tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post1984614889819330086..comments2024-03-27T22:29:34.670-04:00Comments on The Romance Dish: Guest Author -- Annie Westpjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-68794329505769410292009-12-19T23:37:50.623-05:002009-12-19T23:37:50.623-05:00Thanks so much Annie!! *\^o^/* I can't wait to...Thanks so much Annie!! *\^o^/* I can't wait to read your book. I've sent you an email with my address btw. ^^Sissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510427989803193826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-45455086423946091632009-12-19T03:46:57.519-05:002009-12-19T03:46:57.519-05:00Thanks, everyone, for the warm welcome here at the...Thanks, everyone, for the warm welcome here at the Romance Dish. It's been lovely visiting. <br /><br />I promised to give away a copy of my latest and I've now drawn a winner. CONGRATULATIONS, MELISSA! If you email me at annie@annie-west.com with your postal address, I'll pop the book in the mail to you.<br /><br />Merry Christmas, everyone!<br />AnnieAnnie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-17242206878324815812009-12-19T03:44:47.088-05:002009-12-19T03:44:47.088-05:00Hi Michelle, what a lovely thing to say about read...Hi Michelle, what a lovely thing to say about reading my books! Thank you so much!<br /><br />Fancy mentioning 'Bleak House'. I haven't read it in years but it's still one of my faves. Bella is a terrific character.Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-69961948707347945502009-12-19T03:43:07.919-05:002009-12-19T03:43:07.919-05:00Hi Maureen. Yes, I have to connect to the h&h ...Hi Maureen. Yes, I have to connect to the h&h early in a book, I've found. Likeable but not perfect just about sums it up.Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-53051277213693830462009-12-19T03:41:55.089-05:002009-12-19T03:41:55.089-05:00Hi Gannon. Thanks for popping by to comment. Sorry...Hi Gannon. Thanks for popping by to comment. Sorry about the delay - I've had some computer glitches.Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-30213264235136957872009-12-18T18:29:30.210-05:002009-12-18T18:29:30.210-05:00Hi, Annie, you sexy author you! You don't nee...Hi, Annie, you sexy author you! You don't need to worry about writing characters that make people yawn. I always allot myself plenty of interrupt-free time when I open one of your books because I know I'm in for a treat I want to savour.<br /><br />And yes, I'm holding my hand up for flawed characters. I adored SEP's Sugar Beth. One of my absolute favourite characters is Bella Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586192358963827660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-62130626870388982982009-12-18T18:14:30.838-05:002009-12-18T18:14:30.838-05:00Hi Annie,
I definitely have to like the hero and h...Hi Annie,<br />I definitely have to like the hero and heroine of the story. There is a balance that I like where they are good people who care about others but not perfect people who never do anything wrong. I like them to struggle a bit and suffer a little before they reach their HEA.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16392692656456938856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-16462563912981919502009-12-18T17:44:19.165-05:002009-12-18T17:44:19.165-05:00Hi, Annie! I'm a big fan of books where the h...Hi, Annie! I'm a big fan of books where the hero and heroine have to strive to reach their HEA--love cheering them on!Gannon Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636246789013520445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-31510690499831171992009-12-18T17:14:45.627-05:002009-12-18T17:14:45.627-05:00Hi Andrea, it sounds like you're having a busy...Hi Andrea, it sounds like you're having a busy time. But I always like the end of year school events. The children are so excited by it all. <br /><br />So glad to hear you read and liked BLACKMAILED BRIDE, INEXPERIENCED WIFE. That's lovely news.<br /><br />Ooh, 'reverse Cinderella' heroes. You don't see those as often but they can be fascinating. Personally I love a hero who Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-65509812092257124602009-12-18T16:59:03.465-05:002009-12-18T16:59:03.465-05:00Hi, Annie! I'm so glad you could join us toda...Hi, Annie! I'm so glad you could join us today! I would have been here earlier, but have been at my kids' school all day helping out with two Christmas parties and now I'm beat. School's out for Christmas break and I look forward to sleeping in!!<br /><br />On to your question... Honestly, I like a healthy mix of heroes. As PJ mentioned, if I had a steady mix of the same kindAndreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09653666675287477633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-14030386102507944632009-12-18T16:48:21.141-05:002009-12-18T16:48:21.141-05:00Hi Virginia, it's lovely to see you. I remembe...Hi Virginia, it's lovely to see you. I remember your comment on Khalid's voice. He had that effect on me too! It made writing him interesting. Did I mention Dario has an accent and a great voice? (G)<br /><br />I do like your description of a heroine who holds her own and makes tough choices.Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-19121025789145475882009-12-18T16:23:40.693-05:002009-12-18T16:23:40.693-05:00Hi, Annie! You know that I love the way you write ...Hi, Annie! You know that I love the way you write your heroes! As I told you once before, when you described the voice of Khalid from THE DESERT KING'S PREGNANT BRIDE, I could almost hear him speak! Men with sexy voices who look directly into a woman's eyes and speak to her with respect and adoration...oh my! A heroine who holds her own and makes tough choices even when it breaks her Virginia Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09960370038323930029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-71632617273806089232009-12-18T15:20:54.101-05:002009-12-18T15:20:54.101-05:00Hi Marilyn, Merry Christmas to you too. It's g...Hi Marilyn, Merry Christmas to you too. It's getting close now, isn't it? I'm glad you enjoy my stories, and that my 'sexy' tag isn't misleading!Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-15422014125709501602009-12-18T15:19:24.158-05:002009-12-18T15:19:24.158-05:00Hi Anna, I know you love those gothics. It's t...Hi Anna, I know you love those gothics. It's there in all your books! And as for Penrhyn in CAPTIVE OF SIN - I recognised it as soon as I read it. I read Victoria Holt too as a teenager. I started with 'Mistress of Mellyn' in that lovely Elizabethan house on the cliff. Some really captured the imagination, like 'King of the Castle', which I'm sure owed a lot to Jane Eyre Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-37887255205817097062009-12-18T15:13:32.121-05:002009-12-18T15:13:32.121-05:00Hi Melissa,
I think if the heroine is perfect it&...Hi Melissa,<br /><br />I think if the heroine is perfect it's enormously hard to identify with her. I wrote a heroine not so long ago who appeared on the surface to have it all. She was attractive, educated, she wore diamonds and designer clothes and she was used to mixing with the social elite. The hero believes she's had an entitled life. Poor Callie had in some ways, but in others her Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-73775383710361147832009-12-18T15:04:46.355-05:002009-12-18T15:04:46.355-05:00Janga, thanks for the good wishes. I hope readers ...Janga, thanks for the good wishes. I hope readers love the book!<br /><br />You've raised one of the things I enjoy too - seeing the characters change and grow. It's not so satisfying if they don't - a little too much as if they've been type-cast and can't develop. Seeing a villain change along the way can be really satisfying, as you say.Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-61646860117521157902009-12-18T14:44:34.401-05:002009-12-18T14:44:34.401-05:00Hi PJ, thanks for the warm welcome. Brr, it sounds...Hi PJ, thanks for the warm welcome. Brr, it sounds chilly at your place. You should pop over to visit. Sunny skies here and warm enough to swim. It's particularly nice as we've just had rain the last couple of days to break the heat (it's been over 100F). Hope you got all your errands done.<br /><br />You've read BLACKMAILED BRIDE, INEXPERIENCED WIFE? I'm so glad you enjoyed Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-5776247479434294182009-12-18T14:41:53.040-05:002009-12-18T14:41:53.040-05:00Meaghan, it's great when characters work toget...Meaghan, it's great when characters work together, isn't it? I recently read some terrific romantic suspense by Fiona Brand where the heroine in particular had issues to face and both h&h were thrown into dangerous situations where they had to work together to survive and solve the problems. That working together made the books (and the characters) so strong.Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-26561892617720782462009-12-18T14:39:06.344-05:002009-12-18T14:39:06.344-05:00Hi Drew,
It is a balancing act, isn't it? Som...Hi Drew,<br /><br />It is a balancing act, isn't it? Sometimes it feels like characters are treading a thin line. I've written some stories where there's less background turmoil and all the trouble is up front. On the other hand, it's great sometimes to read and to write a hero or heroine with 'interesting' pasts as well.<br /><br />The split between male and female POV isAnnie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-26475848266932512072009-12-18T14:34:28.382-05:002009-12-18T14:34:28.382-05:00Hi Deb,
Yes, I know what you mean about sometimes...Hi Deb,<br /><br />Yes, I know what you mean about sometimes the angst being laid on too thickly. That's one of the reasons I'm not a fan of Thomas Hardy - now THERE is a writer who loved to make things unbelievably bad for his characters!<br /><br />Names are fascinating, aren't they? I've sometimes given unpleasant characters very nice sounding names because I like the contrast Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-21108907246695569792009-12-18T14:19:29.915-05:002009-12-18T14:19:29.915-05:00Annie, just popping in to say hello. Great post a...Annie, just popping in to say hello. Great post and you know how I feel about all of your books......very sexy! <br /><br />Happy Holidays everyone!Marilyn Shoemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17860682834201996869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-13061698175633671012009-12-18T13:58:14.506-05:002009-12-18T13:58:14.506-05:00Ooh, Annie, loved those gothic romances. The first...Ooh, Annie, loved those gothic romances. The first one I ever read was in primary school and it was called Master of Pendorric. I remember having no idea that the sexy but evil husband was really the good guy and the sympathetic shoulder to cry on guy for the heroine was the baddie. I then read hundreds of gothics and discovered that was actually what happened in most of them. Innocence has its Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-37194464957457058632009-12-18T13:32:56.445-05:002009-12-18T13:32:56.445-05:00Hi Annie,
I know exactly how you feel i find hero/...Hi Annie,<br />I know exactly how you feel i find hero/heroine's who have everything and wants for nothing boring as well. Your book sounds very interesting to read and i would to read it. ^^<br /><br />One of the things i like best about a hero or heroine is when they're not perfect. I really don't like the drop dead gorgeous perfect all around hero or heroine. Give me some flaws. A Sissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510427989803193826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-75436270929507467852009-12-18T13:15:16.315-05:002009-12-18T13:15:16.315-05:00Hi, Annie! I wish you great success with the new r...Hi, Annie! I wish you great success with the new release.<br /><br />My favorite characters are those who change and grow during the story. Whether it's a redeemed villain or a young heroine who needs to grow up a bit, I want to believe that the protagonists are not just happy but better and stronger when I close the book.Jangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128188159653860806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-10801338638660171692009-12-18T13:04:33.968-05:002009-12-18T13:04:33.968-05:00Hi Annie! We're so happy to have you with us ...Hi Annie! We're so happy to have you with us today. Sorry I wasn't here earlier but I wanted to get my errands completed before the weather here got too bad. We have sleet, high winds and hit our high temp for the day (36°F) at about 8:30 this morning. Brrrrr.<br /><br />I really enjoyed BLACKMAILED BRIDE, INEXPERIENCED WIFE. It's been some time since I've read a Harlequin pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com