tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773784813020798883.post5063026267193220187..comments2023-07-30T07:24:37.237-07:00Comments on Barbara Elsborg: Weak heroinesBarbara Elsborghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15825994197656747262noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773784813020798883.post-62237094943471984302012-06-27T04:07:38.984-07:002012-06-27T04:07:38.984-07:00I always love your heroines because they're li...I always love your heroines because they're like real people, Barbara. They aren't like superheroes or women with hearts of iron, they can be hurt and feel pain, but they appreciate joy, too. I hope you never stop writing these wonderful, flawed, relatable characters.L. A. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198035351359321392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773784813020798883.post-49926099314530957972012-06-25T23:39:06.797-07:002012-06-25T23:39:06.797-07:00Thanks, guys. The flaws are the parts that interes...Thanks, guys. The flaws are the parts that interest me too. I don't like reading about kick-ass females so I dont' create them either!Barbara Elsborghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15825994197656747262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773784813020798883.post-46319889399041454392012-06-25T11:12:59.729-07:002012-06-25T11:12:59.729-07:00Perfection is boring. Real people don't behave...Perfection is boring. Real people don't behave the way readers who like "strong women" want, at least, not without years and years of training. The part of a character tha interests me is the flaw the character overcomes.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07604208770698139837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773784813020798883.post-49199801218022218452012-06-25T09:14:43.928-07:002012-06-25T09:14:43.928-07:00I'll take your heroines anyday over the kick-a...I'll take your heroines anyday over the kick-ass, snarky, constantly in your face carboard cut outs.<br />I was wondering the other day about the hero. There's many romances with a woman whose on the plumb side, but the guy's always muscular, the most handsome in existance and ends up wealthy, if not rich to start. If I wrote about a scrawny, flat chested woman interested in a man with love handles, I wonder how many one stars it'd get. Realistic and flawed, that's my cup of tea as well.Arlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13009609859622288428noreply@blogger.com