More Rules
Carla told me to go visit Gabriele Campbell. Her Rules for Scottish Romances are too, too true. Especially the part about heroine must always be a Sassenach. Why? I guess for the same reason that it must always be the feisty Rebel girl who falls for the big alpha Yankee. Tho’ I think Patricia Veryan a few times had the Englishman falling for the feisty Scottish lass (who usually was trying to help her Jacobite brother/fiance/best friend’s husband’s former sergeant escape the turrrible massacre after Culloden)
So are there any other rules out there? I’m really enjoying reading them. It’s funny just how many stereotypes are found in historical fiction (or fiction of any sort I suppose) when you really look for them. And not just stereotypes, but really silly ones too.
March 13th, 2006 at 11:41 am
In a discussion of the film Braveheart on another blog we reckoned that it did a pretty good job of following Gabriele’s Rules
This whole thing was sparked by a set of Rules for How to Write a Bestselling Fantasy Novel, mentioned by Alex Bordessa.
March 13th, 2006 at 10:33 pm
Read it. ROTFL! Thanks again!