tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417651694294092310.post59954944748784117..comments2024-03-26T06:47:57.605-04:00Comments on Get Lost in a Story: Helen JohannesJacqui Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12793508141294935459noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417651694294092310.post-25613165038796155042011-01-21T14:47:54.769-05:002011-01-21T14:47:54.769-05:00Hi Helen and welcome to GLIAS !
Great interview! ...Hi Helen and welcome to GLIAS !<br /><br />Great interview! The ocean has to be one of my favorite sounds too. (And listening to the grandkids giggle.)<br /><br />I get lost if the hero is right for the heroine. Love it when they're polar opposites but exactly what each other need. :-)<br /><br />~~AngiAngi Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17568009648101184027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417651694294092310.post-44481777916540322342011-01-21T14:24:44.956-05:002011-01-21T14:24:44.956-05:00Like you, Jillian, I tend to like my heroes flawed...Like you, Jillian, I tend to like my heroes flawed. They think they don't need anyone or anything--until they find out they do. They take every kind of physical risk, but dare not risk their hearts. They come wearing the blinders of their culture and like their world just fine the way it is. It's a treat to crack their stubborn, protective hides. But what I think draws me most to any hero I fall in love with is a fundamental sense of honor. I know he'll lay down his life for those he loves.Helen C. Johanneshttp://www.helencjohannes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417651694294092310.post-59343559186468876672011-01-21T12:45:26.114-05:002011-01-21T12:45:26.114-05:00Hi Helen,
If the Prince of Val-Feyridge is the t...Hi Helen, <br /><br />If the Prince of Val-Feyridge is the tall, dark character in the red cloak, he's a great start on a hero for me. <br /><br />As everyone on this site knows by now, I prefer a darker, more complex anti-hero. All kinds. Some very dark and scary. Others who have lost their way. Still others who have taken a wrong turn in life.<br /><br />They are so much fun to write and read!G. Jillian Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606257875353431854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417651694294092310.post-37157167331941040372011-01-21T12:37:38.651-05:002011-01-21T12:37:38.651-05:00I love your question about the hero... I think it&...I love your question about the hero... I think it's more about her being right for the heroine and just, well, sexy that I love. I think of heroes that I've truly loved and some of them I would not want for myself... JR Ward's Zsadist comes to mind. One of my all-time favorite romance heroes, but would I want him in real life? No.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417651694294092310.post-18875135495511158422011-01-21T11:21:18.666-05:002011-01-21T11:21:18.666-05:00Thanks for sharing with us Helen. I agree with Hea...Thanks for sharing with us Helen. I agree with Heather on my hero. Who is right for me, wouldn't be right for most heroines. And I loved your answer on being a T shirt. I'd like to be white with colors wiped all over the front by my grandchildren!Monanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417651694294092310.post-23528428952277707112011-01-21T09:11:20.438-05:002011-01-21T09:11:20.438-05:00Hi Helen,
That's an interesting question. I th...Hi Helen,<br />That's an interesting question. I think that I can and do fall in love with every hero who doesn't cross some invisible line. I don't do well with Greek tycoon heroes if you know what I mean.Lyn Cotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11366375647118584580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417651694294092310.post-6810690135180970332011-01-21T08:55:58.881-05:002011-01-21T08:55:58.881-05:00Hi ladies. Thanks for offering me a chance to app...Hi ladies. Thanks for offering me a chance to appear on your blog. You've made the process easy and painless. As to the excerpt, Donnell, that's a chapter hook ending, something I keep trying to improve on. This particular scene and description was born in the earliest draft as part of my image of the hero and heroine.Helen C. Johanneshttp://www.helencjohannes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417651694294092310.post-67470066423611382652011-01-21T08:24:11.455-05:002011-01-21T08:24:11.455-05:00Helen, isn't this blog great! We get to meet ...Helen, isn't this blog great! We get to meet authors who we might not ordinarily run across, and how unfair of Cat (or you) to stop your excerpt there. I would have read on and on... People who don't read are the bane of my existence too. Thank you for dropping by and I wish you immense success with The Prince of Val-Feyridge.Donnell Ann Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943037206984648849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417651694294092310.post-75218532287471255102011-01-21T07:08:29.625-05:002011-01-21T07:08:29.625-05:00Welcome Helen. I've read fantasy and romance...Welcome Helen. I've read fantasy and romance for years. It's great that two of my favorites are being written together by talented authors like you. <br /><br />That's a great question about the hero. I think the ones we really fall in love with are the ones that appeal to us. Sure, I can appreciate a guy who's perfect for the heroine, but the one that I'd be willing to hop into a book with would have to be the perfect guy for me.<br /><br />Thanks for joining us today. Can't wait to read your book!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05663703767093923242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417651694294092310.post-57235661788532837842011-01-21T00:43:35.735-05:002011-01-21T00:43:35.735-05:00Hi Helen! Welcome to GLIAS and thank you for a lo...Hi Helen! Welcome to GLIAS and thank you for a lovely interview!<br /><br />I, too, LOVE Anastasia as a cartoon character.<br /><br />As for what I love in a hero, it's mostly whether he's perfect for the heroine. I think when I was younger I tended to gravitate towards heroes that I thought were things I wanted in a man, but after a dozen years of marriage--and maybe because I am now a writer--I truly appreciate when an author can make a couple so perfectly matched that I get lost in THEIR story.<br /><br />I'm really interested to hear other readers' takes on your question!Heather Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00711640649711338968noreply@blogger.com