I’M READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP, MR. DEMILLE
We here on the Romance Writer's Revenge are proud to welcome, once again, Erotic Romance author, Toni Blake. Toni is a favorite here on the ship and definitely a total pirate. No one could create heroes the way she does and not be a pirate. Without further ado, the lights are up and the cameras are rolling, and here's Toni.
If you’re young, you might not know that the above is a paraphrased line spoken by a character named Norma Desmond in the 1950 movie, Sunset Boulevard. And now that you know that, you might be thinking: Hey, I thought this was a blog about writing, so what does a movie have to do with writing?
Lots, actually. In fact, so much that I couldn’t begin to cover it all in one tiny blog post. So in this blog post I just want to talk about “writing as acting.”
Now I myself am a victim of severe stage fright. I’m pretty sure this links back to some bad elementary school experiences, but whatever the cause, I’m not comfortable “performing” in front of others, be it on a stage or in front of a video camera. (Although I do these things from time to time anyway, because a girl’s gotta confront her fears, right?) Anyway, despite my dislike of being on a stage, when I’m writing a book, I feel I’m every bit as much an actress as Julia Roberts or Reese Witherspoon. (Okay, not really, but bear with me.)
I may not be up on a stage or screen, but I’m still performing a role – in my head. And then I’m putting it on paper. At any given moment, I am my book’s heroine, hero, or a secondary character to whom I’ve given a point of view. Because if reading a book can be equated to watching a movie, then writing a book is like making the movie. And the best movies and books hinge on emotion.
My main job, when I’m at the keyboard, is to be deep inside my point-of-view character’s head at all times and make sure I’m conveying their world, experiences, thoughts, and emotions in a way that the reader will feel. I can’t leave anything out if I want the character to be complete, and by the time I finish a book, I want the reader to feel they know my characters so well that they could probably tell you, (within reason, of course,) what that character would do in almost any situation. I want the reader to completely relate to the heroine and be totally in love with the hero.
And how do I try to accomplish this? I “get inside their skin.” (The characters’, not the readers’. ;) ) Actors do this, too. I’ve read that Johnny Depp spends time preparing for roles by dressing as his character dresses or doing things his character might do. And as many of you probably know, Daniel Day Lewis stays “in character” on the set for the duration of every movie he shoots. Like these guys, I spend a lot of time with my characters up front, in my head, before I ever write a word of their story, and when I do finally sit down to start writing, I am “in their skin” and I see myself as acting their roles.
In my new book, LETTERS TO A SECRET LOVER, my main characters have very diverse backgrounds and differing personalities. Rob’s past is a difficult one, and seeing myself as “acting” his role when I wrote his point of view gave me a sense of connection to him that I don’t think I could achieve otherwise. Writing Lindsey was easier – I’m actually a lot like Lindsey, at heart – but writing her role was still just as much a job of acting to me, (figuring out her lines, her facial expressions, her reactions,) as it was writing.
There are probably as many methods for characterization as there are writers, but the “writing as acting” analogy works for me, thus I consider it a big part of my process. So how do you get close to your characters? Does the idea of being an actor when you sit down to write work in your mind? Why or why not? And for readers, how do you liken books to movies? Do you see the book you’re reading like a movie in your head? Do you imagine your favorite stars in the “roles”?
And of course, I’m happy to chat about pretty much anything – craft, industry, other stuff writers can learn from movies, LETTERS TO A SECRET LOVER (now available in a bookstore near you ;) ), or whatever else floats your boat – or, I should say, your pirate ship. J
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39 comments:
Toni, good to have you aboard again and welcome:)
Being a greenhorn to the writing profession getting into character is my hardest obstacle. I find the more I write the more I come into my character's skin. It's the same way I learned to write, the more I write the better I become, and a better handle I have on the process.
I totally understand the premise that writing a book is like directing a movie on paper. When I read the images are pictured in my mind, the better the descriptions the better the image.
Toni is a part of you always reflected in your heroines?
Hi Toni
Like Lisa, I wonder if 'getting under the skin of a character' implies that part of you is reflected in your heroes and heroines. I like the acting analogy but, except in pantomime, a female actress always plays a female role and can 'transform' her personality isomorphically to fit the required mould. For you to 'become' your hero or perhaps a male villain seems much more difficult, requiring a quantum leap of imagination and creativity, unless of course you portray a guy as a gal in trousers.....which I'm sure you don't!. I haven't yet read your work, but am intrigued to know how you penetrate the inner thoughts and emotions of your male characters.
I thought you'd get a kick out of knowing I loaned your alter-ego's book Seven Nights of Sin to my three daughters when they got together last weekend for a sisterfest (they're over 21). It's time they realize Mom is not dead yet.*g*
I never see actual people (models, stars) in my characters---they seem to be wholly my own. I even have trouble thinking of who they might slightly resemble. I guess I couldn't even cast my own books!
Good morning, ladies. You pirates are early risers - I like that about you. Guess someone has to man the ship (or would that be woman the ship?) at all hours, hmm?
Thanks for the warm welcome back, and to Terri for so kindly inviting me to blog with you guys twice in such a short time : )
Now onto responding to your comments, which I'll start in a separate comment so this doesn't get too long or gangly to read in one stretch : )
Lisa, thanks for the insightful comment. One thing I should have perhaps mentioned is - it's not always EASY getting in the character's skin ; ) In fact, I'm fairly famous with my close friend and first reader, Renee, for taking a few chapters before I'm really in my heroine's skin. Generally, I write the first 3 chapters and give them to Renee, and she calls me on the phone to tell me that the plot is fine, etc. etc., but that she just doesn't KNOW the heroine yet - that there must be things in my head that aren't on the page. And then she starts asking me questions about the heroine, and we usually find out that I know the answers inherently, but that, indeed, it just didn't come out on the page. And then I change it, and then she's happy. : )
Oddly enough, LETTERS TO A SECRET LOVER, is, I think, the only book she hasn't done that with - she (I'm happy to report) loved Lindsey from the start. And she thinks this is because here is so much of me in Lindsey, and I agree that's probably the reason.
Which segues nicely into your question : ) I do believe there IS some part of me in every heroine I write - only because there MUST be, you know? But I will also definitely say that I have a lot less in common with some heroines than others. For instance, I'm nothing like Kat in SWEPT AWAY. In the first twenty pages of the book alone she does numerous things I would never do. (Although maybe they're things I WISH I were bold enough to do?)
But even with a character that greatly differs from me, I think the core character comes down to this: we're all just chicks inside, you know? Most of us are probably basically nice people who, at heart, have similar feelings about things like love, friends, family, wanting to feel valued, being good to others, etc. etc. ALL of my heroines are, at heart, going to have my core values - I don't think there's any getting away from that - and what's fortunate for me is, I think many/most women share similar core values and, therefore, many/most women will be able to relate to my heroines on a core level. : )
How's that for a long, convoluted answer to a simple question? (And it's early, and I'm still suffering a *smidge* of jetlag from a big trip last week, so forgive me if I ramble like a crazy woman today ; ) )
Hello, Quantum! You ask an intriguing question, which I wish I had a better answer to. Referring back to my friend and reader, Renee, she always says, "You always get the heroes perfect - it's the heroines you have to work on." So how DO I get the heroes perfect? I'm not sure, to be honest. I can only surmise that it has to do with creating heroes who appeal to me on a gut level. They're a mixture of what I think of as "real guys," meaning the parts that are stubborn, narrow-minded, stuff that we consider flaws in many of the guys in our lives, and what I suppose I personally want a man to be - strong, confident, and willing to change ; ) I also think I kind of "specialize" in wounded heroes - I like creating guys who are suffering from a wound they've never let heal, and it's the love and care of the right woman that finally helps them heal or be redeemed, etc. Renee is right, though - I write the guys much more intuitively than the heroines, and it comes from feeling, on a gut level, that I know what will appeal to a woman in a romance novel hero. Now I hope I'm *right* about that ; )
Also, to speak further to really penetrating their psyche, I just try really hard to *feel* their lives. I try to think - okay, if I'd been through what they've been through, how would I feel? THEN, if I'd been through what they've been through and I was a big, tough-acting guy instead of a weepy chick, how would I feel? And how would I act about it? I think many guys are pretty famous for masking their feelings about bad stuff - either being in denial altogether or just hiding their pain - and that's the general way it comes to me to write it.
Hi Maggie!! Thanks for dropping by to visit : ) And SUPER thanks about giving 7 NIGHTS to your daughters - that's a hoot. And also thanks for putting my mind at ease with their ages ; )
Like you, I always have a hard time with casting actual people in the roles, too. When people ask me who I envisioned or who would play them in a movie, I'm stumped entirely ; )
Good morning, Toni! Thanks again for hopping aboard with us again. You know you're always welcome. And for all those ready to pick up your copy of Letters to a Secret Lover, just click on the book cover up there and you'll be on your way.
Now, down to business. I love this blog. Telling a story is telling a story whether it's in the visual medium or the written word. And I so often hear writers say they can see the action like a movie in thier heads. So this analogy makes perfect sense.
But do you think your role as the writer is something like that of the director? Are you trying to get the characters to tell the story in your head or is there no director, just the characters telling their own story?
Getting under the skin of my characters is where I have trouble. But as I think about it, it's easier for me to get into my hero's head than my heroine's. I need to figure out why that is, I guess.
Good morning, Terri : ) And wow, a link to buy LETTERS - how nice, and bless you for that : )
Excellent question about the acting vs. directing issue. I'd never thought about this before, actually, but now that I am, I'd say, for me, it's a little of both. Getting inside the characters' skin is about making sure they're true to themselves and come across as I see and feel them, but books DO have plots, and I'm a plotter, not a pantser, so maybe that's where sitting in the director's chair comes in - my job is not only portraying the characters in a way that will make them feel real and viable and worth caring about, but also leading them to do the things I need them to do in a way that does not appear orchestrated or unrealistic.
My feeling is that you can motivate a character to do pretty much *anything* ; ) And, while in my director's chair, I work hard to make sure my characters' moves feel true to the story, natural. In fact, when I first pitched LETTERS to my agent, she said, regarding the premise, "I might find it a little hard to believe that this urban professional is going to dash off to the mountains to buy a canoe rental, but I trust you to pull it off." And that's the thing - pulling it off, providing the proper motivation. And I worked hard on that, to make sure Lindsey's big move made sense in relation to everything going on around her.
Back to it being easier to get in the hero's skin than the heroine's - since we both have that issue, here's a theory: are we biologically programmed to more inherently know what we want in a man than what we want in, say, a girlfriend? Maybe that's why creating the guys can come more naturally for some writers? Just a thought ...
Oh, motivation. That word scares the dickens out of me. I've gotten so hung up on it in the past I've decided just to write without thinking about it first. Then go back and see what I have to work with. Probably not the best process but it's all I've got for now.
I have always made friends easier with men than with women. I'm not claiming I understand men, I'm not that crazy. But I understand them more than I understand some of the women I know. Let's face it, we're complicated creatures! LOL!
About motivation - yeah, it can be tricky and drive you crazy and reach a point of being very intimidating. For what it's worth, for the really BIG motivations, I turn them over and over in mind before writing, and that seems to help the answers to come to me. My theory is - there is ALWAYS a reason why someone will do something, the trick sometimes is just finding it.
In the book I'm writing now, called RECKLESS SUMMER, I knew I had to make the heroine canoe across a lake (because there was a gruff, scary guy from her youth on the other side and this is where they needed to encounter one another,) but I had no believable reason WHY this average woman, who is generally an unadventureous good girl would venture across a lake into dark woods. I thought about it and thought about it, and threw out lots of stupid answers - until finally, I found THE answer, which then turned out to be a HUMONGOUS part of the heroine's personality, with influences in her past, her dreams, her heart, etc., and it ended up providing a big theme in the book. And I'm so glad I took a lot of time waiting for that motivation to come to me because it's ended up making the book infinitely richer : )
And you're so right about us being complicated creatures - men and women both. Sometimes the tough part is just boiling us down to something "likable yet compelling enough" to squeeze into a book. : )
I totally "get" this. *LOL* Great blog! And thanks for coming back to the ship!! :)
I do, as a writer, feel like I'm in my characters' skins--though there are some characters who I can fall into feeling with a lot faster, a lot more believeably than others. (I have been having fun the last few days being in Luc's mind. He's a wicked, wicked guy...) And then there are characters it's harder to "channel" (I call it channeling)--and I have to do it a couple (or dozen times) before it's there.
And yes, if the book is particularly good, I see it unfolding exactly like a movie. In fact, a lot of the time I feel like I am writing down a movie. Most of what I write is dialogue and...well, more dialogue. And sometimes even action!
Can I just say that Rob on that cover looks just WAY HOT?! That hair! Yum....
Thanks Toni! Great insight on characterizations. I think that's why I enjoy reading romance so much, I connect to the characters and I love angst and high emotion. I don't get a lot of that in real life, but I'm not complaining:)
Howdy, Hellion - good to see you! And so glad the blog post resonates with you so much : )
One thing that occurred to me when reading your post - even when we're writing villians (not that your Luc is a villain, but the word "wicked" jogged this thought : ) ) we still have to be convicingly in their heads and skin. For ANY character, I just try to "embody" who they are, with their past, the challenges they've faced, etc. In LETTERS, there is a guy with a POV who I think qualifies as a villain, and he was fun to write because getting in his sick mind was so different than being in the head of the hero or heroine's
And about Rob on the cover - YEAH : ) Not at all how I envisioned him, but when I saw THIS guy, I was perfectly happy to revise my vision : ) : ) I'm so digging on him, even 6 months after getting this cover : ) And though I know one popular blog posted my cover saying it looked "outdated," I personally love it and think it's best cover I've ever had. But maybe that's just me ; )
Ladies - I need to step out to a physical therapy appointment (alas, too many years at the keyboard have messed up my neck and shoulders) but please continue to add comments and chat at will about the blog post or anything else - I'll be back very soon and look forward to spending the rest of the day with you guys : )
(Also, if anyone is interested, I'm also blogging today at the Avon Romance Blog, but so far it's very lonely over there ; ) www.avonromanceblog.blogspot.com.) Be back soon : )
Hey Lisa - before I run out, just wanted to thank you for stopping by the comment! So glad you're enjoying the characterization discussion!! : ) And I agree - it's one thing that really seems to set the romance genre apart in a very positive way : )
Hi Toni! Welcome to the ship again!!
I think as a writer I get close to my characters too. I write pretty close 3rd person, so I feel like I've got to be in their heads.
I worry sometimes that my characters sound too much like me. How do you avoid your characters sounding too much like you and therefore, too much like each other?
They had the nerve to dis your cover? No way. The nerve! With all the awful covers out there, I can't believe they would pick on this one. I think it's beautiful. It's not outdated it just doesn't look like every other cover on the shelf. And that's a GOOD thing!
Hi Toni! Sending you a hearty "Arrr!" in welcome.
I love your cover and your heroes hair!!
You said: "are we biologically programmed to more inherently know what we want in a man than what we want in, say, a girlfriend? Maybe that’s why creating the guys can come more naturally for some writers? Just a thought …"
I agree with this whole-heartedly and I enjoyed your blog very much. It's easy for me to get in my character's heads. I suppose it's much like a movie playing out one scenario after another. I relate more to my heroes than my heroines and find writing villains a great joy for some reason. To dip inside a villain's head and find out what makes him tick, ah! fabulous. Then you get to make him do wicked things too. Everyone knows a heroine in jeopardy scores big points.
Here's my question: What about voice? How did you find your voice, the right line to write in vs what you intially tried perhaps?
Comments I've received so far, we love the characters, the premise, the plot, but the writing's just not strong enough for us at this time. Can you explain what this means? And what a writer can do to strengthen her voice?
Hi, Toni! I love your cover. :-)
You said: "are we biologically programmed to more inherently know what we want in a man than what we want in, say, a girlfriend? Maybe that’s why creating the guys can come more naturally for some writers? Just a thought …"
I agree with this. It's easier for me to write my heroes than it is to write my heroines. I just love getting into a heroe's POV. I supposed because I love them! LOL.
When I read, I picture myself as the heroine. I supposed that's why I love historicals so much. As an escape, I can venture into unknown territory and live as others lived in the past.
For me, writing is like an movie playing out in my head. I'm not necessarily the director but the facilitator, the vessel for the film to reach paper.
Hiya Toni! Great blog. And Sunset Boulevard is one of my all-time favorite movies. It's a partiucarly apt allusion, actually, since it's a movie all about writing and character. :)
Interesting that writing men comes more intuitively to you. I actually find that to be true of a lot of the women I critique for, and reading your other comments and thinking it through - do you think that's because putting something of yourself into a heroine requires more vulnerability on your part, and thus takes a little longer to work up to? Or do you think readers are just harder on heroines?
Good question, Linds. I think I have a problem because I work so hard to make her NOT me. But then I just have lots of hang ups. LOL! Everyone has to start somewhere and I have high hopes I'll get better in time.
I love when Toni boards the ship!
Absolutely fabulous blog, as always. Love the cover and I plan on picking Letters tomorrow on my trip to B&N (and very much look forward to reading it!).
Being able to visualize what you write makes your books all the more better to read. I love when I'm reading a book and can visualize everything that's happening. It connects to me on another level and makes it more memorable in my opinion.
Hey Marnee Jo - that's a GREAT question.
Right up front I'll be honest and say that I think my heroines, to some degree, DO sound like me. Or so people tell me. But I don't try to fight that - it's my voice, and it works for me, so I let it flow : )
However, with the hero, one thing I do is go back through the book when I'm done and adjust his speech and some of this thoughts to "guy speak." Meaning - often shorter, more clipped phrasing, and my heroes don't usually use too many "big words." It's not that they're dumb - it's that they're simply-spoken guys who tend to keep things short a lot of the time. Every time I do this with a book I feel like I come away with a "truer" sounding hero.
Terri - thank you for the lovely words about my cover. I gotta say, I totally agree with you : ) I was stunned, too, that someone would pick on it, when I think it's sexy and romantic and gorgeous! Thanks for chiming in on that : )
Wow, Lindsey (and hi! by the way : ) ) that's a good question. True enough, readers CAN be tough on heroines, so there can be "silent pressure" to make sure you write a good one ; ) Sometimes I wonder if the challenge comes because we ARE women, and thus we're so close to the topic of a woman. That's not coming out right - so let me expand.
Several times in the past 15 years, I have started trying to write an autobiographical book about my childhood. I grew up poor and rural, I have Appalachian roots, and I come from a pretty dysfunctional family - so there's a lot there that I think would make a good more literary type novel. However, every time I start, it comes out as drivel and detail that gets boring pretty fast and I stall on it. And I conclude every time that it's just because I'm too close to the subject - my life - and I can't see the forest for the trees, I can't discriminate between which parts are interesting and which parts are self-indulgent.
So ... maybe for women writing women the same issue can occur in a way - maybe we're so connected with the female experience that it's hard to hone in on what MATTERS about THIS character, what makes her experience compelling, what makes her likable, etc. Just a rambling thought, mind you ; ) But that's a thought-provoking question!
Hey Sin - thank you so much, in advance, for picking up LETTERS : ) : ) I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, too, for stopping by the Avon blog - you're my only visitor so far there, so it's good not to have that big "0 comments" staring me in the face anymore ; )
Thought spurred by your comment about visualizing what you read: people often ask me if I see the book like a movie running through my head. And sometimes I do, but a lot of the time I'm truly seeing the story through the POV character's eyes, which is a little different - and I think that, too, is one more thing that might help me get "in their skin" a little more. (For whatever that may be worth ; ) )
I'm now seeing how this can really apply to me. When I see a scene, I see it as a person floating above the action watching. It's very hard for me to get into the character's head. In fact, when I first started writing, I kept doing that 3rd person omniscient thing. I'm basically the narrator.
But if I really think about seeing it through her eyes or his instead of through mine, this could make a big difference. I realize I should have known this already, but as I said, I'm slow. :)
Thanks for the aha!
Terri - I'm super excited to give you an aha moment! Hooray : )
Hi, Toni! I love it when you blog on writing because I always learn something I can put into practice. I think the acting analogy may help me get past a sticking point in my new WIP.
I long ago noticed in my reading that my favorite heroines fell into two categories: those with whom I had something major in common and those who had qualities I wish I possessed. I have discovered that the same is true of my writing. The heroine of TLWH is not a risk-taker, a characteristic with which I can too easily identify; my new heroine has called the globe home for all of her adult life and had experiences I only dream of.
Janga has a great point. The heroines I like best are ones I would either be friends with or really wish I could be. That said, I can still enjoy a book with a heroine I might not fall in love with, but I probably won't remember it as well. Then again, that's why we have those heroes to fall in love with.
Wow, Janga, I'm so pleased that something I said here today is something you can utilize in a practical way - that's very cool : )
Terri, I've always said that I strive to create heroines the reader can relate to and heroes they can fall in love with - that's my goal with every book and it keeps it simple yet, of course, complex, too ; )
With heroines it IS tricker because despite all we chicks have in common, we DO have different personalities. One of my favorite authors has recently seemed to be creating heroines who ... how to say this ... are a bit coarser than people I would really enjoy hanging out with, and I will admit that's cutting into my enjoyment of her books a bit. However, I'm sure there are a gazillion women out there who would disagree and think these heroines are fun-loving girls who tell it like it is, etc. But like you, I most enjoy heroines I can really connect with.
Hi Toni! Great blog and topic, and I must say, I loved the cover as well. And I just adore the font they used for the title!
I love your analogy with characters and pov. It amazes me how important it is to stay "in character" so to speak, through every word, every scene, and I think your analogy speaks to that so well.
I recently had a friend critique a scene in my WIP from the hero's pov, and she said that while the dialog worked as being in-character for the hero, the rest of the scene did not. The internal thoughts, description, etc had too many flowing sentences and soft verbs to work as being inside the mind of an alpha-male.
So all this rambling to say that I love your analogy, and I think it will help me a lot when it comes to remembering to stay deep in a characters pov for the entire scene, not just the dialog.
Hi Haleigh - and so glad this discussion is helpful to you : ) Sounds like your friend is a good and thorough critiquer : ) Her comments really do speak exactly to what I was talking about in terms of how I go back through my hero's scenes to make sure they're "guy-ish" enough ; ) I will admit I don't think about this quite so concretely in all ways - like I don't think about things like "soft verbs" - but I just go with what feels right and accurate for that particular hero.
Best of luck with your writing : )
Hi Toni -
Great blog! When I truly get into the writing groove, I see everything unfolding in my mind like a movie... which is great, but very difficult to keep up with in terms of typing. Like you, I also need to spend a lot of time with my characters before I start writing - do you factor this time into how long it takes you to write a book or are you generally getting to know the characters of your next book while writing the current book?
Letters looks great - I'm trying to hold off and save it until my cross-country plane flight in ten days, but it's going to be rough!
Hello Sara : ) Excellent question, and yes, I DO spend a lot of time with my characters before writing, and as you mentioned, in many cases, it's while I'm writing the previous book : ) So you hit the nail on the head with that ; )
With LETTERS, I didn't have that luxury - the book I pitched was shot down by my agent, so I had to come up with something else fast, and LETTERS was born over about a two-week period before I started writing. Now I've had a number of people say they think it's my best book, and just today I found out that Romance Reviews Today gave it their "Perfect 10 Award" which I've been coveting for years - so there you go ... ; ) Makes one wonder if all the time spent with the characters ahead of time IS really necessary ; ) But that IS my process, so I'm sure I'll stick with it : )
Ladies, I have had a marvelous time here today, but my husband is home and the weather is lovely, so we're headed out in the convertible to grab some sandwiches and have a picnic : ) But I'll check in tomorrow morning to respond to any more comments, and as always, thanks so much for the warm welcome and great comments and questions. The pirates rock!
Also thanks to those of you who so kindly popped over to the Avon blog today : ) Tomorrow I'm blogging at the Romance Vagabonds, so if you'd like to chat more, that's where I'll be : ) And I'll also mention, in closing, that a brand new shiny discussion group at Yahoogroups has been created by the wonderful Lindsey Faber to hang out and talk about my books, or fashion, or Rita award nominations, what have you ; ) so if you're so inclined, feel free to join up at www.yahoogroups.com/groups/ToniBlakeFans.
Thanks again, pirates!! And like I said, I'll check in tomorrow morning before saying goodbye completely : )
Toni,
this is so true! I didn't think about the process that way until reading your blog. I write my stories in "Acts" so why not be on stage as my characters?
Good post.
Cheryl
Thank you again for being a great guest blogger, Toni. You are so generous with your time and your writing expertise. We really do appreciate it. And as I mentioned before, you're always welcome anytime you want to come back.
And I can't wait to get to scream for you during the RITA ceremony!
Hey ladies, as promised, I'm checking back in - although it's late at night instead of tomorrow morning ; )
Cheryl, how lovely to see you here : ) : ) Thanks for stopping by. And I'm so pleased you found something useful in the blog post - hooray! : )
Terri, thank you again for inviting me - I always enjoy you guys! : ) And I'll be more than happy to come back next time I have a book out : ) Thanks in advance for screaming for me at the RITA Awards : ) : ) I appreciate all forms of support, including screams : )
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