Writing as a Male Protagonist With Luana Ehrlich (Episode 110)

February 20, 2024 00:23:22
Writing as a Male Protagonist With Luana Ehrlich (Episode 110)
The Romantic Side of Suspense
Writing as a Male Protagonist With Luana Ehrlich (Episode 110)

Feb 20 2024 | 00:23:22

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Show Notes

“I think I write in first person in my male protagonist because when I was growing up, my dad would bring home books from the library mostly sci-fi fiction and mysteries,” Luana said. “They looked much more interesting to me than the Bobbsey Twins I’d finished reading. I asked if I could read some, and I was hooked on the genre from that moment on. The unique thing about my dad was that he never read a female author, … so most male authors write male characters. I think it never occurred to me when I started writing that I would ever write in anything but as a male protagonist and as in first person.”

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