(I have songs in my head this week). Sorry about missing yesterday’s post. I was creating my own irresistibleness here at home – surprised my daughter and her friends with valentine cupcakes at school, took my hubby out for lunch, and made “love pizza” (don’t get excited – homemade pizza with pepperonis in a heart shape) for the fam last night. Got kisses all around for my efforts (even from my daughter, in front of all her friends!) Irresistible. That’s really what beauty is all about – it’s that compelling “somthingness” that makes a woman (or man) simply take over our hearts. Last time we met, we talked about how beauty either complements or accentuates the “eye of the beholder.” Here’s a few fun examples from some of my favorite […]
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About Susan May Warren
Former Russian Missionary Susan May Warren is the best-selling author of more than 40 novels and novellas with Tyndale, Barbour and Steeple Hill, and Summerside. A Christy award and RITA winner, and multiple finalist for the RITA, Christy and winner of Inspirational Readers Choice contest, Susan currently has over a million books in print. A seasoned women’s events speaker and writing teacher, she is the founder of http://www.mybooktherapy.com an online community for writers, and runs a fiction editing service teaching writers how to tell a great story. Visit her online at: http://www.susanmaywarren.com.Author Archive | Susan May Warren
You are so beautiful…to me….can’t you see?
(I hope you’re singing along right now!) What makes a woman beautiful? It’s unique to every man, every person. I see beauty in my daughter’s creativity, her independent spirit. My husband sees his daughter’s cheerful smile, the way she admires him. I don’t even what to know what the 16 year old boys in her class see, but I know her friends see someone who listens, who gives wise advice. It’s these inner qualities that make a heroine beautiful. (and likewise, a man handsome!) However, they are specific to each person. So,what does your hero see in your heroine? How do we discover your heroine’s unique beauty? We start “with the eye of the beholder” and we look at their vacancies, and their strengths. 1. What are your beholder’s vacancies? […]
Read the RestBeauty Secrets! (the other ingredient to a Strong Heroine!)
Beauty – what is it? An informal Warren family poll elicits very different responses: 16 year old boy: Someone who is smart. 13 year old boy: A girl who can run fast. (not sure why) 11 year old boy: Nice hair. 15 year old girl: Someone who is unique. Married old guy: Softness. Someone who is happy and cheerful. What makes beauty? I think we can all agree that the bible points out that beauty comes from inside, and I agree. A crabby person, regardless of how beautiful, gives off a sheen of ugly. But a lovely person who exudes kindness can be very pretty. When we’re creating a heroine, especially in a romance, but even in a suspense, she has to possess her own beauty. This is the other […]
Read the RestSluffiness
I admit, I don’t feel very beautiful today. My nose looks like a tomato, and is nearly as tender, my eyes are bloodshot and watery, my voice sounds like I’m talking through a toilet paper roll holder. I have a cold. I’m moving slowly. With moans. Through layers of fog and grogginess, with the aid of cold medicine. I’m even a little crabby. But my son doesn’t see that. He sees a mom who made him pie for lunch. My husband sees a woman who made it out into below-freezing weather to watch their son play basketball. My daughter sees the mom who let her ask a boy to the upcoming dance. They think I’m pretty good looking. But even they don’t matter, because, well, Ps 45:10-12 says: Listen, O […]
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