Comments on: Roam-Ants http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/01/14/roam-ants/ Ten Authors. Five Genres. One Blog. Because the only thing scarier than a loaded gun pointed at your head....is writing about it. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:50:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Allison Brennan http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/01/14/roam-ants/#comment-225802 Allison Brennan Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:16:41 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1563#comment-225802 Deb, your definition of romance is mine. I like my pedicures, but I am far more attracted to smart men who share my interested than I am to hot guys filled with air (they are certainly nice to look at, but not for a long-term relationship.) My heroines run the gamut of "girly-girly" and tomboys. Most are athletic, smart, and in law enforcement. They "play with the boys." I had one who was a romance writer, but I also put her on search and rescue. My current heroine only wears jeans. A different heroine wore long, flirty sundresses when she wasn't in a business suit. (She was a prosecutor.) I think you'll find in romance that there is something for everyone. I couldn't write a woman I couldn't respect anymore than I could write a too-alpha male. Give me McGyver! Give me Jack over Sawyer. (Ok, they're both alpha, but Jack is smart, responsible alpha and Sawyer is sexy, bad-boy alpha.) And I would much rather be taken to a nice restaurant with good wine than get a bouquet of flowers picked up on the corner for $5.99 Deb, your definition of romance is mine. I like my pedicures, but I am far more attracted to smart men who share my interested than I am to hot guys filled with air (they are certainly nice to look at, but not for a long-term relationship.)

My heroines run the gamut of “girly-girly” and tomboys. Most are athletic, smart, and in law enforcement. They “play with the boys.” I had one who was a romance writer, but I also put her on search and rescue. My current heroine only wears jeans. A different heroine wore long, flirty sundresses when she wasn’t in a business suit. (She was a prosecutor.)

I think you’ll find in romance that there is something for everyone. I couldn’t write a woman I couldn’t respect anymore than I could write a too-alpha male. Give me McGyver! Give me Jack over Sawyer. (Ok, they’re both alpha, but Jack is smart, responsible alpha and Sawyer is sexy, bad-boy alpha.)

And I would much rather be taken to a nice restaurant with good wine than get a bouquet of flowers picked up on the corner for $5.99

]]> By: Terry Odell http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/01/14/roam-ants/#comment-225799 Terry Odell Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:11:57 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1563#comment-225799 Hubby once brought me flowers for 'no reason' after he'd already given me some the week before. I asked why, and he said, "You looked sad when you threw the other ones out." Hubby once brought me flowers for ‘no reason’ after he’d already given me some the week before. I asked why, and he said, “You looked sad when you threw the other ones out.”

]]> By: Deb http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/01/14/roam-ants/#comment-225798 Deb Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:42:57 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1563#comment-225798 MManda, I think anything that touches you that big and that much has got to have romance written all over it. I don't think it's corny at all. :) MManda, I think anything that touches you that big and that much has got to have romance written all over it. I don’t think it’s corny at all. :)

]]> By: Deb http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/01/14/roam-ants/#comment-225797 Deb Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:41:57 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1563#comment-225797 LOL, I love that line! :) LOL, I love that line! :)

]]> By: Deb http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/01/14/roam-ants/#comment-225796 Deb Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:40:36 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1563#comment-225796 Come to think of it, Poppy, I do quite a bit of chocolate adding in the shopping cart. Wonder if that's why chocolates are not that big a deal to me. It's something I do for myself....more often than I should. :) Come to think of it, Poppy, I do quite a bit of chocolate adding in the shopping cart. Wonder if that’s why chocolates are not that big a deal to me. It’s something I do for myself….more often than I should. :)

]]> By: Deb http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/01/14/roam-ants/#comment-225795 Deb Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:37:42 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1563#comment-225795 You got it, girlfriend! The same thing happens to me with flowers. I get some, think they're nice and all, then immediately think, 'what a shame they're gonna die in just a few days', then get depressed watching them do just that. Arg... You got it, girlfriend! The same thing happens to me with flowers. I get some, think they’re nice and all, then immediately think, ‘what a shame they’re gonna die in just a few days’, then get depressed watching them do just that. Arg…

]]> By: Deb http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/01/14/roam-ants/#comment-225794 Deb Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:35:41 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1563#comment-225794 You know, I'm wondering if any guys reading these comments might be thinking..."Man-oh-man, if I'd only known, I could have saved a ton on chocolates and flowers!" lol You know, I’m wondering if any guys reading these comments might be thinking…”Man-oh-man, if I’d only known, I could have saved a ton on chocolates and flowers!” lol

]]> By: Terry Odell http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/01/14/roam-ants/#comment-225793 Terry Odell Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:16:32 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1563#comment-225793 Agreed -- the 'come look at the full moon' is a Significant Moment. Even more when he's not around and calls to tell you about it. As for the dishes and the garbage -- those are his chores and he'd darn well better do them! I like that he does the Costco run, but I know he does that for the Senior Buffet, not to be nice. Agreed — the ‘come look at the full moon’ is a Significant Moment. Even more when he’s not around and calls to tell you about it.

As for the dishes and the garbage — those are his chores and he’d darn well better do them! I like that he does the Costco run, but I know he does that for the Senior Buffet, not to be nice.

]]> By: Deb http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/01/14/roam-ants/#comment-225792 Deb Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:14:22 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1563#comment-225792 If they could only get the ' without my having to ask' part, huh, Kait? :)) If they could only get the ‘ without my having to ask’ part, huh, Kait? :) )

]]> By: Terry Odell http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/01/14/roam-ants/#comment-225791 Terry Odell Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:13:55 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1563#comment-225791 Yeah, guess I'll keep him. It'll be 40 years in August -- not worth trying to break in a new one. Yeah, guess I’ll keep him. It’ll be 40 years in August — not worth trying to break in a new one.

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