Comments on: In Search of Contemporary Romance Heroines with Hobbies

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By: Felicia

Felicia — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:25:34 +0000

An excellent point. Less is more. A lot of authors of Romance could cut down on the exposition and add humanizing characteristics, like hobbies.

By: LinnieGayl

LinnieGayl — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:06:40 +0000

Elizabeth, it was funny but the heroine’s with hobbies that stuck out in my mind were a lot of Nora Roberts heroines. And I like your point about it making them seem like they’re real women, not just fantasy women. To know that a heroine has a bunch of yarn in her house, or shelves of well-worn books make her feel more real to me.

By: LinnieGayl

LinnieGayl — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:04:53 +0000

Thanks, LuAnn.

LeeF, I’ve enjoyed that about the Margaret Maron books as well. The last book I read, set at Christmastime, featured some fun scenes with her baking cookies with all her nieces.

Leigh, I do agree that they can go overboard at times. it’s one of my problems with some cozy mysteries that center around crafts. There’s far more about the crafting than there is about the mystery. Sometimes I just need a sentence or two about a heroine’s hobby to give me more of a feel for the character.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:33:15 +0000

Sometimes authors can go overboard with details, but for the most part I do enjoy their hobbies. While not exactly a hobby I do enjoy it when the heroine and hero are physically active – It just another reminder to me, when I am laying reading around that I need to exercise.

By: LeeF

LeeF — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:42:55 +0000

When I read Margaret Maron’s Judge Deborah Knott Mysteries, I enjoyed all the details of what Deborah did outside of work including fishing and gardening.

By: LuAnn McLane

LuAnn McLane — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:55:37 +0000

I really enjoyed this insight! I will pay more attention to this in future books. I like to think that readers relate to my characters but this really makes me sit up an dtake notice. Thanks!

By: Elizabeth L.

Elizabeth L. — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:07:15 +0000

I like how most of these are Nora Roberts heroines. Which just makes it even more obvious that she’s the goddess of romance novels.

Which we already knew. But still it bears mentioning.

I also like heroines with hobbies; it makes them seem more like real people rather than some fantasy woman who couldn’t function in our reality.