Comments on: Chemistry Lessons

By: Cassie

Cassie — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:12:34 +0000

Thanks for telling Cheryl. OMG, I love her books. I can’t wait for the next one.

All you ladies I met at RWA in DC rock!

By: Roxanne St. Claire

Roxanne St. Claire — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:48:36 +0000

CL Wilson is a master (mistress), I tell you. She has a brand new book out this month and is already killing it – it was #2 at B&N this week. (QUEEN OF SONG & SOUL.) Great example! xo (PS. I’m going to see Cheryl this weekend, so I’ll tell her you mentioned her book!)

By: Roxanne St. Claire

Roxanne St. Claire — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:46:40 +0000

You gave me the idea to blog about this, Toni, with *your* master classes on humor, which were incredible posts. Thanks! xo

By: Roxanne St. Claire

Roxanne St. Claire — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:45:51 +0000

So maybe I can do the workshop afterall, hmmm? Thanks! xo

By: Cassie

Cassie — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:31:54 +0000

Great post Rocki.

OMG the shed scene, but what’s the kicker is what Maggie says when they get out of the shed.

Lizzy and Con… damn… hot from the first scene. It’s funny that you said that didn’t do well in chemistry, but you got the facts right in that scene. Yeah, my high school AP chem teacher would’ve been shocked that I got a BS in Biochemistry since I got a C in her class.

For me what makes a scene sexy is the chemistry between the characters and emotional involvement.

I can’t think of a specific scene, but off the top of my head is Tarien Soul Rain and Ellie’s courtship in C.L. Wilson’s “Tarien Soul” series. Rain sends gifts to her family and even asks her father for her hand in marriage. Only after Rain promises her father that they’d wait to have sex until they’re married, does her father give his blessing.

Not only does Rain keep that promise to her father but also keeps his promise to Ellie that he’d keep her and her family safe.

Ver reisa ku’chae. Kem surah shei’tani Your soul calls out. Mine answers, beloved.

If that quote from this series isn’t the essence of a romance novel, then I don’t know what is.

By: toni mcgee causey

toni mcgee causey — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:15:09 +0000

Fantastic post, Rocki. (Sorry I’m so late to the conversation today!) I love your examples. I so wish you’d teach that master class.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:20:59 +0000

Now I know what my problem is. I never even took chemistry!

I second that suggestion for your epitaph. Maybe they could add a P.S. — She wrote the steam shower scene too.

Great workshop on sexual tension you just gave in here.

By: Roxanne St. Claire

Roxanne St. Claire — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:27:45 +0000

WORD! I hate those demanding characters! xo

By: Roxanne St. Claire

Roxanne St. Claire — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:27:05 +0000

Whoa, called a queen twice. Am feeling royal. I am so wickedly ashamed to admit I’ve never read a JD Robb book. I’ve heard nothing but glowing reviews, and am so fascinated by how she’s written this never ending romance because readers rave about the hero, but I’m daunted by the sheer quantity of the series. Where to start, how to stop?

Thanks for the comment, Sil. xo

By: Karin Tabke

Karin Tabke — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:14:11 +0000

For a scene to be sexy for me there has to be absolute chemistry between the characters first. Without that, even the most skilled writer can’t convince a reader those two are meant to be.

In my second Blood Sword Legacy book, MASTER OF TORMENT, I was sure the story would be Stefan’s. But my heroin who had just burst out of the laptop and said “write my story” one day wasn’t having it. She wanted Wulfson. “But, his story isn’t until later!” I screamed at her. She crossed her arms lifted her nose in the air and refused to budge. The minute I gave in, that book wrote itself. From the first scene when they meet it was explosive. I’ve had a few of those pairings and love when the fireworks begin before I’ve even written on word of the story.