tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post139888039101698159..comments2023-08-10T04:15:22.199-04:00Comments on Victoria Janssen: Worthy TransgressionsVictoria Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-22963095988104923312010-01-07T09:43:41.271-05:002010-01-07T09:43:41.271-05:00Thanks, Natasha. I think that there are a lot of ...Thanks, Natasha. I think that there are a lot of good issues we can use for contemporaries - Janice Kay Johnson's Superromances come to mind - but sometimes it's harder for readers to enjoy the conflict, if it's too close.Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-17259552119143034522010-01-07T09:41:40.304-05:002010-01-07T09:41:40.304-05:00I think having the characters transgress can be a ...I think having the characters transgress can be a good way to explore the character and how he or she reacts (and why they transgressed). It can be effective, if it's right for the characters and story. It doesn't work as well when it's just plugged in (as with the Big Misunderstanding plot).Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-35904605989995115132010-01-07T03:51:50.921-05:002010-01-07T03:51:50.921-05:00Good discussion on transgression. I've never d...Good discussion on transgression. I've never delved into it that way. I always think of it from the heroine and heroes POV, and their particular culture.<br />And, I must admit, trangressions, as such, don't do that much for me as a reader. I mean, okay, but so what because so often they're used to simply manipulate emotion. <br />I don't want that kind of manipulation. I want to Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3028237754277930313.post-78611166952867068012010-01-06T18:19:24.920-05:002010-01-06T18:19:24.920-05:00Great post, Victoria. This is one reason I wish I ...Great post, Victoria. This is one reason I wish I wrote historicals. So much more forbidden, so many more possible transgressions. :) Oh well, I'll just have to enjoy other's...like yours - and work to find the ones that are worth it in my contemporaries.<br /><br />Natasha MooreNatasha Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12254323950791396984noreply@blogger.com