05-15-09 Candace Havens, romance novelist
The transcript below covers the complete #litchat conversation on May 15, 2009. The order appears sequentially from the first post to the final post. Topic was open discussion of literary fiction.
| LitChat: Sorry to miss #litchat today. Yesterday’s biz flight through Dallas cancelled and rescheduled today. |
| stanice: RT @LitChat: #litChat today at 4p/e w/guest romance author @candacehavens w/authors @deberryandgrant moderating. |
| deberryandgrant: RT @LitChat: #litChat 2day at 4p/e w/ guest bestselling romance author @candacehavens as guest w/ bestselling author @deberryandgrant mo … |
| deberryandgrant: RT @LitChat: #litChat 2day at 4p/e w/ guest bestselling romance author @candacehavens as guest w/ bestselling author @deberryandgrant mo … |
| CandaceHavens: Working on new proposal and already in love w/my hero! Don’t forget I’m guest hosting #litchat today at 4 (ET) |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens hope I would be able to make it to #litchat Look foward to reading you! |
| deberryandgrant: Ah Romance! @LitChat: #litChat today at 4p/e w/guest bestselling romance author @candacehavens as host w/author @deberryandgrant moderating. |
| CandaceHavens: RT @deberryandgrant: Ah Romance! #litChat today at 4p/e w/guest bestselling author @candacehavens as host w/author |
| deberryandgrant: @CandaceHavens Luckily you won’t need your tongue to type this afternoon! LOL #Litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @deberryandgrant LOL. Thank goodness. 🙂 #litchat |
| deberryandgrant: RT @LitChat: #litChat 2day at 4p/e w/ guest bestselling romance author @candacehavens as guest w/ bestselling author @deberryandgrant mo … |
| deberryandgrant: Be sure to come to #LitChat @LitChat and join us at 4 to talk about romance w/bestselling author @CandaceHavens. VDB is guest moderating! |
| CandaceHavens: Realized I’m kind of nervous about #Litchat at 4 (ET) today. Hope people show up. 🙂 |
| deberryandgrant: @CandaceHavens You will be fine!!! #Litchat |
| deberryandgrant: Hi Everyone. Virginia here (a little early)substitute moderating for Carolyn who’s traveling. #litchat |
| deberryandgrant: I want to welcome @CandaceHavens, best selling author and our guest host this afternoon. We’re talking romance! #litchat |
| deberryandgrant: RT @LitChat: #litChat 2day at 4p/e w/ guest bestselling romance author @candacehavens as guest w/ bestselling author @deberryandgrant mo … |
| deberryandgrant: Talking Romance today on #LitChat @LitChat 4PM ET |
| stanice: RT @deberryandgrant: Talking Romance today on #LitChat @LitChat 4PM ET |
| CandaceHavens: #LitChat, First up what are you reading this weekend… and you guys can ask me anything… |
| llunalila: @deberryandgrant I’m waiting my daughter to calm down, will kiss her good night and of to #LitChat |
| deberryandgrant: Welcome Candace. This is pretty painless. You’ll see. And folks come in and out throughout the hour. They’ll be along shortly. #litchat |
| hollywest: RT @deberryandgrant: Talking Romance today on #LitChat @LitChat 4PM ET |
| deberryandgrant: @CandaceHavens Wish I was reading this weekend. Both Donna and I find it hard to read fiction when we’re writing. How about you? #litchat |
| sheliamgoss: #litchat Candace, question–which one brings you the most challenges. Writing books or interviewing celebrities? |
| CandaceHavens: @deberryandgrant #LitChat I can read as long as it isn’t in my genre. In fact for some reason it inspires me. |
| CandaceHavens: @sheliamgoss #LitChat LOL, they are both challenging. Those yes and no answers are killer on interviews. So that might be tougher. 🙂 |
| velvetjademuse: @CandaceHavens #LitChat I’m reading Veil of Illusion by Indy author Patricia Sheehy. Good read so far! And one of my novels…revisions. |
| sheliamgoss: #LitChat lol. |
| CandaceHavens: @velvetjademuse #LitChat I despise revisions. 😉 I’ve heard about Veil, I will put that on my Kindle list. |
| sheliamgoss: #LitChat I’m reading Temptation & LIes by Donna Hill. |
| CandaceHavens: @sheliamgoss #LitChat, seriously. I’ve had some crazy interviews where the answers were grunted. Will never share who… |
| velvetjademuse: @CandaceHavens #litchat Oops…I meant indie author-I think she’s from out east. She came to IL to give a talk to my group about 2 yrs ago. |
| BizarreJC: @sheliamgoss If you go toTweetChat and login then type in the hashtag you will get to see the whole chat #LitChat |
| CandaceHavens: @velvetjademuse #LitChat, I read it is as indie. 🙂 LOL. So no worries. |
| CandaceHavens: @tortaliz #LitChat I do want to write more in Charmed & Dangerous series. That’s up to the publishers. 🙂 |
| CandaceHavens: @tortaliz #LitChat I love me some Demons. I’ll have to check that one out. |
| deberryandgrant: @CandaceHavens What are you working on now? #litchat |
| sheliamgoss: Candace Do you plan on doing any touring? #LitChat |
| CandaceHavens: @deberryandgrant #LitChat new proposals for Harlequin. I just signed with them to do Blazes. And Dragons Prefer Blondes comes out July 7… |
| CandaceHavens: @sheliamgoss #LitChat Will be touring TX, visiting DC, possible Fla and will be in L.A. in August. 🙂 |
| sheliamgoss: I love that title Dragons Prefer Blondes 🙂 #LitChat |
| deberryandgrant: RT @deberryandgrant: RT @LitChat: #litChat 2day at 4p/e w/ guest bestselling romance author @candacehavens as guest host |
| BizarreJC: @CandaceHavens I’m reading my history textbook and Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead this weekend. #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @bmarieb #LitChat I love Sookie. My editor at Berkley suggested I read those books many, many years ago before I published. |
| sheliamgoss: Cool. I wish more authors would come to Shreveport. #LitChat |
| deberryandgrant: @sheliamgoss You found us #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @sheliamgoss #LitChat Thanks. I never once have come up with a title to my books. My editors always do it. 🙂 |
| BizarreJC: @CandaceHavens I’ve read some interviews from authors that left me scratching my head because I didn’t get the negative undertone. #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @sheliamgoss #LitChat I’m in TX, and Shreveport isn’t that far. Maybe I’ll make it over there. 🙂 |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens titles are a tough part for me too. Is there other parts of writing you find tough? #LitChat |
| sheliamgoss: @deberryandgrant JC helped. I’m still trying to get used to twitter. #LitChat |
| BizarreJC: @CandaceHavens Why is it that authors can’t choose their titles? #litchat |
| sheliamgoss: @CandaceHavens That would be great. I’ll keep checking your site for updates. #LitChat |
| CandaceHavens: @tortaliz #LitChat I love those Julie Kenner books! |
| BizarreJC: @sheliamgoss I try my best to find out what I can and will share it if you ask. #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @llunalila #LitChat I don’t like Revisions, the ones I do before I send the book. I don’t mind the ones from my editor. So far 😉 |
| kryianna: I’m re-reading Lynn Kurland this weekend. Do you have any recs of new time travels in the same style as hers? #litchat |
| deberryandgrant: RT @deberryandgrant: RT @deberryandgrant: RT @LitChat: #litChat 2day at 4p/e w/guest bestselling romance author @candacehavens as host |
| CandaceHavens: #LitChat the title I had for Charmed & Dangerous, was The Witches Diaries. Not very inventive. 🙂 |
| sheliamgoss: @CandaceHavens I like Charmed & Dangerous but The Witches Diaries is good too. #LitChat |
| CandaceHavens: @kryianna #LitChat Most of my time travels seems to be on TV with Lost and Fringe. But I’m sure someone here has suggestions |
| kryianna: They got into time travel on Fringe? I stopped watching too soon! #litchat |
| sheliamgoss: @kryianna me too 🙂 #LitChat |
| deberryandgrant: @CandaceHavens Time travels? Demons? Wondering if women need to totally suspend reality to enjoy romance better? #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @deberryandgrant #LitChat I think paranormal (Thank, God, since I write it) is as hot as ever. We need a little fantasy these days. |
| BizarreJC: @deberryandgrant I like the traditional romance. Man meets woman dislikes him at first connects for some kind of reason. in love #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @kryianna #LitChat Oh, you have to catch up. The season finale was wicked! |
| CandaceHavens: @BizarreJC #LitChat I think that relationship is at the heart of most Romance. My girls also kick butt, but the relationship is the core |
| BizarreJC: @CandaceHavens I love paranormal books. My first experience with that was a book by Allison Hobbs called Enchantress. #litchat |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens yeah! paranormal is so fun bc you can make up lots of new plots and twists. No need for real life to interfear #LitChat |
| sheliamgoss: @deberryandgrant I don’t have to. I like all types of romance. #LitChat |
| CandaceHavens: @llunalila #LitChat That’s my favorite part of writing. Making up stuff. |
| CandaceHavens: @BizarreJC #LitChat I need to check that one out! |
| sheliamgoss: @CandaceHavens I agree–the relationship is the core and that’s what attracts me to the variety in the romance genre. #LitChat |
| CandaceHavens: What’s the most romantic book you’ve read? #LitChat |
| sheliamgoss: @CandaceHavens That’s a hard question because I’ve read at least 2 romance books a month for years. #LitChat |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens sooo difficult! Lots of! Can’t choose only 1 But an old time favorite is Pride and Prejudice just bc it was the 1st #LitChat |
| CandaceHavens: #LitChat Romantic book for me is Gena Showalter’s Lords of the Underworld series. Yummy |
| CandaceHavens: @sheliamgoss #LitChat Understood. |
| CandaceHavens: @llunalila #LitChat P&P is always a good standby. I’ve read it so many times I had to buy a new copy. |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens waw yes! I’m loving Gena’s Lords of the Underworld! Got Darkest Kiss here to start with it! #LitChat |
| BizarreJC: @CandaceHavens That’s a hard one. I think the most romantic book for me was oh my I can’t choose. #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @llunalila #LitChat You can’t go wrong with the Gena |
| CandaceHavens: #LitChat Do you guys read YA romance? I liked Evermore, and loved Rosemary Clement Moore’s PRom Dates From Hell series |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens my only problem is when she’s so funny I start laughing while commuting and people look at me as I was crazy #LitChat |
| CandaceHavens: #LitChat I should mention Gena and Rosemary are dear friends. BUT I really do love their books! |
| CandaceHavens: #LitChat Oh, and Marjorie M. Liu. I love it when she does tortured romance! |
| mizwrite: @CandaceHavens Hi, just popping in for a quick hello! Candace, how has your writing career changed over the years? #litchat |
| kryianna: @CandaceHavens #litchat I’d still love Rosemary’s books even if I didn’t consider her a friend. 🙂 Is Evermore the book by Claudia Gray? |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens haven’t read her yet, but promise will. I try to write YA romance as well (in Spanish) #LitChat |
| CandaceHavens: @mizwrite #LitChat It’s busier than ever and I have to manage my time better. 🙂 |
| mizwrite: @CandaceHavens well, that’s good news! Have you always written in same subgenre? #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @llunalila #LitChat In Spanish? Awesome. I be there’s a big need in that market. |
| CandaceHavens: @mizwrite #LitChat On the subgenre… No, I just did a straight on romance for Blaze. Well, there were spies, but no paranormal antics. 🙂 |
| CandaceHavens: #LitChat The Blaze comes out Feb. 2010. Dragons Prefer BLondes Debuts July 7, 2009. (Quick Plug). ;_) |
| sheliamgoss: @CandaceHavens What’s the name of your Blaze title with spies? #LitChat |
| CandaceHavens: @sheliamgoss #LitChat Snort. I don’t know because I just turned it in and the editor has to come up with the title. At least I think sooo… |
| CandaceHavens: @sheliamgoss #LitChat Oh, no, what if they make me come up with a title? That’ll be scary! |
| mizwrite: @CandaceHavens Was it fun for you to switch it up from paranormal to suspense? Do you plan to continue in more than one subg? #litchat |
| BizarreJC: @CandaceHavens When I write I write my title first.What do you write first? #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @mizwrite #LitChat I do plan to keep evolving and trying different things. I’m easily bored so it’s a necessity. 🙂 |
| BizarreJC: @CandaceHavens Do you outline or go by the seat of your pants? #litchat |
| deberryandgrant: @CandaceHavens Plugs are good!! Dragons Prefer Blondes out July 7! #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @BizarreJC #LitChat It varies. Sometimes it’s the first line of the book. Sometimes the last line. Depends on the book. |
| sheliamgoss: @CandaceHavens lol. I’m sure you’ll do fine. #LitChat |
| CandaceHavens: @BizarreJC #LitChat I’m a pantser. But I have to have a brief synopsis for my editors to sell on proposal. |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens I thought fiction didn’t sell on proposals. Suppose it’s different when they know what you are capable of 🙂 #LitChat |
| CandaceHavens: #LitChat One last question for you guys, best kiss in a book. 😉 |
| mizwrite: @BizarreJC {Excellent questions, btw!!!} : ) #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @llunalila #LitChat after a books in that changes. 🙂 |
| CandaceHavens: @llunalila #LitChat ooops a few books in |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens will have to publish the first then 🙂 (still working on some of them) #LitChat |
| deberryandgrant: @llunalila Yes, fiction by established author can sell on a proposal/outline. #litchat |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens best kiss? that’s real difficult, worse than best romance 🙂 Lots of and I mean LOTS and Lots 🙂 #LitChat |
| CandaceHavens: @llunalila #LitChat Yes. Get that first book in and then see what happens. 🙂 |
| CandaceHavens: #LitChat Come on guys. Best kiss in a book! I just read a great one in Jillian’s Burn’s May Blaze hot stuff. |
| sheliamgoss: Candace I’ve bookmarked your website and of course I’m following you now on Twitter. Have a good evening all. #LitChat |
| CandaceHavens: @llunalila #LitChat How about most recent? 🙂 |
| CandaceHavens: @sheliamgoss #LitChat Thanks for hanging with us! |
| deberryandgrant: @CandaceHavens Surely everyone isn’t being shy about a kiss?!The question could have been much more pointed. 😉 #litchat |
| BizarreJC: @CandaceHavens best kiss was in From Dusk to Dawn by Niambi Brown Davis. #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @deberryandgrant #LitChat Snort. Exactly! |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens on Gena’s Darkest Night, bt/ Maddox and Ashlyn after she comes back! #LitChat |
| BizarreJC: @deberryandgrant lol #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @llunalila #LitChat Perfect! So much passion! |
| CandaceHavens: @BizarreJC #LitChat I don’t know that book. Yet another I’m writing down. You are opening my world. 🙂 |
| CandaceHavens: #LitChat Darn. Time went by too fast! |
| BizarreJC: @CandaceHavens I read a lot and review books also so I get to know new and upcoming authors plus the seasoned ones. #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @BizarreJC #LitChat Now that is an awesome job. |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens thanks for hosting and answering to us! great to read you, as always! #LitChat |
| deberryandgrant: @CandaceHavens You know what they say about time when you’re having fun. This is the end of #litchat. Thank all of you. #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @llunalila #LitChat Thank you. I had a blast. I want to do it again! |
| gwenhayes: #LitChat @CandaceHavens Best kiss: Callahan and Grace in Too Good To Be True –in the kitchen, their 1st kiss, it was like FINALLY |
| BizarreJC: @CandaceHavens Thanks, Great chat. #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: #LitChat Don’t forget The Demon King and I in stores now and Dragons Prefer Blondes on July 7! 🙂 |
| CandaceHavens: @gwenhayes #LitChat that is a good one!!!! |
| CandaceHavens: @BizarreJC #LitChat You were awesome. Thanks for the book ideas. |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens sure you’ll be welcome whenever you pop in. #LitChat |
| deberryandgrant: And a special thanks to @CandaceHavens for hosting. Feel free to stay and chat. and you can look for the transcript of today’s chat #litchat |
| deberryandgrant: Monday on https://litchat.net/. Carolyn will be back! #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @deberryandgrant #LitChat There’s a transcript? Oh, Lord, the typos. 😉 |
| deberryandgrant: @CandaceHavens LOL! We’ll send it to a copy editor! #litchat |
| CandaceHavens: @StaceyKay6 #LitChat I’m embarrassed that I’ve never read her. But I will make up for that soon! |
| CandaceHavens: @deberryandgrant LOL #LitChat |
| gwenhayes: @CandaceHavens #LitChat And…Lisa Kleypas any of the kisses in the Wallflower series |
| CandaceHavens: Bye Gang! You guy were so much fun! #LitChat |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens on http://www.litchat.net you can read all the transcripts a few days after! #LitChat |
| llunalila: @deberryandgrant and thanks to you for hosting. you did a nice job too! #litchat |
| deberryandgrant: @llunalila Happy to fill in. #litchat |
| DavidRozansky: Schedule please for #litchat #editorchat #followreader. Also seek recommendations for other book-related chats. #books #Publishing #writing |
| CandaceHavens: @gwenhayes #LitChat again feel out of because I haven’t read Lisa either. My Kindle bill is going to be enormous this month. 😉 |
| deberryandgrant: Next week on @LitChat The Power of Language in Literature M-W-F at 4PM ET #LitChat |
| DavidRozansky: I jmean, what is scheudle for #litchat #editorchat and #followreader |
| mmj5170: RT @deberryandgrant: Next week on @LitChat The Power of Language in Literature M-W-F at 4PM ET #LitChat |
| llunalila: @CandaceHavens we can’t read everything, but I’m copying the names @gwenhayes gave too for my huge list of to read books XD #LitChat |
| thrillerchick: RT @mmj5170: RT @deberryandgrant: Next week on @LitChat The Power of Language in Literature M-W-F at 4PM ET #LitChat |
| mizwrite: To @CandaceHavens – and will look for your book coming out on my birthday! : ) #litchat |
| mizwrite: To @deberryandgrant – You guys were great hosting #litchat today! : ) |
| CandaceHavens: @LitChat Had a blast and want to do it again! #LitChat |
| briaquinlan: @CandaceHavens #LitChat 2nd @gwenhayes (Devil in Winter) AND JQ’s Romancing Mr. Bridgerton…where the heroine asks him to kiss her |
| deberryandgrant: @mizwrite Thank you! Did my (Virginia) best to step into Carolyn’s shoes for an hour. #litchat |
| hermitpaul: I would like to join in with #LitChat / @LitChat, if at all possible. I’ve finished “The Life of Pi” & now moving onto “Fight Club”. |
| househomeauthor: @deberryandgrant Thanks for the #followfriday and the good #litchat conversation. (I was lurking in and out) |
| deberryandgrant: @thrillerchick Thanks for the RT… #LitChat |
| deberryandgrant: @househomeauthor You’re welcome. Thanks for letting me know u were lurking…:-) #followfriday #litchat |
| LitChat: Finally settled in Miami and logged in. Will copy and post the chatscript later this weekend. #litchat |
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