Because the hero of my recently completed novel, Dargan's Desire, has mistakenly taken her virginity.
Gotta go with P-C here. Though honestly, I can imagine scenarios where
she
does it by accident more easily than him. (Note that I'm actively trying not to, but I think I can.)
I tend to think of 'hero' as a gender neutral word.
No, I get it. Wren certainly seems as though she's the "hero" of the book, being the protagonist and main character.
Dargan Knight is a pretty great name, though.
If it's a romance, there's a hero *and* a heroine, as ever. This chick just ... sucks. Which is why she's essentially self-publishing.
I think being embroiled in fantasy has skewed me.
When mocking writing, I always have the inner fear that mine is even worse.
What gets me is that the book is WOVEN ... is this some new kind of craft?
My novel got the ultimate bad "review" in that my mother got to some point halfway and couldn't finish it...the only bright spot is that I think we saw problems at the same spot. But, still, that kind of stung. I still like the first half, though.
Not as badly as if it had come out and people were pointing and laughing and shit, though.
Why couldn't she finish it?
It seems to have lost the attention of most of my intimates about page 200, Connie. But when I asked her why, she thought I was pissed(or maybe she's just not used to taking written things apart, and felt she didn't have the words to explain.)
I even tried "Pretend you bought this and I didn't write it,"
but it didn't really help.
I have a bunch of great characters looking for a plot was my opinion, when I read it back last.