{"id":710,"date":"2009-11-23T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=710"},"modified":"2022-10-30T14:24:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T21:24:32","slug":"co-writing-with-your-lover-about-love-award-winning-author-anthea-lawson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/23\/co-writing-with-your-lover-about-love-award-winning-author-anthea-lawson\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-writing with Your Lover about Love: Award-winning author, Anthea Lawson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I met Anthea at a writer&#8217;s conference several years ago. I liked her immediately &#8212; her creative spirit, can-do attitude, and open smile. Anthea writes with her husband, Lawson. Together they form the husband-wife team, Anthea Lawson.<\/p>\n<p>I had the honor of seeing Anthea (sans Lawson) again this past summer at the annual national Romance Writer&#8217;s of America conference. I loved their first book, PASSIONATE, and so in honor of their second book, ALL HE DESIRES, that was just released, I&#8217;ve interviewed them for <strong>Writer&#8217;s Fun Zone<\/strong> on writing as a couple, what makes writing fun, and of course, their taste in chocolate. In the spirit of their blog tour, they will give away a copy of their newest book to one of you lucky commentators. All you need to do to enter the raffle is post a comment answering Anthea&#8217;s question. They will pick a winner tomorrow morning! Read on!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthealawson.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-712\" title=\"Anthea Lawson, hand kiss\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/handkisss-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Anthea Lawson, hand kiss\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: normal;\">Anthea Lawson is the pseudonym for a husband-wife team who write spicy Victorian romance. Their debut novel, PASSIONATE, was nominated for a Best First Book RITA in 2009, and their newest book, ALL HE DESIRES, released on November 3, 2010.\u00a0 Find them on <a title=\"Anthea Lawson on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#\/AntheaLawson?ref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Facebook (Anthea Lawson)<\/strong><\/a>, follow them on <a title=\"Anthea Lawson on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AntheaLawson\"><strong>Twitter (AntheaLawson)<\/strong><\/a> and visit their website (<a title=\"Anthea Lawson's site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anthealawson.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.anthealawson.com<\/strong><\/a>) for all their latest news!<\/span><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">1. What is fun about co-writing a romance with your honey?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">We love collaborating on projects. It\u2019s fun being able to kick around ideas and inspiration together \u2013\u00a0to share those joyful <em>aha!<\/em> moments when we figure out a great plot twist or understand the characters in a deeper way. It\u2019s also great to have two minds working from different perspectives. If one of us gets stuck, the other can usually figure out how to get unstuck and move the story ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> 2. What is not fun about writing as a team?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">We have different timelines, and different ideas about how much is reasonable to accomplish in a given time. It doesn\u2019t help that Lawson got a demanding full-time job a few months before our second book was due. We\u2019re still working out the balance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> 3. What is your favorite thing to wear when you write?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">Comfortable clothes. For Anthea that means jeans, warm socks, and a big sweater. After spending too long on the computer, she also wraps a blanket around herself and drinks tea. For Lawson, anything that\u2019s not his work clothes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> 4. Why romance?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">A lot of our friends ask that very question. For one thing, it\u2019s fun! For another, it felt do-able. We\u2019re not blind to the fact that over 50% of mass market paperbacks sold are romance novels. The inspiration came from Anthea reading a romance that disappointed, and saying \u201cI could do that! I could do better than that!\u201d Fateful words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<strong>5. Why historical romance?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">We love the research aspect \u2013\u00a0there\u2019s so much to learn about. So far we have had a chance to investigate sailing-steamships, the origin of the word &#8220;posh&#8221;, erotic frescoes, the history of tea, music in the Victorian era, Tunisia in the 1840s, mythology and archeology on Crete, and an endless list of other topics. It really enriches our life discovering and sharing these historical tidbits. It\u2019s also a fun challenge to write romantic relationships constrained by the social mores of the day. Plus, the clothes were great.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> 6. What is your favorite kind of chocolate?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">Anthea prefers really expensive medium-dark chocolate. <em>Divine<\/em> brand is well-named, and Ghirardelli will do in a pinch. Lawson thinks all really dark chocolate is evil and disgusting, but good quality milk chocolates are delicious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> 7. What do you love about ALL HE DESIRES?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthealawson.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-713\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px;\" title=\"all-he-desires-cover-150x243\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/all-he-desires-cover-150x243-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"all-he-desires-cover-150x243\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The hero&#8217;s internal journey was really interesting to write. He&#8217;s dark, moody and tortured, but oh so redeemable. We are also happy with the chemistry between the two leads. We had to change the heroine from the first draft to get a character and love-interest we were really happy with. It was worth the extra effort. Other things we love: A side story where a mother gets her son back. The sea and village on the Mediterranean island of Crete. A murderous fisherman. An escape from one villain into the clutches of another. A love scene told in utter darkness. We also love the responses we are getting from readers and reviewers. One reader said she stayed up all night reading. Comments like that are music to an author&#8217;s ears. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> 8. Any tips to aspiring fiction writers?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">Join writer\u2019s groups, and remember to have <em>fun! <\/em>There is so much to learn, and the support and friendship of other writers (on-line or in local groups) can make the journey a much more pleasant one. There are only a few best-selling mega authors. For the rest of us, we have each other, the hope or reality of publication, and the magic of language and story. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">Thanks for having at the Writer\u2019s Fun Zone today, Beth! We enjoyed doing the interview. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> We\u2019d love to give away a copy of ALL HE DESIRES to one lucky commenter! Tell us\u2014What\u2019s the most fun you\u2019ve ever had with a book?<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I met Anthea at a writer\u2019s conference several years ago. I liked her immediately \u2014 her creative spirit, can-do attitude, and open smile. Anthea writes with her husband, Lawson. Together they form the husband-wife team, Anthea Lawson. 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