Barbara Cartland on Romance Writing
Nov. 22nd, 2017 11:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyWhat did the Dame have to say in today's title, do you think? One, give the heroine a preposterous name and and make sure she's in straitened circumstances. Two, the hero has to have a title not lower than an Earl and keep his first name secret. Three, do a lot of research on one very particular details (e.g. types of public transport in France in the early 1800s) and put every last word of it in the middle of the novel to pad out the word count. And Bob's your uncle, there's your book half written.
Do you remember the hens that escaped from down the street a few months ago, only to be found in this and next door's gardens? Well, clearing the garden between our houses today, in preparation for the new fence, Brian Next Door found an egg, presumably from one of the escapees.
Yes, it's been a quiet day.
Do you remember the hens that escaped from down the street a few months ago, only to be found in this and next door's gardens? Well, clearing the garden between our houses today, in preparation for the new fence, Brian Next Door found an egg, presumably from one of the escapees.
Yes, it's been a quiet day.