tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post7586748817683526202..comments2024-03-28T18:54:13.800-04:00Comments on alien romances: Meet the JetsonsRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-40591261838163145662007-05-17T16:49:00.000-04:002007-05-17T16:49:00.000-04:00Bravo, Margaret!Interestingly, Historicals have a ...Bravo, Margaret!<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, Historicals have a similar problem. Many authors of this genre shoot themselves in the feet by using too contemporary of a voice or inserting contemporary-feeling scenes. They do this in an effort to help the reader relate to the story. The thing is people read historicals because they like history. If they like history, they usually know quite a bit about it. If they start reading a historical in which the author sounds too contemporary, they groan, chuck the book, and find something else. If anyone wants an example of a Historical which nails world-building, check out enduringromance.blogspot.com for my review of NEFERTITI by Michelle Moran. <BR/><BR/>People who read science fiction do so because they love it. They're familiar with most of the greats in books, t.v., and the movies. Some are even brilliant scientists in their own right. If your novel falls short in world-building, they will see it right away and chuck it. Out of the books I've read in the past year, Linnea Sinclair's GAMES OF COMMAND and Susun Grant's STAR PRINCE are my favorites for this sub-genre.<BR/><BR/>Human culture evolves, but humanity has been the same since the origin of the species. It seems to me that the authors who nail world-building, whether in the fictional past or future, speak to this fact in their storytelling.Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.com