tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13241994.post114717318866702112..comments2023-11-03T06:29:07.280-05:00Comments on The Bandwagon: Conversations with EmilyMJFredrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06881706931355203700noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13241994.post-1147258116999351352006-05-10T05:48:00.000-05:002006-05-10T05:48:00.000-05:00Dee, yes, her husband has inspired her to live up ...Dee, yes, her husband has inspired her to live up to his memory.<BR/><BR/>Innnnnteresting about her asking for a divorce, because that would REALLY resonate with Gabe. Maybe she just can't live with being second place to his job anymore...and she's not that great with commitment anyway.<BR/><BR/>Tonie, I'd thought about the abuser angle, but I don't want Dan (the husband) to be less than heroic, so she can really have him built up in her mind. <BR/><BR/>Theresa, I also reaaaaallly like the idea of her being too afraid to save him, or doing something that distracts him, like shouting or screaming and that's when he gets killed. Definite possibilities there!<BR/><BR/>Thanks, guys!!!MJFredrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881706931355203700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13241994.post-1147257909054268352006-05-10T05:45:00.000-05:002006-05-10T05:45:00.000-05:00Good luck on those new revisions! And hang in the...Good luck on those new revisions! And hang in there with the classroom..:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13241994.post-1147219468975435942006-05-09T19:04:00.000-05:002006-05-09T19:04:00.000-05:00Hi Mary,I sounds like this book you're discussing ...Hi Mary,<BR/><BR/>I sounds like this book you're discussing is a romantic suspense. If you could tie the secret into the suspense/plot and the characterization you'd likely highten both the plot and character. <BR/><BR/>Of course the book's already written, so just throwing this out for an example. <BR/><BR/>Let's say Peyton was there when her husband died. Say she was too afraid to try to save him-- for what ever reason tryin to save him risked her own life-- so she hesitated and lost him. And has been beating herself up every since. This whole interviewing heroes would tie into that secret, you could tie the suspense of the plot into this secret, by forcing her into a corner where she faces the same kind of situation again.<BR/><BR/>theresaTrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462734402375481024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13241994.post-1147213987393902592006-05-09T17:33:00.000-05:002006-05-09T17:33:00.000-05:00Good luck with the edits Mary!! Guilt is a powerf...Good luck with the edits Mary!! Guilt is a powerful motivator. I'm throwing out ideas, just like Dee. Could she have lost a baby and she somehow ties that in with her husband's death. Could the husband have been heroic on the outside and petty to live with. Not heroic, but even an abuser? She's hiding secrets of being abused by a so-called hero, and is determined to prove to herself that she's over him and desperate/willing to move on. <BR/><BR/>OK--sorry DD asking about fav kids TV, have to go. Good luck, the story sounds great.Toni Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348843511453338339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13241994.post-1147191287944682882006-05-09T11:14:00.000-05:002006-05-09T11:14:00.000-05:00Soo, her husband still dies in duty, yes?Maybe he'...Soo, her husband still dies in duty, yes?<BR/><BR/>Maybe he's inspired her to want to be heroic, to live up to his memory?<BR/><BR/>If she has a secret, maybe it's that she failed her husband in some way? Some way tied to his death? Like sending him out to work while they hadn't settled an argument? Maybe she asked for a divorce? She's driven to make it up to him in some way? So, when Gabe finds out what she did, he can't believe she sent her husband into danger in that frame of mind?<BR/><BR/>I'm just throwing out uneducated possiblities. I find that when people offer me advice on a character that is totally wrong, I focus more on what is true about them. Then I can be honest to the character. :)<BR/><BR/>Best of luck on those edits!<BR/>DeeDee Tenoriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14084719867161784544noreply@blogger.com