Laura Sheehan interview with Cindy Gerard

This article that I have place in this post is a article written by Laura Sheehan for the March 2011 edition of LARA Confidential (the award-winning newsletter for the Los Angeles Romance Authors chapter of the Romance Writers of America), discussing the definition of the romantic suspense genre. This article includes an interview with New York Times bestselling author and Rita award winner Cindy Gerard. Laura breaks down in this article in so many words of what a romance suspense novel really is and how it stands out as the perfect sub genre.

A paragraph that really stuck out to me in this article was when Cindy was asked what she considers to be vital in a romance suspense. “Action, adventure, realism, diligent research, AND compelling characters that we can champion and cheer for on both their perilous journey and their emotional journey into their budding relationship.” She also said, "in addition to the action and adventure of our stories, we can’t forget the believability.  Not only must the world/setting be believable, requiring research to add those elements of realism and depth, but our characters’ emotional development has to be equally relatable and authentic."

For more of this article, click the link: http://laurasheehan.wordpress.com/writings/genre-explorer-romantic-suspense/

Romance Suspense Authors

Hey Guys!!! Thanks for visiting my blog. As you can see one of my genres of focus for this class is Romance Suspense. I have experience writing romance novels but I have never wrote a suspense novel involving romance. After much research I discovered this really cool site titled, www.justromanticsuspense.com this site enlightened me upon various authors and their work with romance suspense novels. I was drawn to one author in particular; Nina Pierce. Nina Pierce is romance novelist who considers herself to be a scientist at heart. She loves the idea of solving puzzles so naturally as an author she prides herself on weaving in suspense plots that would keep her readers guessing.

Take a look at the link below and get an understanding of the authors who write novels in this particular genre. www.justromanticsuspense.com