What are You Reading? What are You Writing? ep. 352 with Sophie Bartow
How does an author create a fictional town so vivid that readers want to return to it again and again?
Award-winning author Karen E. Osborne welcomes romance author Sophie Bartow to discuss Whispers of Love and the intricately connected fictional world she has built across some 30 books.
Sophie writes small-town mystery romances featuring intelligent, resourceful women, protective and sometimes stubborn men, plenty of mystery, slow-burning attraction—and, always, a happy ending.
Karen and Sophie explore how and why Sophie created the small town at the center of her stories and how she turns location into a character in its own right. Sophie explains how a seemingly minor character in one novel can step into the spotlight in another, and how she keeps track of a growing community of characters and relationships across dozens of books.
They also discuss Sophie's decision to revisit and rewrite some of her earlier novels, what she believes makes romance work, the delicious tension of postponing that first kiss, what she's writing now, and books worth adding to your TBR.
Watch or listen and discover how Sophie Bartow creates a town, fills it with characters readers care about, and keeps finding new mysteries—and new opportunities for love—waiting just around the corner.
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