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Guest - Shannon Donnelly
Good morning everyone! Today's guest is Shannon Donnelly. Shannon's
writing has won numerous awards, including a RITA
nomination for Best Regency, the Grand Prize in the "Minute Maid
Sensational Romance Writer" contest, judged by Nora Roberts, RWA's Golden
Heart, and others. Her writing has repeatedly earned 4½ Star Top Pick reviews
from Romantic Times magazine, as well as praise from Booklist and
other reviewers, who note: "simply superb"..."wonderfully
uplifting"....and "beautifully written."
Her latest Regency
Historical Romance, Paths of Desire,
can be found as an ebooks, along with her Regency romances. Shannon is a regular
speaker at writing conferences, and will be speaking at the 2012 RWA National conference in Anaheim. She gives
online workshops and is the author of Story
Telling; Story Showing, an ebook that compliments her popular online class Show and Tell: An Interactive Workshop.
She can be found online at www.sd-writer.com, twitter.com/sdwriter, and
facebook.com/sdwriter.
Shannon is offering ebook giveaways of her Paths of Desire to two lucky commenters (please include your email address so she can contact you)
Enjoy!
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Shannon is offering ebook giveaways of her Paths of Desire to two lucky commenters (please include your email address so she can contact you)
Enjoy!
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WE ARE FAMILY
I’ve been watching a lot of movies about family lately, and some about
family which don’t really seem to be about family, but really are. As in The
Avengers, which is all about family.
What!—you say. But that’s an action movie! Yes, it is. However, at its
heart, it’s all about family. My favorite kind of family, in fact—the kind that
bickers, fights, argues, tears itself apart, but which bonds together against
any outside threat. (That was also me and my brother when we were growing up,
which is probably why I’m so fond of that kind of family.) Critics have already
noted the dysfunctional side of The Avengers—and other Joss Whedon shows, which
is why I love Joss. I relate to dysfunctional. That also makes for the best
kinds of stories.
Family, in a novel, gives you some of the best conflict and story
ever. When in doubt, bring in the family. Any romance writer knows this. And readers
love it, too. Yes, there are a lot of “orphan” stories out there, but you’ll
notice the orphan doesn’t stay on her own for long. Soon, the family of choice
shows up. That’s the great thing about family—they don’t have to be tied to you
by blood. They can be tied by preference, circumstance, or just because you
happen to see the world from a similar outsider view. I’ve used that trick in
most of my books, including the latest, Paths
of Desire, where family turns up when you least want them and where they
are most annoying. And the heroine ends up making a family of misfits like
herself—because we all need family. We need to share our world.
Readers and writers are all family—we bicker, fight, tear at each
other. But we’re also bonded. We love our books, our stories—we love talking
about them, pushing the best ones onto each other, gasping when other readers
don’t love our favorites with the same insane passion. We bond over books.
We’re every bit as dysfunctional as The Avengers—well, maybe not quite that
super-powered, but close (including the costumes hanging in the closets). That
shared love is one of the great joys of life—and all writers are readers. Books
bond us. We love words and stories and characters. We read because life would
be flat and unbearable without that escape. Stories make sense of our lives. And
that’s why we write—because we want to share even more and so we dive into the
deep end on things.
So—authors, next time you bash readers for not “getting” your story,
stop and remember, that’s your brother and sister out there (yes, I know, you
bash them, too, but do so with love). And, readers, next time you’re about to
savage a book with harsh criticism, remember, that’s your sister in words who
wrote that, and your brother, so put in some humor and respect—okay, maybe you
don’t use that with blood kin, either, but this is your ink kin we’re talking
about. Go ahead and hit hard—then, like that great fight scene in The Avengers,
after knocking each other around, offer a hand up and know that while you may
come to blows occasionally (just to test each other and prove who really can
dish it out), we’re all a family of readers out here. You may not like everyone in your family, but
they understand you like no one else in this world.
The newest Regency Historical from award-winning author and RWA
RITA-nominee, Shannon Donnelly.
NO MAN’S MISTRESS…
She wants a rich lord for a husband—she won’t end like her mother,
abandoned and broken.
NO WOMAN’S FOOL…
He wants to prove to his friend she’s the wrong woman—he knows too well
the pain of a bad marriage.
WHEN AN ACTRESS CROSSES PATHS
WITH AN ADVENTURER IN 1813 LONDON…
The last thing either wants is to fall in love, but when desire leads
to a passion that won’t be denied, how can the heart do anything but follow?
EXCERPT
Leaning forward,
he cupped her face and kissed her, hard and deep. She held still under his
touch, but her lips parted, her tongue met his. Her hand stole up to clutch at
his coat collar. He moved his hand from her face to her breast. Kissed her
until he had no breath. He pulled away while he still could and leaned his
forehead against hers, breath mingling in matching ragged gasps.
“I don’t know what
you do to me—I’ve not looked at any woman in months. Not had one for longer. I’d
convinced myself I’d had no need for this.”
“I’m not doing
anything!”
“You are—just by
existing. I’d forgotten the joy of bringing a woman pleasure. I’d forgotten too
much.”
She turned away
and pulled her cloak tight. “I’m not looking for pleasure—I’m looking for a
husband.” He gave a laugh, and she turned to him. “You wouldn’t laugh at a lady
who said as much—and you wouldn’t handle a lady as you have me!”
“No—thank merciful
heaven for that. But I want more than to touch you.”
“Go away—and stay
away! You...you’re a distraction! An arrogant, conceited distraction. And—”
He caught her
wrist. “Don’t lie to me. Don’t lie to yourself. This doesn’t end here between
us.”
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5 Responses to "Guest - Shannon Donnelly"
I like to be in families where we swap those costumes in the closet. Loved the post and excerpt. Is this book part of a series?
I am planning a sequel to Paths of Desire that takes up with the hero's son, Griff.
Shannon, I find the writing community to be as you say - a big family. I don't know what I'd do without it, to be honest.
The book sounds terrific, and I'm glad you're doing a sequel.
Cheers hon!
Congratulations on the book! I enjoyed the excerpt. The book sounds good.
bn100candg(at)hotmail(dot)com
Congrats on the book! Great excerpt!
chey127 at hotmail dot com
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