Last week, I was asked to join the Insecure Writer's Support Group to head the group's newest endeavor...a monthly newsletter! I happily agreed. So...Hi, everyone! I'm your newest IWSG Administrator! :D And I'm thrilled to help launch the IWSG Newsletter.
The Insecure Writer's Support Group Newsletter will
feature articles by industry experts, IWSG members, and administrators. There
will also be a dozen links to helpful articles for writers in each edition, as
well as a special Member Spotlight. Even if you're not a member of the blogging
group, you'll greatly benefit from these FREE monthly newsletters.
First issue goes out on February 24!
FYI: Those who are part of the IWSG are
already signed up.
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In a romance where you follow the relationship between
your hero and heroine, and chronicle their wedding, you should detail their
honeymoon as well. At least for a short chapter.
Here are 3 main points to consider if your
characters go on a honeymoon.
1. Where does your couple go?
Have they discussed a dream vacation? If so, send them
there. If not, where could you picture them going? A sun and beach loving
couple could go to the Bahamas. An adventurous couple could go to Colorado. And
a romantic, food loving couple can go to Italy. Where are your characters
telling you they’d like to celebrate their love?
2. Romance x10
Now is the time to break out all the romantic quips you’ve been locking away.
Let your characters ooze romance. Describe their tender kisses, warm caresses,
and love making. But make it more than sex. Make this intimacy strengthen their
bond and deepen their relationship.
See: How to Write Romance
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3. Let them have fun!
Aside from fun in bed…your characters should get out and
about. Send them on an adventure or to sight-see. This should be a light moment
for your characters and readers before it’s time to get back to reality and to shake things up with the plot line waiting for them.
BOOK TIDBIT: In the 3rd book of my Disaster
Crimes series, a disaster strikes during Beth’s and Donovan’s honeymoon. Any predictions?
QUESTIONS: Have any of your characters gone on a
honeymoon?
If you’ve been on a honeymoon, where did you go?
If you haven't where would you want to go?
If you’ve been on a honeymoon, where did you go?
If you haven't where would you want to go?
And we are so glad you joined the team! You are rocking the newsletter right now.
ReplyDeleteNo honeymoons. Just writing about a kiss is tough enough for me.
Thank you, Alex!
DeleteWriting about a kiss is tough until you write about a zillion of them. And then you struggle to write it different. Or at least I do.
Cool on the IWSG newsletter!
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I went on a short cruise for our honeymoon, but our favorite trip was one we took years later to Florence, Italy. :)
A cruise honeymoon would be a lot of fun. A trip to Italy sounds divine.
DeleteCongrats on joining the IWSG team! Can't wait to see the newsletters!
ReplyDeleteNever written about a honeymoon. I may or may not be getting married in Vegas sometime this year so I'll kind of have a built-in honeymoon. Should be lots of fun.
Thanks, Sarah!
DeleteA built-in honeymoon is a bonus. :)
We welcome you to the team!
ReplyDeleteIn five fiction books, I had four honeymoons, each one different to fit the characters. And their budgets - LOL.
Thanks, Diane!
DeleteThat's great! I've written about two honeymoons so far and they were very different for the character's personalities...and yes, budgets. lol
Congrats on joining the IWSG team. That's awesome news. I'm looking forward to the newsletters.
ReplyDeleteI've never written about a honeymoon, and never actually gone on a honeymoon.
Thank you, M.J.!
DeleteI've never gone on one either, but that's because I've never been married. ;)
How exciting you are joining the IWSG team; I know the newsletter will rock if you are doing it :)
ReplyDeleteGreat advice for writing about honeymoons :) We went to the Queen Mary and Disneyland and some other places in the Southern California area for our honeymoon :)
betty
Aw. Thank you for the vote of confidence, Betty!
DeleteDisneyland and a perfect place to go to for a honeymoon. So much fun to be had there. :)
Hi Chrys .. that's awesome you're on the IWSG team .. I follow along, but will get the newsletter. I couldn't for the life of me write about honeymoons and kisses! .. but I'd enjoy the destination ... cheers and have fun the other IWSG folk ... Hilary
ReplyDeleteWriting about the destination is the best part. ;)
DeleteThanks, Hilary!
No honeymoons for me, in writing or real life lol congrats on joining the team.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Maybe one day in real life, Pat.
DeleteThanks!
It's great that you're joining IWSG! I'm looking forward to the newsletter. And thanks for all the tips about honeymoons and romantic writing. I'll keep them in mind.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome for the tips, Lori! :)
DeleteSo thrilled to have you on the IWSG team.
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking that my main couple in my current WIP haven't had time to have much fun.
Thank you, Susan!
DeleteIt's important we let our characters have a little fun, right? ;)
Good luck on the IWSG and congratulations on being asked to join such a well loved group. Great post.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
Thank you so much, Yvonne! :)
DeleteI'll be looking forward to seeing what the IWSG newsletter has in store. Good luck with your admin duties!
ReplyDeleteI haven't really written about many honeymoons, since my characters often don't have the luxury of taking an unnecessary vacation in the middle of a war, when they don't have enough money, or because they have far more important priorities. The honeymoons I have depicted tend to be the simple, humble type in line with my own working-class roots, like Cape Cod, the 1939 World's Fair in Queens, and the Mount Washington Inn in New Hampshire.
Thank you, Carrie-Anne!
DeleteSimple and humble honeymoons are lovely, though. I wrote about one like that as well. :)
Congratulations on the promotion! You're perfect for it!
ReplyDeleteI haven't done a honeymoon, but great advice!
Thank you so much, Yolanda! :D
DeleteMy books and I want to honeymoon in Japan. Why not? Congrats Chrys the IWSG is lucky to have you. On the prediction I'll go with one of the houses/buildings getting bitch slapped by a palm tree. Was I right? :)
ReplyDeleteJapan would be a cool honeymoon. ;) Thank you so much, Sheena!
DeleteHaha. Not quite. :P
Congrats on joining the team-they will only benefit from your fonts of wisdom. If I started writing something romantic I would have to act it out first...just saying:) As for a honeymoon....my ex and I decided to saty at our apartment for the first 2 nights but when my mom in law went into freak zone, depth charge 10 about all the food left behind(it was at in-laws backyard) we decided to hit the road early. 10 phone calls in 2 hours will make anyone want to run away. We went to Stratford, Ont known for their Shakespearean plays. 2 months later we went to Europe starting in Amsterdam then Paris, Prague and lastly, Munich. It was fun. Divorced now but memories are still great.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Birgit! :)
DeleteLOL! I bet your partner would enjoy that. ;)
10 phone calls in 2 hours? I would've ran too.
Those places would make great memories.
I'm looking forward to the newsletter.
ReplyDeleteI haven't sent any characters on honeymoon - yet. My books have so far stopped either before the wedding, or during it. Maybe next time ...
One of my stories stopped after the wedding. It's only when I write a series when I actually get to write the honeymoon part.
DeleteAt the end of the Breakthrough series Chase and Susan get married on a docked boat in Monte Carlo because that's as far as they get due to international travel severely restricted.
ReplyDeleteSounds interesting, Stephen. :)
DeleteI've never written a honeymoon, but I've only written one adult novel so that might have something to do with it. ;)
ReplyDeleteThat probably does have something to do with it. lol
DeleteCongrats on joining the team! I have my first adult romance I'll be working on this year from NaNoWriMo. The couple will not be honeymooning but if there is a second book, the honeymoon will happen then. More than likely, they'll go to the Caribbean. Either Aruba, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, etc. As for me, I haven't been on a honeymoon but if I had to choose, I want to go to Paris. It used to be Hawaii but then I got freaked out over this news coverage on how Hawaii was overrun by snakes. And a snake made its way to a baby's room and tried to swallow a baby's hand...shudder. Ever since, Hawaii has been crossed off my lists of desirable vacation spots.
ReplyDeleteThanks! A Caribbean honeymoon would be nice.
DeleteA snake tried to swallow a babies head? Jeez. What's funny is that I read yesterday that Hawaii doesn't have many snakes. Hmm...
That news of the snake was years ago. About a decade or so. But it's stayed with me ever since...
DeleteNice work on joining the IWSG as an administrator, Chrys! How romantic, to write about a honeymoon. I love that idea. I think I would end up putting a twist on it though. It wouldn't be what the reader would expect a honeymoon to be. Hint: Maybe the in-laws show up...if it were a humorous story.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Liaa! Ha! The in-laws showing up on a honeymoon would be hilarious.
DeleteNice tips! I struggle to write romance stuff. Married couples I have written tend to have been married a long time so I've never written a honeymoon. Like you, I would probably have some sort of disaster happening! My own honeymoon was lovely though, a Caribbean cruise. That could form some inspiration.
ReplyDeleteHow can you not have a disaster happen during a honeymoon, right? ;)
DeleteNo honeymoons for me either. My romance is usually a bit younger and I prefer the odd couple kind of love scene with a dash of awkwardness and some embarrassment thrown in for good measure.
ReplyDeleteAwkwardness and embarrassment is sweet.
DeleteGood to hear you are joining the IWSG team. I look forward to reading the newsletter.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Suzanne! :)
DeleteCongrats on your admin position. Way cool. Writing a honeymoon could be fun and challenging.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Dolorah! :)
DeleteDisaster during a honeymoon.....intriguing.
ReplyDeleteGlad you think so. ;)
DeletePS. Congrats:)
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteCongrats on your new appointment! The IWSG picked the perfect person to run their newsletter. I look forward to receiving the first issue.
ReplyDeleteI don't think any of my characters will be going on a honeymoon any time soon, but you never know. As for me, I have no idea where I'd go. There are so many places I still want to see, and so many I'd like to introduce to my SO.
Who knows? Italy may be perfect - I'll find out in the spring!
Thank you!
DeleteI wish I could just travel, not even for a honeymoon, but no money. *sigh*
Are you going to Italy this spring?
Congratulations on your new job with the IWSG Newsletter. It's a great idea. Looking forward to reading them.
ReplyDeleteI haven't written about a honeymoon, yet, since I write for children and teens. Who knows what the future holds?
Thank you, Beverly!
DeleteMaybe an adult book is waiting to emerge. :)
Wooo! Congrats, Chrys.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteCongrats on your new job! I'm already signed up for the newsletter. Great post. I can predict it will be intense any which way! *LOL* My husband and I combined our wedding and honeymoon by going to Vegas. Surely nothing is more romantic than staying in a giant pyramid! =P
ReplyDeleteThank you! Sarah said she will be doing the same thing for her wedding and honeymoon. :)
DeleteCongrats on the IWSG newsletter. As for the disaster on the honeymoon, I think we have to know where they went. I'm guessing tsunami.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm glad someone made a guess. That's a good one.
DeleteGreat job with the newsletter, Chrys. I've only written about one brief honeymoon and the groom has to leave his new wife as duty calls. :( Have a great week Chrys!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Nicola!
DeleteCongratulations on your IWSG appointment. When I need romance tips you can expect me to come knocking on your door.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Thank you!
DeleteCongrats on the new assignment! Thanks for the wedding tips.
ReplyDeleteThanks! And you're welcome!
DeleteCongrat and have fun with it. :-)
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental
Thanks! I will. :)
DeleteFirst all, congrats on helping out the IWSG newsletter. I'll be looking for your input there.
ReplyDeleteHoneymoon - None of my characters have progressed to that point yet, though in a very rough draft I was hinting toward an upcoming wedding for a few characters. As for myself personally, when I was first married we were both very poor. We didn't really go anywhere for a honeymoon but take a week off and spend the time together.
However, I think a honeymoon scene would be a good opportunity for each character to discover one new thing about the other they didn't know before. Either mentally, physically, or emotionally.
Thank you! Taking a week off and spending it together is a great honeymoon!
DeleteCongratulations! Thank you so much for this great post. I'm currently stuck on writing a honeymoon scene. I can't decide on how much or little I should add. But I like what you said about making the relationship about more than just sex. You read my mind:).
ReplyDeleteThanks! You're so welcome! I love it when someone is working on a scene like one I give tips for.
DeleteWhat a fun topic and definitely important when writing about a couple who gets married (so far all of my characters are mostly kids). :)
ReplyDelete~Jess
And kids only pretend to get married. ;)
DeleteI hope you know I'll be using your example as a template if I ever get up the nerve to do a newsletter. No pressure though. hehehe
ReplyDeleteAnna from elements of emaginette
LOL! Go for it. ;)
DeleteYay,you! Way to go lady Chrys:-)
ReplyDeleteCan't say as any of my young characters have even thought about weddings yet, though I did write about a marriage ending. You've offered really good tips for including important elements such as atmosphere and emotion. And now you've inspired revisions - ha!
Thanks, Chrys:-)
Thank you! :)
DeleteI love inspiring revisions!
So glad you have you join us, Chrys. Can't wait to see the first newsletter. Keep thinking: Look out world! Here we come!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Joylene! Yes, world, look out! ;)
DeleteCongrats on joining the IWSG team! I look forward to the newsletters! I have never really written about romance, I've had ideas about characters falling in love and have sort of touched on it in writing, but never made it to the point of the characters coming together in a relationship.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Maybe one day you'll write a true romance. :)
DeleteCongratulations on becoming the administrator! That's pretty cool. And as far as honeymoons go, I'm not married, so I never went on one, of course. If I did go, though, I'd want to go to Europe, like maybe Paris or Venice. You know how some people spend a lot of money on a wedding? I'd rather spend less money on the wedding so I'd have more money to travel on the honeymoon. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm not married either. I've always wanted to go to Venice.
DeleteSo would I. :)
Great post on writing about honeymoon...I needed this!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it could be of use to you.
Deleteyay for Chrys! you'll do great with the newsletter!
ReplyDeleteand i'm no good with romantic scenes, so my honeymoon would be full of crazy antics - uh oh. hold up. i just had an epiphany for the next Pop Travel novel (after Disposal) THANK YOU!!!
happy new year!
Thank you!
DeleteLOL! How exciting. You're welcome!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what happened to my post here (and I"m a little fuzzy now), but I thought I'd recommend Carl Haaisen's book, Stormy Weather, that has a couple on a honeymoon during a hurricane in Florida. Any honeymoon scene I'd write would probably be a bit sarcastic--maybe a "cruise" on a river in the sub-Arctic of Canada...
You commented on my Kissing post. :)
DeleteOh, I need to read that book. You know me and hurricanes. ;)