![]() ![]() 'Of course there are powerful stories of twenty-somethings with heavy psychological issues, but I like reading about someone whose ride in life has had a few more rough patches.' 'What I mean by inexperience is a limited life history, which I equate to a lack of life experience and less interesting emotional baggage,' she says. ![]() I was curious to hear Sandra flesh out a little more what she means by inexperience, and what the incorporation of an older character into a book might bring to the table. In a recent interview about her debut novel A Basic Renovation Sandra commented on not relating to younger heroines in contemporary romance fiction due to their relative 'inexperience'. Needless to say, I leapt at the chance to hear Sandras thoughts on the subject. This is, as it turns out, Sandras area of expertise, and is something that she looks at not just in her fiction, but also in her PhD research. Local romance author Sandra Antonelli and I have been in touch over Twitter and through the site for a while now, but first properly connected over an interview I did late last year with author Maggie Dana about middle-aged protagonists and their representation in fiction. If you're new here, why not subscribe to our email updates or follow us on Facebook? You can also add us to your Google Reader. ![]()
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