October 23, 2009
So many romance books appear to be obsessed with eyes. Every major character in romance books has some kind of extraordinary eye color, whether it’s vivacious aquamarine, smoky whiskey, cool ice gray, startling emerald, or unreadable obsidian. I’m so sensitized to this facet of romance lingo that I start to laugh every time I read [...]
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editing,
eyes,
life examples,
purple prose,
romance
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October 6, 2009
Don’t ask me how I got into it, but I spent far too long last night reading about Evolutionary Psychology, and thus, “Men” and “Women.” What I really hate about reading any of the psychological models dealing with love, sex, and issues associated with those is how they make me feel about the males of [...]
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alpha hero,
characters,
fantasy,
m-m,
mars,
men,
monogamous,
polygamous,
romance,
venus
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