Comments on: Dr Jax Stages An Intervention

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:14:06 +0000

Lol Aideen!! Harder than rearing children it certainly is! Think I’ve got it simple now, all I need is the big AOK.
Oh and thanks re the writing. 🙂
Dr Jax’s patients would be MUCH simpler to deal with than my stupid characters. 😉

By: Aideen

Aideen — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:52:13 +0000

Jackie,

You're hilarious! Seriously, for a while there I could have been a contender for that Drama Queen tiara but I feel you deserve it more, what with crying on the floor and everythin! And Dr. Jax is quite the man, isn't he? I love it when the husbands prove useful for more than one thing...

Conflict is a disaster. Literally. It messes up everything, which I'm sure it's supposed to do but keeping it relevant throughout the story while simultaneously showing a character's growth and acceptance to overcome said conflict is harder than rearing children. And we all know how hard that is.

I guess it's been said before but maybe it's worth saying again, keep it simple. Think Denzel in Philadelphia, 'explain it to me like I'm a six year old'. You're almost there, your writing is fantastic and once you've nailed the clashing conflicts for H & h, I'm sure Dr. Jax will find time for his other patients, the REAL ones!

All the best,
Aideen.

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:19:38 +0000

Veronica – like the idea of the truffles. Your heroine and my heroine should do lunch sometime. Maybe they could learn from each other!

By: Veronica

Veronica — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:58:00 +0000

LOL, I'd like to introduce my Hero to Joanne's lovely heroine. He's particularly appealing and comes with warm, witty and realistic dialogue! (an on-line dating service for romance heroes...)

As for my heroine, she's still desperately trying to read between the lines and find some mention of herself. Frankly, I think she needs to have a session on the couch. Maybe that'll help to determine her failing as a romance heroine candidate. I do love her and would hate for her to be scarred for life (she already is, as despite a successful career, she's still haunted by her past), or heaven forbid, end her days as an unsatisfied spinster with unfulfilled dreams (No, she doesn't like the archive file).

Congrats on your productive Martini session! Mine are usually aided by a G&T without the G and Cointreau choc truffles!

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:04:43 +0000

Joanne – great tip! Thanks for that. Though sadly the book is far from sorted. And it’s not a book. Lol!
Nothing wrong with a hero that’s a little…um…stiff if you know what I mean. Of course, it has to be in the right place. 😉

By: Joanne Cleary

Joanne Cleary — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:00:16 +0000

Good for Dr Jax, now all he has to do is learn how to clone himself :-)

Laurie Schnebly Campbell has this great book about eneagrams (prob spelt that wrong) that helps you assign each character a fatal flaw. The idea being that in each given situation, a character will react differently dependent on her background (experiences, age etc.) as well as her fatal flaw. It's a fantastic tool for making your characters suffer. You work out what they hate most, then chuck that at them :-)

Just an idea, for future books, now you have this one sorted :-)

The ed loved my heroine, but thought my hero was a little ... ahem ... stiff. Hmm ... so, anyway, I have the opposite problem to you.

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:56:09 +0000

That’s so true, Gibb! We need to step back. I keep getting caught up on the little things… Merry Xmas to you too.

Lacey – Yes, I thank God for him every day! 🙂

Angie – he is a god among men. And no, the ‘it’s crap’ phase doesn’t go away. Sometimes it’s a little less insistent though. 🙂

By: Angie Peters

Angie Peters — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:47:46 +0000

Dr Jax saves the day 🙂 What a useful hubby you have, Jackie. It’s difficult when we’re too close to the work and can’t see the forest for the trees.

No breakthrough with my writing. I’m currently in a ‘this-is-crap-and-I-should-just-abandon-it’ phase. Does that *ever* go away?!

By: Lacey Devlin

Lacey Devlin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:20:35 +0000

LOL! Thank God for Dr Jax 😀

By: Katie Gibb

Katie Gibb — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:15:54 +0000

Hey there Jackie. I have every confidence you'll get through this come hell or high water. Sometimes a man's point of view helps. They look at the big picture whereas we're so close and have fried our brains thinking so hard.

So glad it's beginning to click.

Merry Christmas to you and yours and to all the ladies here.
Gibb