tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post307702334552560649..comments2024-01-20T17:22:00.043-06:00Comments on AJ's Tattered Pages: Alternative Hero MaterialAJ Nuesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010557416505335378noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-67820987992014865972011-10-28T14:04:37.365-05:002011-10-28T14:04:37.365-05:00What Roz and Rochelle said about Tyler. The "...What Roz and Rochelle said about Tyler. The "alternate" hero that keeps popping into my head is Detective Remy McSwain. On the surface he seems the perfect hero, attractive a police officer, etc... but then you find out that he's on the take and isn't all that ethical. It's his over coming his human flaws that make him better than just the "typical" cop hero.<br /><br />I like less than perfect heroes. I like "real" heroes. There are also Vicki Lewis Thompson's Nerd series heroes. Not every book worked for me, but I did like the less than perfect in all of them.Maria Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04092058500452333815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-52240417322493851182011-10-28T12:16:04.418-05:002011-10-28T12:16:04.418-05:00I don't know, Lynne. Your Tyler White sounds l...I don't know, Lynne. Your Tyler White sounds like my kind of guy. I'm drawn to the slightly beat up ones for some reason. My favorite movie hero was has-been catcher Crash Davis in Bull Durham. Wizened, past his time, damaged=perfect. Of course, Kevin Costner made beaten look sexy. <br /><br />Great post! I'm excited to read One For The Road.<br />RochelleRochelle Staabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08700362801884548978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-76502909608676638132011-10-27T21:15:21.954-05:002011-10-27T21:15:21.954-05:00Thank you, AJ! I feel honored to visit your blog....Thank you, AJ! I feel honored to visit your blog. Now, I have put the names in my little wicker basket and have pinched my eyes closed and chosen - AMIE! I hope you don't mind a little country music mixed in with your romance stories! :)<br />Please contact me via my website so I can arrange to send whichever version of One for the Road you'd like - print or digital - to you.<br /><br />THANKS!<br />all the best to everyone - LynneLynne Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156587180087372120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-17169627795290263122011-10-27T20:56:24.619-05:002011-10-27T20:56:24.619-05:00This has been an outstanding day, Lynne! What a wo...This has been an outstanding day, Lynne! What a wonderful post and great topic for discussion. I like the rest of us LOVE the alternative -- but she's usually in the form of my heroine. I guess to me it's easier to write from that side because of my own insecurities. I see myself as flawed so I connect with the flawed heroine. Does that count here? <br /><br />Thank you ssssoooo much for being my guest today. I just KNEW this topic was going to spur some great conversations. <br /><br />You're the best! And you have an open invitation to return ANY TIME!AJ Nuesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010557416505335378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-30475066808627120332011-10-27T20:49:13.924-05:002011-10-27T20:49:13.924-05:00Hi Anne! Good to know you're on board with tho...Hi Anne! Good to know you're on board with those Nerd heroes. First off, I misspelled Vicki Lewis Thompson (I had put Thomason - eesh)<br />Here are some of those funny Nerd titles: Nerds Like it Hot, Talk Nerdy to Me, and Nerd in Shinging Armor. Fun books!<br />Thanks so much for commenting.Lynne Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156587180087372120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-9155615366664857582011-10-27T20:44:15.853-05:002011-10-27T20:44:15.853-05:00Hi Mac! I absolutely love James Garner, and I hav...Hi Mac! I absolutely love James Garner, and I have to admit Forrest Gump came to my mind when I wrote this blog, but I stuck with the literary types. Another Hanks character that got to me as an alternative hero was Chuck Noland in Castaway. Plus I love all the beta type heroes Tom Hanks has played in Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail - such a loveable guy!<br />Thanks for commenting.Lynne Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156587180087372120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-65870035050447256472011-10-27T20:23:15.024-05:002011-10-27T20:23:15.024-05:00I love the alternative hero - especially nerd ones...I love the alternative hero - especially nerd ones ;)<br /><br />Great post, Lynne!<br /><br />Anne KempAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-10289630871444158342011-10-27T20:00:30.358-05:002011-10-27T20:00:30.358-05:00Lynne, great thought provoking post! I Loved Morni...Lynne, great thought provoking post! I Loved Morning Glory! Best alternative heroes for me are from the movies. Number 1 - James Garner in Murphy's Romance. And dare I say it? ... My heart was captured by Forrest Gump.Mackenzie Crownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14495228596521457813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-47487737721950868642011-10-27T18:26:40.048-05:002011-10-27T18:26:40.048-05:00Hi Sarah!
So glad you commented. Do it! Write th...Hi Sarah!<br />So glad you commented. Do it! Write that alternative hero. Good for you writing the alternative heroine - and beautiful way of showing how the inner person is more important than the outer person - "her smile lights up the room." My hormones must be out of whack today, I keep tearing up. :)<br /><br />And thank you for putting me on your TBR list!Lynne Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156587180087372120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-73453463008881475852011-10-27T17:57:58.862-05:002011-10-27T17:57:58.862-05:00Lynne- I've read all of the books you mentione...Lynne- I've read all of the books you mentioned - except yours, but it's on my TBR! I haven't written about an alternative hero..yet. You see, I've got one in my head. lol I have written the alternative heroine - not very pretty, scarred, but her smile lights up the room. :-)Sarah Grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03737049126767567901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-9894453732281030382011-10-27T17:51:31.167-05:002011-10-27T17:51:31.167-05:00I thought of another alternative hero - Vicki Lewi...I thought of another alternative hero - Vicki Lewis Thomason wrote a series of Nerd hero books a half a dozen years or so ago with titles like The Nerd Who Loved Me, or something like that.<br /><br />Any others ladies?Lynne Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156587180087372120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-80898344032730748922011-10-27T14:37:38.647-05:002011-10-27T14:37:38.647-05:00Hi Tom - wow you have written an out-of-the ordina...Hi Tom - wow you have written an out-of-the ordinary hero. I got a little teary-eyed reading your set-up. I remember how moving Ghost was, so I see great potential for your Seal and nuclear physicist. :)<br /><br />You've officially made my day knowing you enjoyed my book. As you may have noticed the actual RV in the book is a lot more "buff" if you will, than the dated RV on the cover. :)<br />But don't get me wrong, I love my book cover!Lynne Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156587180087372120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-74402441648168974362011-10-27T14:31:47.875-05:002011-10-27T14:31:47.875-05:00Well, I'm not sure it counts, but I have a her...Well, I'm not sure it counts, but I have a hero who's a buffed ex-Seal... but he dies in the second chapter. He spends the rest of the book coming back in a spiritual way... And the heroine is a nuclear physicist. Don't see that every day either :)<br /><br />I loved One for the Road - finished it at three the next morning after I got it at the signing. I'm on my fourth RV, so it was a lot of fun.<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120642742903820312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-33643772282034455052011-10-27T14:15:55.744-05:002011-10-27T14:15:55.744-05:00Hi Mona -
I'm glad you've got your own spe...Hi Mona -<br />I'm glad you've got your own special hero at home. Thank you for commenting.<br /><br />I hope we come up with a few more examples of alternative heroes. Didn't Kathleen Woodiwiss write a classic hero who'd had a stroke?Lynne Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156587180087372120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-29857126319945175552011-10-27T13:47:55.989-05:002011-10-27T13:47:55.989-05:00Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, right? I do...Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, right? I don't pay attention to the physical attributes of the hero, but to the way he treats the heroine, the way he acts around her and others. If he treats her the way I like to be treated, and makes her feel good, then he's a hero in my eyes. I have a real hero at home, who's less than 6 feet. Who cares considering, I am on the shorty side.Mona Riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-42797695672135459862011-10-27T13:36:48.458-05:002011-10-27T13:36:48.458-05:00Hi Roz!
Thank you so much for stopping by and comm...Hi Roz!<br />Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting. I am honored that you read my book, and more importantly, that you fell for Tyler. He does definitely grow on a lady's sensibilities.Lynne Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156587180087372120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-72406451270535286722011-10-27T13:22:04.038-05:002011-10-27T13:22:04.038-05:00Hi Lynne!
I absolutely loved your book! Personall...Hi Lynne!<br /><br />I absolutely loved your book! Personally, I don't care if the hero is a hunk or not, as long as the heroine sees him as one. You did a great job of letting us see Tyler through D'Anne's eyes, and that's what matters. Because she loved him, I did too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918617363619522939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-29066251251147938862011-10-27T13:19:06.537-05:002011-10-27T13:19:06.537-05:00Hi Dee J!
Thank you for your compliment about Tyle...Hi Dee J!<br />Thank you for your compliment about Tyler. As you know, I'm quite partial to him, too. :)<br />Yeah, Ms. Brockmann knows her heroes, that's for sure, regarless of how tall they are.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by.Lynne Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156587180087372120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-87900633152548293312011-10-27T13:17:10.658-05:002011-10-27T13:17:10.658-05:00Hi Arial, I'm glad you enjoyed the blog, and I...Hi Arial, I'm glad you enjoyed the blog, and I hope you DO write that alternative hero. Let me know when it is available to read! :)Lynne Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156587180087372120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-76777170823972469432011-10-27T12:38:00.658-05:002011-10-27T12:38:00.658-05:00Lynne,
Great post! I LOVE Wildcard! One of my favo...Lynne,<br />Great post! I LOVE Wildcard! One of my favorite heroes! (Although Suz knows how to write a hero, be it any type!) I also ADORE Tyler! I fell in love with him at the very beginning. Trying to think of other alternative heroes and drawing a blank at the moment... I'll come back if I think of one.Dee J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12299652828227486747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-84988851079372630492011-10-27T12:09:33.516-05:002011-10-27T12:09:33.516-05:00GREAT post Lynne!! OMG you've totally inspired...GREAT post Lynne!! OMG you've totally inspired me to write an alternate hero in the book I'm working on right now. I'm so glad I read this post! Congratulations on your release!!!Arial Burnzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00446636373168813135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-14090696417199759422011-10-27T11:09:46.232-05:002011-10-27T11:09:46.232-05:00AJ - I had picked up on something you'd said i...AJ - I had picked up on something you'd said in an e-mail to me about Thursday, and I meant to check it out yesterday, but the day got ahead of me. Anyway, I followed my hunch today, and viola! There I was with that goofy picture of me on your blog. LOL<br /><br />I'm thrilled to be here no matter which day. Thanks for having me. I hope we get lots of comments.Lynne Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156587180087372120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-61642166681672762592011-10-27T11:07:24.386-05:002011-10-27T11:07:24.386-05:00Jannine - your Daniel does indeed sound like an al...Jannine - your Daniel does indeed sound like an alternative hero!<br /><br />Thanks for commenting.Lynne Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156587180087372120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-3092678114159676172011-10-27T10:52:30.486-05:002011-10-27T10:52:30.486-05:00Hi Lynne! Oh my goodness, I re-checked the date an...Hi Lynne! Oh my goodness, I re-checked the date and well, I had the post scheduled for the 27th in one place, and then the 28th in another. Geesh! I can't keep track of myself much less anything else. Sorry for the SNAFU! I guess I was so excited about your post I just couldn't wait!!AJ Nuesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010557416505335378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-72345720939081406642011-10-27T10:18:10.115-05:002011-10-27T10:18:10.115-05:00wlynnechantale- thanks for the recommendations. I...wlynnechantale- thanks for the recommendations. I hope, by the end of the day, we'll have a whole lot more examples of alternative, yet just as appealing, heroes.<br /><br />And AJ - your blog is beautiful! Lots of fun stuff around here.Lynne Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156587180087372120noreply@blogger.com