Comments on: My Love-Hate Relationship With Christmas Romance Novellas

By: mizwrite

mizwrite — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:57:01 +0000

Thanks, hon! (Actually, I do kind of want to write one … Can you tell???) But I find that small word count actually more intimidating than a large one. That’s a lot to try to pack in to a very few pages! Like writing poetry, or something, where every word must count tenfold. … But I think I’ll write try one of these days — any suggestions from anyone are welcome! (A Southern California Christmas?)

By: ChristopherAKASuperman

ChristopherAKASuperman — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:53:49 +0000

I don’t know from “Novellas” “Novels” or whatever, but I know that when YOU write it makes me want to read!

By: mizwrite

mizwrite — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:15:23 +0000

Other recommendations came via Twitter from @nanna95: She said she liked “Dakota Home” by Debbie Macomber (not specifically a holiday book, she said, but takes place in winter). And she also loved “A Soldier for Christmas” by Jillian Hart. (And she remembered specifically that the heroine worked in a bookstore.)

Another Twitter friend @barbaramaller said she liked an anthology of 3 Scottish Highland fantasy Christmas stories, but she couldn’t remember the name. I’ll see if she can add it here if she remembers. Sounds interesting — (Did Highlanders celebrate winter solstice? Hmmm …)

By: mizwrite

mizwrite — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:09:15 +0000

Kwana — Thanks for the recommendations! Yes, I think I’d like to try a few historicals. And I’ll look up Hope’s book, too. Does she get extra credit because she has a lovely name for writing Christmas novellas?

By: Kwana

Kwana — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:24:06 +0000

I don’t usually read Christmas Novellas but I won The Hear of Christmas by Mary Balough, Nicola Cornick and Courtney Milan. It’s historical and I really love historicals. I’ve been busy so I have not read it yet but I will.

I also just finished Hope Tarr’s Twelve Nights and really enjoyed that. Hope is a friend and I also love her writing.