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Writing PG From a G Perspective
by Holly Jacobs
I sold my first Harlequin Duet in March of 2000. I was so thrilled to have met my goal…I’d sold to Harlequin. I’d been targeting the company for quite some time, sending back-to-back manuscripts to both Duets and then to Silhouette Romance. They’d reject one, and I’d immediately send the next. I figured I’d eventually wear them down , and that day in ‘00 I did. Three months later, I sold to Silhouette Romance. A sale–it’s the goal every writer works towards. But after…well, after a day or so to bask, it’s back to work. And there’s a whole host of things most new writers don’t think about–or at least I didn’t think about. Revisions being one. So, as I worked on the revisions for that first Duet, I Waxed My Legs For This?, my editor said, “You need to rework the love scene.” Oh, gee, what was wrong? “She didn’t have a good time.” LOL Welcome to my first battle with the dreaded love scene.
Now, I have four kids, so it’s not that I don’t “know” how it works. But by natural inclination, I write very G books. When I wrote for Silhouette Romance, they were totally G rated. And I write for Avalon Books as well as Harlequin…a G rating there, too. The editor at Avalon once told me I wrote a kiss too hot and to please tone it down. I walked around all day feeling rather smug in my hotness…me and my hot kiss! LOL But most of the books I write require a love scene. It’s not a line requirement, or even readers’ expectation, but it’s more of a story demand. The characters in that particular book need that love scene…it’s important to the book. Now, even when I write a love scene, they’re very PG. So, how does a writer with a G inclination write a love scene?
We’ve still got some great historical authors coming up this week (Deborah Brent, Sabrina Jeffries, and Karen Hawkins), but February is right around the corner and so is our Sensual Authors’ Blogathon!
You’re not going to want to miss a day on the blog because we have some GREAT authors lined up. You can check out the guest calendar (see link in above menu), but here’s a short list of some of those lined up to blog…
Joanne Rock, Lucy Monroe, Stephanie Bond, Holly Jacobs, Leslie Kelley, Julie Elizabeth Leto, Carly Philips, Desiree Holt, Portia Da Costa, Jessie Verino, Judith Rochelle, Shelley Munro, and many more!
