tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post9180788892121697558..comments2024-03-24T00:15:57.494-07:00Comments on Discover. . .: VICTIMS READING ABOUT VICTIMS by Rolynn AndersonBrenda Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04162555468154752820noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-91249544202788648472016-02-22T19:25:33.179-07:002016-02-22T19:25:33.179-07:00Thanks for hosting me, Brenda! See you on Roses o...Thanks for hosting me, Brenda! See you on Roses of Prose.Rolynn Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504770204968969467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-21044925688791284992016-02-22T16:57:26.219-07:002016-02-22T16:57:26.219-07:00Intriguing post.Intriguing post.Angela Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102308492358084929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-84443646201895898782016-02-22T15:02:11.224-07:002016-02-22T15:02:11.224-07:00Good point. They say there's something to kno...Good point. They say there's something to knowing others have been through such suffering and have come out the other side. Since we are HEA writers...that must help some who were victims.Rolynn Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504770204968969467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-23563274916131456402016-02-22T15:00:28.383-07:002016-02-22T15:00:28.383-07:00Thanks for the compliment, Alison. Now THAT is sc...Thanks for the compliment, Alison. Now THAT is scary...you must have felt so helpless and fearful. I understand that it changed something in you...and I wager that you can write about this kind of fear better than I can...since I've never suffered from a crime.Rolynn Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504770204968969467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-19314359964881732952016-02-22T14:58:31.744-07:002016-02-22T14:58:31.744-07:00Thanks for your praise, Vonnie. What got me start...Thanks for your praise, Vonnie. What got me started on this was a feeling that because I've never been victimized, maybe I'm people like me are too cavalier in our handling of it in our books...treating it more like fantasy then reality.Rolynn Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504770204968969467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-21548592884969583832016-02-22T14:18:21.760-07:002016-02-22T14:18:21.760-07:00Great excerpt - very powerful. I love suspense fic...Great excerpt - very powerful. I love suspense fiction, and I've never been a victim of crime. However, I was on the phone with my daughter when she was mugged on the street a few years ago. The robber yanked the phone from her hand and pulled out some of her hair in the process. I heard it all from the other end. It was terrifying for a mother, I have to tell you. Neither of us has been the same since. Alison Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12725250883303287946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-91440783167103272222016-02-22T12:35:01.367-07:002016-02-22T12:35:01.367-07:00I loved your excerpt, Rolynn. PTSD requires a lot ...I loved your excerpt, Rolynn. PTSD requires a lot of study when writing about it or coming to terms with its effects.Vonnie Davis ~ Romance Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07360480832587538895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-15075387782705650552016-02-22T12:17:58.044-07:002016-02-22T12:17:58.044-07:00You do try to give yourself a break from those tho...You do try to give yourself a break from those thoughts, but when a book comes along that you identify with, you can't help but check it out. It's good that you research and don't avoid these issues.Sandra Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08061923642210002206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-86610533855677366812016-02-22T11:40:31.195-07:002016-02-22T11:40:31.195-07:00Sandy, your idea makes sense, which means we defin...Sandy, your idea makes sense, which means we definitely have to do our research. I was wondering if some traumatized readers avoid such reminders and switch to gentler plots. Rolynn Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504770204968969467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-64260953226857041452016-02-22T09:55:23.867-07:002016-02-22T09:55:23.867-07:00I do think people who've suffered trauma read ...I do think people who've suffered trauma read stories similar to their own. It's a way for them to connect to someone with the same feelings and wanting to see how they handle them without actually having to talk about it.<br />Faint sounds amazing, Rolynn. Good luck.Sandra Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08061923642210002206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-2686564337671909582016-02-22T09:28:08.063-07:002016-02-22T09:28:08.063-07:00Thanks, Margo. It's my third time keeping tra...Thanks, Margo. It's my third time keeping track of a dog and an old fellow with Alzheimer's; I put a blind man in there as well...Geesh!...way to make this hard! Rolynn Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504770204968969467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-85157900003336852712016-02-22T09:19:26.594-07:002016-02-22T09:19:26.594-07:00Very intense excerpt. Also very compelling. Makes ...Very intense excerpt. Also very compelling. Makes we want to know more. This one's a keeper!Margo Hoornstrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036077481652050799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-83413327854645634322016-02-22T08:27:14.646-07:002016-02-22T08:27:14.646-07:00Thanks, Diane, Joanne and Ilona! I'm having a...Thanks, Diane, Joanne and Ilona! I'm having a great time writing my new suspense book, CEZANNE'S GHOST, set in Aix en Provence. I spent a month there last fall, absorbing the setting for this novel. Somebody's got to do it!Rolynn Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504770204968969467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-54033615778807489372016-02-22T08:19:44.703-07:002016-02-22T08:19:44.703-07:00Really love the way you write! Much success to you...Really love the way you write! Much success to you!Ilona Fridlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17787393265146808973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-13809752773383682062016-02-22T07:20:42.187-07:002016-02-22T07:20:42.187-07:00Intriguing blurb and excerpt! Best of luck with sa...Intriguing blurb and excerpt! Best of luck with sales, Rolynn :)Joanne Guidocciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01549891566216750230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787196793070180268.post-62399197746309281222016-02-22T05:27:01.672-07:002016-02-22T05:27:01.672-07:00What an intense excerpt. Sounds like another winne...What an intense excerpt. Sounds like another winner, Rolynn.Diane Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03754105332297068271noreply@blogger.com