Comments on: Carrie Lofty ~ Scoundrel’s Kiss

By: Carrie Lofty

Carrie Lofty — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:08:13 +0000

@ Booklover1335: You can see my playlists on each othe book excerpt pages. For example, the playlist for SCOUNDREL’S KISS is here: http://www.carrielofty.com/SK_Excerpt.html

By: Booklover1335

Booklover1335 — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:29:28 +0000

I think I will be reading more historical romances this year if it is going to be filled with books like yours and Beverley’s

Are you book playlists on your website? I love book playlists! I think they really give insight into the book. Congrats on your new release!

By: Spav

Spav — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:35:32 +0000

Congrats on the release! It sounds like an interesting book. I would love to read it.

By: Santa

Santa — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:59:08 +0000

I’ve seen your name in so many different places. All good, fear not. Your books sound marvelous. I’ll keep my eye out for them.

Your next projects sound just as intriguing. Good luck with them.

By: Carrie Lofty

Carrie Lofty — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:37:45 +0000

@ Mitzi: Believe it or not, I didn’t have a message in mind when I started, but it must have been there unconsciously. I’ve encountered addiction in my life before, among people very close to me, and it’s a hideous thing. At the end of WHAT A SCOUNDREL WANTS, Ada was in such a depressed, angry state of mind. Couple that with what I saw as some immature selfishness on her part, and she seemed just the sort of person who might want to take the easy way out. For a while. She earns her happy ending by battling back to the woman she once was, becoming strong her for it. I found a great deal of hope in that idea.

@ Moth: Thanks for that! Robin and Marian were fun to write. Like Robin and Marian: the Married Years! But no, I think that story has been told too many times. The concept was a springboard and I haven’t really considered going back. Sorry!

@ Julie: As I mentioned to Mitzi, I have experience in my own life to draw from, unfortunately. But I did need to research where addicting substances might have been available in medieval times and what form those would’ve taken, as well as attitudes toward it. With those facts in mind, my main goal was to make her struggle believable. I didn’t want love to come along and “twang” her into wellness. Getting clean is a difficult road, and I wanted Ada’s struggle to strike people as genuine…as well as find her happy ending. She couldn’t have done either without Gavriel.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:17:00 +0000

Congratulations on your release! I was wondering, aside from the obvious historical aspects, did you have to research addiction as well? It’s not a usual characteristic that a heroine has.

By: Moth

Moth — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:24:32 +0000

Have you ever been tempted to write more Robin Hood themed books? I know me and my sister wanted to see Robin and Marian’s story (even though we know it) just because they were such a great couple in What a Scoundrel Wants.

By: Mitzi H.

Mitzi H. — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:45:38 +0000

Hi Carrie,

I don’t like drugs or drug addiction and rarely encounter them in romance novels. Did you want to send a message with your story that there is life after drugs if you are willing to find it?

By: Carrie Lofty

Carrie Lofty — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:49:14 +0000

@ Debra G: Unfortunately, I began my pursuit of publication after starting a family, so I haven’t traveled much farther than my library. I lived in England for a year, where I met my husband, and I’ve been on the odd vacation or two, but I’ve never been anywhere useful to my research. Salzburg will be my first stop one day, the setting for my upcoming release with Carina Press. Then maybe Spain and the North of England!

@ Renee: Wow. Never considered that before. It’s always just been…me! I wrote well before I entered college, starting with the Young Writers Conferences back in the early 80s. I studied the plot to assassinate Lincoln when I was ten, and I wrote a novelization of the movie ALIENS. Then wrote a teleplay for the late 80s Pony Express drama “The Young Riders.” I think I was 13. Finding historical romance was inevitable then, and I began my first novel at 16. After a brief stint where I wanted to be a country singer and a comic book artist, I returned to history and creative writing during my sophomore year of college. Never looked back…

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:21:12 +0000

Hi, Carrie! I’m coming in so very late. I lost Internet for a while. My question for you, do you think you’d still be writing if you didn’t have a BA in English and history?