tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6082679772501308137.post7290203534252252174..comments2024-02-27T05:13:19.766-08:00Comments on ROMANCE: the male POV: Heroes with flaws and flairs, Dec. 2, 2012RW Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08473786472219141232noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6082679772501308137.post-2415343368750172002012-12-04T23:09:31.995-08:002012-12-04T23:09:31.995-08:00Thanks Tara,
When I was in my twenties, I visited...Thanks Tara,<br /><br />When I was in my twenties, I visited a country home in the Philippines (San Luis, Pampanga, on the island of Luzon). I had to use the downstairs half bath. I was about to sit down when I noticed these huge spiders. They all seemed headed down the walls and I worried they were coming for me. LOL. Yeah, I can laugh now. I pulled up my pants. Went out, the maids heard my frightful complaints. They giggled, grabbed brooms, and pounded the suckers into submission (or a mush). I have since overcome my fears. I mean, if girls could giggle at me, the gringo wimp, they must have thought, I should be braver. Later, I decided to be brave and ride a water buffalo (at least it wasn't a spider). The farm hand slapped it and that thing took off. Braver now, no bull. RW Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08473786472219141232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6082679772501308137.post-75080502727891644062012-12-04T06:30:41.325-08:002012-12-04T06:30:41.325-08:00I totally agree. Even Indiana Jones hated snakes....I totally agree. Even Indiana Jones hated snakes. How about a guy who gets all oogie over walking through spider webs? I hate that. <br /><br />In my book Forest Fires, my hero is not a fan of heights. It just popped out there as I wrote so guess what I did. I put him in a harrowing situation scaling down a sheer cliff. Yep. I'm so sweet to my characters. But it was finally enough to impress the eye-rolling heroine. <br /><br />But our characters do need flaws and quirks if they're going to feel real and yes, human.Tara Millshttp://www.taramillsromance.comnoreply@blogger.com