Comments on: AUTHOR INTERVIEW: C.J. Barry/Samantha Graves http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/18/author-interview-cj-barrysamantha-graves/ About the craft and business of genre fiction Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:36:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Carol http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/18/author-interview-cj-barrysamantha-graves/#comment-10989 Fri, 25 May 2007 20:48:38 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/18/author-interview-cj-barrysamantha-graves/#comment-10989 Ooops, so sorry about the spelling! I mean Sight Unseen! lol Ooops, so sorry about the spelling! I mean Sight Unseen! lol

]]> by: Carol http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/18/author-interview-cj-barrysamantha-graves/#comment-10988 Fri, 25 May 2007 20:46:49 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/18/author-interview-cj-barrysamantha-graves/#comment-10988 Hi C.J. I enjoyed your interview! I really like romantic suspense a lot. I'm going to pick up Site Unseen on my next book shopping trip! I can't wait to read it! Hi C.J.

I enjoyed your interview! I really like romantic suspense a lot. I’m going to pick up Site Unseen on my next book shopping trip! I can’t wait to read it!

]]> by: CJ http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/18/author-interview-cj-barrysamantha-graves/#comment-10621 Fri, 18 May 2007 22:17:41 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/18/author-interview-cj-barrysamantha-graves/#comment-10621 Thanks for the nice comments! Yes, my motto is "If things get boring, it's time for someone to die." I just have to be careful 'where' I say that. :D Killing off someone does a couple of things: 1) It narrows down the villain to the remaining characters 2) It forces your protagonist to change radically and quickly--which forces the pace of the book 3) It adds pressure and intensity to the story, which also pushes the pace The key, of course, is starting out with enough characters! CJ/Samantha Thanks for the nice comments!

Yes, my motto is “If things get boring, it’s time for someone to die.” I just have to be careful ‘where’ I say that. :D

Killing off someone does a couple of things:
1) It narrows down the villain to the remaining characters
2) It forces your protagonist to change radically and quickly–which forces the pace of the book
3) It adds pressure and intensity to the story, which also pushes the pace

The key, of course, is starting out with enough characters!

CJ/Samantha

]]> by: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/18/author-interview-cj-barrysamantha-graves/#comment-10610 Fri, 18 May 2007 21:20:09 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/18/author-interview-cj-barrysamantha-graves/#comment-10610 Nice interview; thanks to you both. I especially liked the tip about preventing slow pace: kill someone off. :D Nice interview; thanks to you both. I especially liked the tip about preventing slow pace: kill someone off. :D

]]> by: theamcginnis http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/18/author-interview-cj-barrysamantha-graves/#comment-10570 Fri, 18 May 2007 17:34:27 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/18/author-interview-cj-barrysamantha-graves/#comment-10570 great interview! cj reveals good insights into how she makes it all happen! great interview! cj reveals good insights into how she makes it all happen!

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