http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/05/15/hook-em-with-your-best-shot-by-anne-carole/ Come Create Something Magical! Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/05/15/hook-em-with-your-best-shot-by-anne-carole/#comment-252 Celia Yeary Sat, 16 May 2009 13:27:35 +0000 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/?p=2431#comment-252 Anne--I thought I knew one of them--#5--Linda Lael Miller, but no, it was from Nora Robert's only Western. So, I failed miserably at the match. LaVyrle Spencer always had wonderful openings in her books. Someone should do a study of her 26 romance novels and see a master at work. I can't recall the exact wording, but from her THE HELLION, the opening is stellar. "Everyone in Russelville, Alabama knew Tommy Lee drove like a **something something,**, whored like a prisoner just out, and drank like as **something.** (If I were at home, I'd pull the book down and copy the opening line. I have all 25 books.) Very interesting topic, and I'm reading a little book on just--hooks. It's "Hooked," by Les Edgerton. Great little book. He has several, each one a one topic. Celia Anne–I thought I knew one of them–#5–Linda Lael Miller, but no, it was from Nora Robert’s only Western. So, I failed miserably at the match. LaVyrle Spencer always had wonderful openings in her books. Someone should do a study of her 26 romance novels and see a master at work. I can’t recall the exact wording, but from her THE HELLION, the opening is stellar. “Everyone in Russelville, Alabama knew Tommy Lee drove like a **something something,**, whored like a prisoner just out, and drank like as **something.** (If I were at home, I’d pull the book down and copy the opening line. I have all 25 books.) Very interesting topic, and I’m reading a little book on just–hooks. It’s “Hooked,” by Les Edgerton. Great little book. He has several, each one a one topic. Celia

]]> http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/05/15/hook-em-with-your-best-shot-by-anne-carole/#comment-251 Christine Clemetson Fri, 15 May 2009 22:50:43 +0000 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/?p=2431#comment-251 I loved it...and trying to figure out the authors. Great post!! I loved it…and trying to figure out the authors. Great post!!

]]> http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/05/15/hook-em-with-your-best-shot-by-anne-carole/#comment-250 Anne Carrole Fri, 15 May 2009 17:00:07 +0000 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/?p=2431#comment-250 Thanks Carolyn! :lol: Funny how consistent we can be with our tastes! Thanks Carolyn! Funny how consistent we can be with our tastes!

]]> http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/05/15/hook-em-with-your-best-shot-by-anne-carole/#comment-249 Carolyn Coles Fri, 15 May 2009 15:08:11 +0000 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/?p=2431#comment-249 Great blog. Those hooks were so good, it was difficult to attach an author to the openings if you hadn't read the books. I know which openings I liked the most, and those authors were the ones I frequently read. Imagine that. By the way your hook sounded good as well. :smile: Great blog. Those hooks were so good, it was difficult to attach an author to the openings if you hadn’t read the books. I know which openings I liked the most, and those authors were the ones I frequently read. Imagine that. By the way your hook sounded good as well.

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