 Romance/Love: January 01, 2020 Issue [#9937] |
This week: Traits of the Modern Romantic Heroine Edited by: PartyBee  
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Welcome to the New Year and a new decade – the 20’s! Here’s wishing for a year of good vibes and a decade of romance for you. I don’t know if the 20’s will be as “roaring” as the last one, but I suspect it will bring about some dynamic change and innovation.
A lot of people are excited by the start of a new year. Resolutions and goals are made with eager sincerity to accomplish them all by the end of the month!  Traditions involving grapes, lentils, black eyed peas, and donuts are dusted off and enjoyed hoping to kick off a year full of good luck.
Question for you: Do you have a New Year’s tradition you LOVE to do each year?
For us romance, junkies, I thought I’d go back to basics. What are somethings we love about romance stories? The setting? The hero? The ending? The steamy love sense between the hero and heroine? A certain genre from contemporary to historical to the supernatural? Or aybe it’s the conflict that the hero and heroine must face and overcome? One thing is for sure: there can be no romance without the heroine. Today’s modern heroine (even those historical ones written in the modern day) have changed (adapting to modern day expectations) since Anne Radcliffe and Jane Austen. So, today, I thought I’d take a look at the romantic heroine and the traits we love about her. (Maybe a look at the history of the romantic heroine might be a topic for a future newsletter and we’ll discover how the heroine has evolved and changed over the years.)
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A heroine is a person the romance reader wants to connect with. That said, a heroine has to be person that possess traits that make her relatable.
THE EMOTIONAL CONNECTION
A heroine has to come off as real. One of the most effective ways to do that is make her a person who doesn’t take herself too seriously. She has to have a sense of humor. It’s important to be a little lighthearted and to be able to make the hero smile.
The heroine must show a capacity to love – especially the hero. Her heart should be open for new experiences and her actions should demonstrate her caring nature along with concern for others. Sounds superhuman, doesn’t it?
What we need now is a little emotional complexity. Our heroine has to be able to admit her faults. Never an easy thing to do. We all have faults. (and we may not particularly want to acknowledge them.) That’s what makes us – and her – human and relatable. It’s never easy to apologize when we’re wrong, but our heroine must be able to show strength (and inner courage) even when vulnerable.
BEAUTY
We all have this preconceived notion that our heroines must possess outer beauty, but I think, as readers, we enjoy a story better if she possesses inner beauty.
Our heroine doesn’t have to be classically beautiful – maybe her nose is too big or her hair is too curly, but she must be comfortable in her own skin. The key for any writer is not to let the heroine know she is pretty – that allows her true beauty to shine.
As the heroine takes her journey, she grows as a character and (hopefully), warms our heart. What keeps us reading is the idea that the human heart can overcome the harshest reality.
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Feedback from my Romance/Love NL dated 4 DEC 2019:
Monty 
What I love about the Holidays is family get together's and memories.
Quick-Quill 
I love shopping even if I'm not buying. I love going into Macy's or Nordstrom's and hearing the music.
Here is a story(true) that makes me tear up. A girl is born into an all boy family. she is born deaf and remembers Christmas is her favorite time of the year. It's the time her mother would take her to the BIG stores. Her mother would get emotional. Sue thought her mother felt sad that her daughter would never hear the Christmas songs while they shopped. Sue tells that she would lay her head or hand next to her mother's throat as she sang. (sorry tears are coming as I type) She learned to "sing" and while I listen to her rendition of Silent night and it's not exactly on pitch, it's the most beautiful version I've ever heard. I try to listen to it a couple of times during the Christmas season. She later worked for the FBI as a lip reader and a TV show was based on her life. Sue Thomas FBI. Here's the link to her song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcbV439eNRk
Thanks so much for sharing! What inspiration!
EDITOR'S SIDE NOTE: The first ever Romance/Love Newsletter I edited was 15 JUL 2009. I served as a guest editor from that point on until MAR 2010 when I became a full time Romance/Love Editor. I can't believe it will be 10 years this March that I've been editing this newsletter! I hope to come up with some anniversary goodies to share with you.
is a 911 dispatcher for LAPD. Her children's book, "Joseph's Cradle" is a heartwarming holiday story about how Joseph prepares for the birth of his son. It's available on Amazon and 4RV publishing.
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