Ask the Author: Margaret L. Carter
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Margaret L. Carter
Why my parents divorced when I was three years old. Not something that was talked about in the family. My father gave me a one-sentence answer when I was well into middle age. I'll never know the rest of the story this side of the grave, since they're both dead. Doubtless to make a mystery novel the plot would have to be more exciting than the real facts probably are.
Margaret L. Carter
I would visit C. S. Lewis's Narnia -- during one of the tranquil periods in its history! -- to meet talking animals, attend a feast with the king or queen, and (I hope) get to have an encounter with Aslan.
Margaret L. Carter
GWENDY'S BUTTON BOX, a new Castle Rock tale by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar. SEVEN STONES TO STAND, a story collection by Diana Gabaldon.
Margaret L. Carter
This is an easy one!
Classic: Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. Their keen intelligence, expressed in witty dialogue, is the main appeal. And I love the way he respects her, including his support for her career, with not a trace of condescension because she writes detective novels instead of something (as satirically discussed in a scene in GAUDY NIGHT) "significant."
Contemporary: Claire and Jamie in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. Again, two strong characters who respect each other despite their cultural differences caused by growing up in two different centuries. Jamie tries hard to overcome the prejudices of his own age and understand her viewpoint. They support and comfort each other through harrowing events. They frequently rescue each other instead of Claire always playing a damsel-in-distress role. And nobody writes passionate, loving sex scenes like Gabaldon. Also, I like the way she portrays the growth of love in a long-lasting marriage and shows that even middle-aged married people can still be passionate. :)
Classic: Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. Their keen intelligence, expressed in witty dialogue, is the main appeal. And I love the way he respects her, including his support for her career, with not a trace of condescension because she writes detective novels instead of something (as satirically discussed in a scene in GAUDY NIGHT) "significant."
Contemporary: Claire and Jamie in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. Again, two strong characters who respect each other despite their cultural differences caused by growing up in two different centuries. Jamie tries hard to overcome the prejudices of his own age and understand her viewpoint. They support and comfort each other through harrowing events. They frequently rescue each other instead of Claire always playing a damsel-in-distress role. And nobody writes passionate, loving sex scenes like Gabaldon. Also, I like the way she portrays the growth of love in a long-lasting marriage and shows that even middle-aged married people can still be passionate. :)
Margaret L. Carter
I decided I wanted to try writing a paranormal romance more on the light than dark side (too many characters in my works were dying, I decided), with touches of humor. In the WIP I'm just now starting, the heroine unpacks some antiques her grandfather picked up in Japan during the Korean War. The magic in a scroll brings a cat spirit to life, and other magic gets loose to complicate the heroine's goal of selling her late parents' house.
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