Category: Writing

When Kick-ass-itude goes too far…?

On By Kim KnoxIn Writing

My ereader and I have been making friends with a number of new books. I know, bad me, I should be writing… Anyway, what’s started to bug me is why a strong heroine has to constantly assert how strong and independent she is…to the point where I growl at the screen. *sigh*

I know it’s trendy for heroines to be uber-tough and for the hero to want and admire that trait. But how is he going to live with her as the years roll on when she shows no sign of impulse control or maturity?

One heroine had me switching off the screen, slapping the cover shut and walking away. The hero loved her tough, independent nature – as did his brothers (yes, they went there, lol) – kept on admiring it as she got her best friend, her brother, her work partner killed and herself captured because she had to prove herself. She did this on three separate occasions as she left the hero because she was tough and independent. To me, it just kept on proving she was being a selfish and immature idiot.

Don’t get me wrong, I love strong heroines…but I want maturity. I want them to realise that they’re not strong because they constantly run off by themselves, blithely unconcerned with the danger they’re fully aware is out there. I want inner strength, a bit of self-sacrifice and the heroine not blundering about until she literally hits the next plot point. This would be nice.

So, off on that hunt now… 😉

I’m BACK!!!

On By Kim KnoxIn Writing

Had a shitty ISP for 3 WHOLE weeks…but it popped back on this morning all by itself.  Guess when the engineer was finally set to make an appearance?  Yep, this afternoon between 1-6pm.  He’s still coming.  So hopefully he won’t screw up what they haven’t fixed…:-)

Hope I’m still here later…

I’ve got the lurgy

On By Kim KnoxIn Lurgy, Writing3 Comments

So everything has ground to halt as general and annoying lurgy has wiped me out.  I’m typing in between really irritating coughing.

I think I’m going to have to put my EC jewel sub on ice and concentrate on the Samhain anthology sub I want to finish.  I’m lucky to write anything at the minute and the anthology sub is further along than the EC sub.  Plus I have until 15 May to get the Samhain one finished up (I’m at 17.5k).

Now I need tablets and tea *sigh*

News, news and yet more news

On By Kim KnoxIn Frodo, hobbits, Satin Spar, The Ent, Writing

I haven’t blogged for a while as it’s been Samwise’s birthday week. Yes, he has a birthday week and it’s not over yet.

The Ent’s family came over last Saturday and we toddled off to Crosby beach to gawp at the iron men. Then later in the week, came Samwise’s birthday with nursery school cake and sweeties followed by presents at home.

That night we went off to she Omid Djalili. Just about stayed awake. Who thought a small boy’s fourth birthday could be so tiring?

Thursday was Frodo’s MRI scan. He managed to complete it without an anaesthetic, which we were really pleased about. And on the Friday was his six joint assessment. They decided rather quickly, it seemed to us, that Frodo is now on the spectrum. This after the assessment six weeks ago where it was stated that diagnosis wasn’t as important as meeting his needs. So we’ll see on this one… 😉

Frodo also went to a school disco after school. The Ent took him and he said Frodo had a great time.

And today…we got the letter that said Samwise will go to Frodo’s school in September. Big relief all round *grin*

So…there’s only tomorrow left and that’s Samwise’s birthday party at Yellow Sub. I think both The Ent and I need to sleep for a week, lol

Oh..and I wrote a bit too.

Odd thoughts

On By Kim KnoxIn Fracture, Pure Bond, Writing

I was chatting last night about my Sven wips and someone asked me how I keep all the characters straight, as I often jump between wips.

I realised that the characters are just ‘there’ in my head. They seem to hang off their name. I can see what they look like and ‘feel’ their character. Don’t ask me what that means, I’m not too sure myself. I know what they would and wouldn’t say, how they feel about the other characters and what mess I’ve made of their lives, lol I know that Patrick from Fracture is a completely different entity from Cam, the hero of Pure Bond. It’s there as I think/type there name.

It also made me very aware of the fact that I am crappy at analysing my own stories, breaking them down and working out exactly what’s going on. I’m seriously envious of people who rattle off a systematic breakdown of what’s going on in every scene, how they point out how a certain section pushes the story this why or that.

I just can’t get my head around it. And believe me, I’ve tried! The plot and characters are an amorphous blob living in my head that I give shape to with words. Ask me anything more about it and I’ll just look at you like a slack-jawed yokel *sigh*

My subconscious at play…

On By Kim KnoxIn Fracture, The Colonel Says..., Writing1 Comment

So, I’m looking at Fracture and in a complete coincidence Sky One has started showing Stargate Atlantis again. What’s this got to do with anything, you cry?

Well, something about John Sheppard inspires the hero of Fracture and my subconscious is telling me to watch it. Honest, I have no say in it. At all… *smirk*

Anyway, as The Master slinks away to the background (no burning pyre for him, thank you very much) I get to play with Shep Icons again.

motshep icon

Interrupting the *arghghghs*

On By Kim KnoxIn Fracture, Lost Gods, Sweat with Sven, Writing4 Comments

I got Lost Gods finished, the synopsis written and it all subbed. Yay

The current count for it is 50 890. So that’s two subs since Sven began on 1 March *grin*. I have an EC Jewel story that has to be in by 1 May but in the meantime I’m going to see if I can get a handle on another bugbear story, Fracture.

It would be nice to sub that in about three weeks time *grin*