tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post5620259606102327814..comments2024-03-29T06:40:17.919-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: A Little Romance (Or the Joys of Secondary Characters)Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4526738012287242282020-12-19T00:13:56.097-05:002020-12-19T00:13:56.097-05:00I love and enjoy reading about your secondary char...I love and enjoy reading about your secondary characters as much as Gemma and Duncan. They are very real to me and I care about them too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188060693034079686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24840392165187276382020-12-18T22:22:44.359-05:002020-12-18T22:22:44.359-05:00Deborah,
Oops! I meant Peter Jones. Why on eart...Deborah,<br /><br />Oops! I meant Peter Jones. Why on earth did I mix up these two names? Thanks for reminding that is where Gemma got her wedding dress.<br />Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76244838736619498622020-12-18T20:25:00.439-05:002020-12-18T20:25:00.439-05:00This is what you’ve managed to create— a fully peo...This is what you’ve managed to create— a fully peopled universe of people we feel we know and care about. As always I can’t wait to read itAuthorrhysbowen@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11844065473614874365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31654611881823484142020-12-18T19:56:16.097-05:002020-12-18T19:56:16.097-05:00This is exciting! I’m enjoying watching the child...This is exciting! I’m enjoying watching the children develop. 😊MOTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17303844193764773409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60409390161081730012020-12-18T19:42:36.898-05:002020-12-18T19:42:36.898-05:00Oh, Maureen, how awful. Glad I was able to help in...Oh, Maureen, how awful. Glad I was able to help in some small way.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59519072499125102312020-12-18T18:34:42.691-05:002020-12-18T18:34:42.691-05:00Oh absolutely I realize you couldn't include a...Oh absolutely I realize you couldn't include all of them. So every couple of years I solve the problem of missing them and I go back and reread your entire series. PS At least two, maybe three of your books got me through the night of the very bad burn where I had to keep my hand in ice water, pain killers didn't help, and I was too stubborn to go to an E.R.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01878122875939254425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42901804971046919592020-12-18T17:28:27.603-05:002020-12-18T17:28:27.603-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-2225285094131677742020-12-18T17:11:46.385-05:002020-12-18T17:11:46.385-05:00I can't wait for this! And for the new Rutledg...I can't wait for this! And for the new Rutledge, A FATAL LIE, coming in February! I'm sure Caroline visit then to tell us all about it.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1390923786735502052020-12-18T16:49:23.905-05:002020-12-18T16:49:23.905-05:00This scene left me wanting more! I love all the se...This scene left me wanting more! I love all the secondary characters in your books. I so hope you give Rashid a ❤️ interest. Jasmine deserves happiness also. Prickly personalities can be so misunderstood. Thank you for this glimpse of your next book.Teri Soareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09857726595089810271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35182241351405168102020-12-18T16:39:46.143-05:002020-12-18T16:39:46.143-05:00This from Caroline Todd about Bess (she had troubl...This from Caroline Todd about Bess (she had trouble posting):<br /><br />As long Bess was a nursing Sister, she could not become involved with anyone or she would have had to resign. And as her father’s daughter, it was natural for her to put duty first, her personal life second. But the war is over, the Peace Treaty completed, and she must face her future. And she does just that in AN IRISH HOSTAGE—coming out in July—in fact, in the next book after that as well. So stay tuned!!Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84256743269275156582020-12-18T15:35:48.321-05:002020-12-18T15:35:48.321-05:00That is hilarious. I truly thought you did it all ...That is hilarious. I truly thought you did it all on purpose. Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42724329378556406812020-12-18T15:27:42.349-05:002020-12-18T15:27:42.349-05:00Sounds like it's going someplace exciting! Lov...Sounds like it's going someplace exciting! Love the bus photo and the London lights.Priscilla Patonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682269071922132687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18693852791097376402020-12-18T14:26:46.809-05:002020-12-18T14:26:46.809-05:00Time for a spin off book/series! Please.Time for a spin off book/series! Please.PK the Bookeemonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03478996122841311684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29951525989413985102020-12-18T14:24:26.131-05:002020-12-18T14:24:26.131-05:00Diana, it's Peter Jones in Sloan Square, but i...Diana, it's Peter Jones in Sloan Square, but it is owned by John Lewis. I love that store, too, and have shopped there many a time. If you remember, that's where Gemma gets her wedding dress!<br /><br />As for the NHS, yes, they will all be covered. Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74712270065005019692020-12-18T14:21:16.303-05:002020-12-18T14:21:16.303-05:00The t shirt sounds like the one I've seen that...The t shirt sounds like the one I've seen that says, "Be careful or you will end up in my next book."<br />This is a tantalizing bit you've offered us.Libby Doddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28640450736025704412020-12-18T14:20:07.037-05:002020-12-18T14:20:07.037-05:00Late to the party again.
Debs, as a new writer wi...Late to the party again.<br /><br />Debs, as a new writer with a novel in progress, I am having fun creating secondary characters and how they relate to the main characters. As a reader, I enjoy reading about secondary characters. Sometimes they "steal the scene".<br /><br />Re: John Lewis, I visited the shop on Sloane Square in London. On my last trip to London years ago. I was browsing at John Lewis when I met a deaf lady who works there. She was awaiting her first cochlear implant surgery and I recall we had a conversation about the CI and surgery. She was getting her operation covered by NHS. <br /><br />Which reminds me. Debs, does Gemma and Duncan have health coverage under NHS? I would presume that almost everyone in your books have NHS coverage?<br /><br />Look forward to reading your next Gemma and Duncan novel whenever it is published.<br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-2476736275055595582020-12-18T14:19:20.451-05:002020-12-18T14:19:20.451-05:00Maureen, that's a difficult question. I can...Maureen, that's a difficult question. I can't speak for other authors. I know I worried a lot about whether readers would keep reading if Duncan and Gemma got together, but I couldn't very well ask. What it came down to in the end was what worked for me. I felt too many books of will they-won't would be tiresome to write, and I didn't believe it. So you have to write what you honestly feel your characters would do.<br /><br />As for the Todds, I understand your frustration. But I also think Bess and Simon's relationship is very complicated (we understand a little more of that from the new novella) and also that Bess needs time to make her own way in the world after the war. What I would really like to see, as a long time fan of both series, is for Rutledge to have a little smidgen of happiness. I don't know how the Todds feel about that, however!Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-53598199872204070512020-12-18T14:12:25.214-05:002020-12-18T14:12:25.214-05:00Oh, Ronnie and Juliet, and the wonderful Alan Gran...Oh, Ronnie and Juliet, and the wonderful Alan Grant... I like too many of them. And I really, really did love Joe.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10829881902472674132020-12-18T14:08:57.377-05:002020-12-18T14:08:57.377-05:00I love YOUR secondary characters, Julia. And I kno...I love YOUR secondary characters, Julia. And I know exactly what you mean about too many jostling for screen time!Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-2838705940287913252020-12-18T14:08:03.388-05:002020-12-18T14:08:03.388-05:00I miss the secondary characters when they are not ...I miss the secondary characters when they are not on-screen, too, Maureen. I missed all the London characters in A Bitter Feast, so it's nice to get back to at least some of them again. It's hard to work them all into one book, though, with the ever-expanding cast!Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-7520773277343565332020-12-18T14:06:10.507-05:002020-12-18T14:06:10.507-05:00Oh, Hank, you are brilliant!! I had to go back and...Oh, Hank, you are brilliant!! I had to go back and reread the scene! You are absolutely right about the furniture and all the descriptions, but I didn't see it when I was writing it!!!Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83376901793907000822020-12-18T13:52:49.056-05:002020-12-18T13:52:49.056-05:00I think the secondary characters add so much to a ...I think the secondary characters add so much to a series. Who they are, how they know the main characters, and how they interact with them says a lot about the main characters actually. I love to watch their development and how they affect relationships and story lines. Pat Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732230586783432052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10994197884507394942020-12-18T13:24:46.938-05:002020-12-18T13:24:46.938-05:00You don't know where it's going? I DO! Tha...You don't know where it's going? I DO! That scene is overflowing with sexual tension, right? Even to the descriptions of the furniture. oxoxoxo You are amazing!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-7242946715360431402020-12-18T13:17:46.252-05:002020-12-18T13:17:46.252-05:00What a problem to have, right? Your secondary char...What a problem to have, right? Your secondary characters add so much to every story and keep us coming back for more--not just Clare and Russ!Flora Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13289148096894506235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68816569471315951052020-12-18T13:00:25.445-05:002020-12-18T13:00:25.445-05:00Gigi, I just looked in the mirror a few minutes ag...Gigi, I just looked in the mirror a few minutes ago, and there are stray short hairs sticking up all over. Honestly, it's like having a head full of unruly teenagers.Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.com