Do You Blush?

I didn't even realize it was different from the regular line, but I loved Jill Monroe's Primal Instincts. I miss Temptation so much. This seems a little closer to those books.

when I first heard about this line, I about wept with happy. I love quippy characters and a good laugh.

So...what kind of light toned romance do you want in your Blush? Would you read commystery? What will you do to make sure Blush is around for good?

Dee

I was so thrilled to hear Blaze was going Blush - I really miss Temptation.  I was even more thrilled when my editor slated my January release as a Blush.  It had a fun, dream-come-true, feel LOL

 I can't wait to see where Blush goes!

Sam, I'd love to see what you do with a Blush :-)  It sounds like a fun story!  I was so hooked on Temptations for the light, sassy tone and am really excited to not only see Blaze offer Blush, but to see what kind of stories are getting that cute pink dot. 

Actually, I never read too many Temptations, mostly because I was in school all those years when they were popular, and I wasn't reading romance at all for a span from about 25-38, and when I came back to it, it was all ST and Blaze. Blaze had a considerably darker and more intense sort of tone early on and I was attracted to that, but there is a part of me that really likes playing with humor and lighter storylines, so I'm thinking this will be fun...

Sam 

Mostly Cara Summers, who I know from my teaching days... I found out she was a romance author and read all of her books. :) A few others, though I don't recall. I do remember enjoying the stories about "magic skirts" and "magic beds" etc and my book picks up on a similar premise...

So, I did read some, and I think Blush probably picks up the tone, but has more of a sexier edge?

Sam

I bet you will *G*

I read two, Tawny's and Jill's, and enjoyed them both, though they had very different takes, and I don't think the books were too far off of their normal writing voices, IMO.

Sam 

yep, I am so happy about this new sub line.

I love having fun in the bedroom..... with my characters

kathi h

So for those of us who do not have a long history of reading romance or don't typically subscribe/buy tons of Blazes (and have not read Temptation)...what will we find in BLush as compared to Blaze as a whole?

That's how I understood the Blush line -- lighter in tone, more "fun" in terms of topic/scenarious.  I had the tremendous opportunity to pitch my MS to an editor for the Blaze line last year not even knowing the Blush line was in planning, and that's exactly where they said it sounded like it fit.  I submitted and am waiting to hear, but I'd love to be able to slide into the Blaze line with Blush.  I'm a sucker for quirky and fun and banter.  Love the banter!  I alays felt like (with the death of Temptation) that my style and tone and voice were just too light for Blaze and way too OT for Desire.  I felt like an author without a home, so Blush gave me hope that I might fit in after all.  {fingers crossed}

I submitted right after the RWA Conference last July and called Blaze several months later to check on the status simply because I hadn't heard back.  Nasty visions of the MS disappearing into the Postal Void of Doom.  So I know it's there on somebody's desk.  LOL.  I've got my fingers crossed that I'll hear something 0 one way or the other -- soon.  

And yeah, that's my understanding about the Blaze and sublines too -- lots of room for lots of voices and tones, but the Blush especially tends toward the "Temptation" tendencies, but I think the Blush subline was a really good fit for the story.  Hopefully the editors will agree.

 I think what makes a Blush "Blush" is a combination of things like you suggested.  Definitely tone and voice, but plot as well, how you execute it, where the focus is, the hooks, etc.  It's a combination of elements.  Temptation and Blaze really were, imo, just natural stemmings off of each other.  I was just thrilled during my talk with the editor that I had an acurate grasp of the hooks, the line, what they were looking for, etc.  It was a great conversation and we had a lot of similar ideas.  :)

 JT

I think there's room in Blaze, even in the non-Blush books, for "fun and flirty." My next two are very light, simple  straightforward funny romances between two very light-and-normal people. They are Wrong Bed books, which was my favorite miniseries in Temptation, which was probably why I went for the joke whenever I had the chance.

 I like writing Blaze...but Temptation was my heart,

What DOES make a Blush a Blush in the Blaze line?  Though it's nice to know that people see more "lighter" tone in the Blaze line period.  I worry about that sometimes.  I mean, I can angst and write darker with the best of them, but sometimes I love a good lighter, funnier story.  I tend to do that a lot with my dialogue.  No matter how bleak the moment... a line always finds its way in there to make you laugh or smile a little. 

JT

besides here, I mean. I've been looking for guidlines about it and can't seem to find any. i think i'm tending to be more of a Blush than Blaze writer from all the commentary thus far.

thanks.

So that's how it works...
Thank you very much for the clarification.
*Blaze-ing off to write*