Comments on: Asked and answered http://theamensisters.com/wordpress/2008/09/09/asked-and-answered/ Real love. Real faith. Real life. Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:32:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angela http://theamensisters.com/wordpress/2008/09/09/asked-and-answered/comment-page-1/#comment-5089 Angela Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:49:20 +0000 http://theamensisters.com/wordpress/?p=419#comment-5089 Good point, Rhonda. Okay, now the man is divorced and has custody of his kids. The woman is single with no kids. Good point, Rhonda. Okay, now the man is divorced and has custody of his kids. The woman is single with no kids.

]]> By: Rhonda McKnight http://theamensisters.com/wordpress/2008/09/09/asked-and-answered/comment-page-1/#comment-5088 Rhonda McKnight Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:22:58 +0000 http://theamensisters.com/wordpress/?p=419#comment-5088 You can go either way, but I personally don't care about the Obama Palin comparisions. By the time the novel comes out Obama will be president and the forgetful American public won't even remember her. (Guess we all know who my candidate is). I say write what you feel. I love a book that addresses real issues without making me feel I've crossed over into a literary piece of non-fiction. You can do it. You're top gun. You can go either way, but I personally don’t care about the Obama Palin comparisions. By the time the novel comes out Obama will be president and the forgetful American public won’t even remember her. (Guess we all know who my candidate is).

I say write what you feel. I love a book that addresses real issues without making me feel I’ve crossed over into a literary piece of non-fiction. You can do it. You’re top gun.

]]> By: Angela http://theamensisters.com/wordpress/2008/09/09/asked-and-answered/comment-page-1/#comment-5087 Angela Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:02:39 +0000 http://theamensisters.com/wordpress/?p=419#comment-5087 Okay, now I'm thinking I want to add an inter-racial twist. Too much? Let's make the woman the minority. Okay, now I’m thinking I want to add an inter-racial twist. Too much? Let’s make the woman the minority.

]]> By: Angela http://theamensisters.com/wordpress/2008/09/09/asked-and-answered/comment-page-1/#comment-5086 Angela Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:16:31 +0000 http://theamensisters.com/wordpress/?p=419#comment-5086 Good point, Patricia, believe it or not that didn't occur to me. I was trying to go against type. Put the woman in the power position and the man in the nurturing position since that gives me some built in conflict. But I see your point. What if I go further against type (or stereotype) and make the organizer a Republican and the city official a Democrat. I really want the woman to be the city official but that could still draw Obama-Palin comparions. So what if the woman is the organizer (back to the original idea) and the man is the city official (back to the original idea). You realize, of coure, that I'm never going to use the words Democrat and Republican in the book, right? That might be too much for me even me to read. :) Good point, Patricia, believe it or not that didn’t occur to me. I was trying to go against type. Put the woman in the power position and the man in the nurturing position since that gives me some built in conflict. But I see your point.

What if I go further against type (or stereotype) and make the organizer a Republican and the city official a Democrat. I really want the woman to be the city official but that could still draw Obama-Palin comparions. So what if the woman is the organizer (back to the original idea) and the man is the city official (back to the original idea).

You realize, of coure, that I’m never going to use the words Democrat and Republican in the book, right? That might be too much for me even me to read. :)

]]> By: PatriciaW http://theamensisters.com/wordpress/2008/09/09/asked-and-answered/comment-page-1/#comment-5084 PatriciaW Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:33:35 +0000 http://theamensisters.com/wordpress/?p=419#comment-5084 Sounds interesting, although I'd keep the original characters to avoid comparisons to the whole Obama-Palin thing, thereby freeing your readers on some level to appreciate the story for itself rather than bring their opinions and feelings regarding the actual campaigns to bear. Sounds interesting, although I’d keep the original characters to avoid comparisons to the whole Obama-Palin thing, thereby freeing your readers on some level to appreciate the story for itself rather than bring their opinions and feelings regarding the actual campaigns to bear.

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