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www.shirleygwebb.com/home.html Genre:
Fiction for Young Readers, Historical Fiction for Young
Adults
Shirley travels across the United States with her story reading sessions for children in schools, libraries and scout groups. Now that her first historical novel, Cherokee Love (iUniverse, Inc. 2003) is completed, she visits high schools relating to young adults, teachers and librarians her craft and experiences while writing historical fiction. The sequel to Cherokee Love is in progress, Dance in the Rain. Shirley is often requested to write articles about the craft of writing. These have been published by RomanceEverAfter, Writefromhome.com, CORW of Romance Writers of America, and the Institute of Children’s Literature in Redding, Connecticut. (Note: Visit Shirley at her web-site www.shirleygwebb.com/home.html and read about her Cherokee background. She's happy to address any questions you may have.) What characteristics do I like to give my heroes and heroines? First of all, they must be true to life, believable and lovable. The main
character must have characteristics that I fall in love with. Even the handsome,
romantic, alpha male that would attempt to destroy our heroine should at first
be likeable. Then as he reveals his dark side, we find an immediate distaste for
him. So how do we create these characteristics? First I name my main character, and this could take several weeks. Then as her name rolls off my tongue over and over, her personality begins to bloom and I’m getting to know her. At this point no editor could convince me to change her name. I know what she is feeling, longing for, and the motives that are in her heart of hearts. I know this because I created her. In this sense, I am God. That’s enough to make her very personal to me. Then I take her on a journey though the pages of my book, showing the characteristics that make my readers fall in love with her also. Professional Associations & Presentations Shirley’s memberships include: Romance Writers of America, Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators, RomanceEverAfter, New England Writers Association, PEN/New England, and Charter Oak Romance Writers. Romance Author Interview "The events that create the most emotion show another dimension of the character but must evolve ever so slightly and appear on the pages so smoothly as to take the reader off guard as to what is coming." Discover more about
Shirley in her Shirley also discusses the following in her article in the Shirley G. Webb - Writing Craft: ancestral connection to the Native American culture, why she is interested in the culture, and how we today can grow from understanding and embracing the past. Shirley also discusses her success story in marketing her work in the article Writers, Go Home in our Writing Craft category!
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