Ask the Author: M. Jane Colette
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M. Jane Colette
What a great question…
…and how difficult to answer!
Honestly, the first thing that popped into my head: Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Because, talk about devotion and loyalty (from Watson to Sherlock, anyway). I really see Watson as an archetype not just of ‘The Friend’ but also of the kind of Wife-Spouse-Helpmeet we all (regardless of gender!) fantasize about, at least occasionally.
Favourite heterosexual couple tho… I might have to go back to Jane Austen. Persuasion. Anne Elliott and Captain Wentworth. Because a) second chance romance and b) this incredible combination of passion-that-lasted (eight years of estrangement) and rationality-restraint.
I like my fictional people to feel pretty real, and Anne and Wentworth feel like flesh and blood to me.
…and how difficult to answer!
Honestly, the first thing that popped into my head: Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Because, talk about devotion and loyalty (from Watson to Sherlock, anyway). I really see Watson as an archetype not just of ‘The Friend’ but also of the kind of Wife-Spouse-Helpmeet we all (regardless of gender!) fantasize about, at least occasionally.
Favourite heterosexual couple tho… I might have to go back to Jane Austen. Persuasion. Anne Elliott and Captain Wentworth. Because a) second chance romance and b) this incredible combination of passion-that-lasted (eight years of estrangement) and rationality-restraint.
I like my fictional people to feel pretty real, and Anne and Wentworth feel like flesh and blood to me.
M. Jane Colette
What a great question…
…and how difficult to answer!
Honestly, the first thing that popped into my head: Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Because, talk about devotion and loyalty (from Watson to Sherlock, anyway). I really see Watson as an archetype not just of ‘The Friend’ but also of the kind of Wife-Spouse-Helpmeet we all (regardless of gender!) fantasize about, at least occasionally.
Favourite heterosexual couple tho… I might have to go back to Jane Austen. Persuasion. Anne Elliott and Captain Wentworth. Because a) second chance romance and b) this incredible combination of passion-that-lasted (eight years of estrangement) and rationality-restraint.
I like my fictional people to feel pretty real, and Anne and Wentworth feel like flesh and blood to me.
…and how difficult to answer!
Honestly, the first thing that popped into my head: Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Because, talk about devotion and loyalty (from Watson to Sherlock, anyway). I really see Watson as an archetype not just of ‘The Friend’ but also of the kind of Wife-Spouse-Helpmeet we all (regardless of gender!) fantasize about, at least occasionally.
Favourite heterosexual couple tho… I might have to go back to Jane Austen. Persuasion. Anne Elliott and Captain Wentworth. Because a) second chance romance and b) this incredible combination of passion-that-lasted (eight years of estrangement) and rationality-restraint.
I like my fictional people to feel pretty real, and Anne and Wentworth feel like flesh and blood to me.
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