Tension

Angela, I have the same problem. And I always mention Anna Jacobs comments at a RWNZ conference a few years ago about how, if you think you've made it difficult for your heroine, just throw more at her and make it more difficult...or words to that effect. I took a look and found her website and she's written some articles that some people might be interested in.

I've moved on to another Christine Feehan book - the tension is right there at the start of the book, I don't want to put it down and get on with my work! A prolific writer, she's written many books in this "Dark" series, about Carpathian vampires. I read a Freda Warrington book once about a vampire, "A Taste of Blood Wine" and loved it. Never found a good vampire story since, I didn't enjoy Anne Rice's books. But after reading one book, I think I'm going to love Christine Feehan's stories.

Sandra
(PS Notice I put links in the body of this post. I have another browser window open at the website I'm referring to, I highlighted the words/name, clicked the little green icon at the head of the new post form - looks like a light green ball with glasses on - then pasted the web address into the window that opened. Means anyone can click the link and go to the webpage I'm writing about.)
(PPS I added a "tag cloud" to the sidebar. It contains labels from posts. You can add key words so if someone comes to the blog and they want to read whatever we've written about, say, conflict, they can click on the word in the tag cloud and those posts will be brought up. When you post, if there's a key word you could add, put it in the label line.)