary characters finding love too, all of it adds to the story for me.Barbara E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10042665559975481397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-41589473823524698042011-06-13T17:19:44.902-04:002011-06-13T17:19:44.902-04:00Now there's a good husband! :) Mine just kno...Now there's a good husband! :) Mine just knows that I don't do any kind of scary at all--years ago, I happened to catch part of a *ahem...* Buffy episode when DH was out of town. I couldn't sleep, at all. It was wretched, not to mention embarrassing... Now I avoid watching anything that even hints at scary, or might be laughingly interpreted as scary in some weird alternate Fedorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879033776125666713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-87001148477161064522011-06-13T17:10:32.485-04:002011-06-13T17:10:32.485-04:00Hi susan. I love that excerpt. Such fun. Sounds...Hi susan. I love that excerpt. Such fun. Sounds like a fun read!Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05570777359163545427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-71193190951299732322011-06-13T17:00:08.144-04:002011-06-13T17:00:08.144-04:00Yay!! I've read Susan's books and loved th...Yay!! I've read Susan's books and loved them both. She's an auto-buy for me now!Becke Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347467350985614111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-77783631464804364992011-06-13T16:57:10.707-04:002011-06-13T16:57:10.707-04:00LSU reader wrote: The characters are what really m...LSU reader wrote: <i>The characters are what really makes a novel for me, but I do love a bit of suspense with my romance. </i><br /><br />I'm with you on that one! I'll willing to give characters a ton of latitude so long as they charm me while they're meandering plotlessly about saying witty things to one another. :-)Susan Seyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033511012283092945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-62378953093716171362011-06-13T16:56:00.892-04:002011-06-13T16:56:00.892-04:00Carrie wrote: I'll of course have to call in s...Carrie wrote: <i>I'll of course have to call in sick to work for at least one day, possibly two. I've given my boss your name as my "doctor" in case she needs a written excuse. </i><br /><br />Super. I'll be looking forward to that phone call. :-) <br /><br />Hope you enjoy it!Susan Seyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033511012283092945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-15286856492383018242011-06-13T16:37:36.621-04:002011-06-13T16:37:36.621-04:00The characters are what really makes a novel for m...The characters are what really makes a novel for me, but I do love a bit of suspense with my romance. Thanks for visiting.LSUReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10551147044529756940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-83207522478023912592011-06-13T16:36:35.718-04:002011-06-13T16:36:35.718-04:00Susan, your book is the very top of my TBR pile an...Susan, your book is the very top of my TBR pile and I'll be digging into it tomorrow. I'll of course have to call in sick to work for at least one day, possibly two. I've given my boss your name as my "doctor" in case she needs a written excuse. <br /><br />=)<br /><br />Congrats on the release! Now when can we expect the next one? lol and ducking.<br /><br />carrieCarriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479579957810307690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-81737994458825329012011-06-13T16:04:25.189-04:002011-06-13T16:04:25.189-04:00PJ wrote: It's just me this year (Buffie, Gann...PJ wrote: <i>It's just me this year (Buffie, Gannon and Andrea all have family commitments) so we'll have to party three times as hard to make up for them not being there! ;-)<br /></i><br /><br />Oh, I'm so sorry the others can't make it! I'll miss you guys! But if partying three times as hard is what we have to do to take up the slack, well, I'm not one to shirk my Susan Seyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033511012283092945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-82959063955017633132011-06-13T16:02:52.701-04:002011-06-13T16:02:52.701-04:00Jennifertanner wrote: I loved Goose's characte...Jennifertanner wrote: <i>I loved Goose's character in Money, Honey, and I'm so glad she's got her own book.</i><br /><br />Me, too! Sometimes a character comes along & just captures your imagination. I feel so lucky that I got the chance to write the book I envisioned for Goose. I'll be interested to hear what you think of it!Susan Seyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033511012283092945noreply@blogger.com