I’m so excited
to be a guest on Writing Belle today. When Summer agreed to hosting me I had no
clue what to talk about so I went to her blog for inspiration and voila! Chris
Hemsworth was on her main page as her Hero of the Month! How could I not be
inspired! So I got to thinking about my idea of a swoon-worthy hero, both
inside and out, and came up with a list of traits. Some of them very much
resemble the hero in my debut novel, Blood, She Read, but some of them also
resemble my villain. What can I say? I love the bad guys—in theory, of course.
I’ve found from personal experience, relationships with bad boys aren’t always
the healthiest. They can be downright toxic, but by geeze, they make you
reconsider your stance when they’re standing right in front of you, or hanging
out in your head waiting to have their turn to speak in your novels.
So, in my
opinion, what makes a great hero?
Personality: he
has to have one! There is nothing worse than a hero without a personality or
without motivation and goals. Also, he has to be strong and definitely
vulnerable. I like it when heros are only vulnerable or capable of change when
the RIGHT girl walks into their life. Let’s face it, as much as we don’t want
to admit it, who wouldn’t want to be responsible for an about-turn in a bad
boy?
My great hero
has to be protective. Now, I’m a military girl so I can fend for myself and
fire an automatic weapon, but I like it when guys try to be your knight in
shining armor. I will tell them to back off and it’s not necessary, but deep
down I’ll be smiling.
He has to have
flaws. There MUST be a reason for why the hero is the way he is. If he’s
emotionally unavailable then I need to know why. I dig into my characters quite
a bit. Sometimes I write scene after scene for my minor characters even though
I know those scenes will never be published. Getting into a hero’s tortured
head and discovering what makes them tick only helps me to fall deeper in love
with them and to root for them to overcome their difficulties. The hero in
Blood, She Read has his flaws, and so does the villain, but there are reasons
why they are the way they are. Writing about Tommy made me root for him so much
in this book, although you might not feel the same way. You’ll get to know him
much more in the sequel.
Physical
Traits: he has to be beautiful. This doesn’t mean he has to be model-pretty,
but he has to be big and strong and capable of fending for himself and the girl
he loves, if need be. Also, I have zero tattoos but a hot gay with tats can be
seriously jaw dropping in a book or a movie. In Blood, She Read, my hero is
tall, dark and handsome and stronger than your average guy. Other than Chris
Hemsworth as Thor or the Huntsman, one swoon-worthy guy that meets all of my
must-haves for a great hero is Eric Northman. Okay, I just sighed as I typed
his name. Yes, he affects me this much! In case you don’t recognize the name,
Eric is a character in the Sookie Stackhouse Novels and the True Blood series
on television. In real life, he’s Alexander Skarsguard and seriously hot. Check
him out and you’ll agree!
So now you’ve
read all about what I like in a hero, I’m curious to know about your must
haves. Leave a comment and tell me all about him.
Book Blurb
Keeping secrets from a psychic can be murder.
Petra Maras lives a charmed
life, but only in the magical sense. Her absentee father is a criminal, her
mother is emotionally dead, and everyone at her new school knows she comes from
a family of witches. All she wants is to be normal, but that’s impossible,
given her family. And given that she’s psychic. When the police request help
with a murder investigation, Petra reluctantly agrees. Which isn’t such a good
idea since the prime suspect wants to date her, and she really wants to say
yes. Her gut says he’s innocent, but since she can’t get a read on him, she
can’t know for sure. And when she discovers he’s been keeping secrets, she
wonders if maybe she’s been following her heart instead of her head…
You can purchase
Blood, She Read here:
Sara Hubbard is the author of young adult
books. Her debut novel BLOOD, SHE =READ released fall 2012
and is a 2012 NEORWA Cleveland Rocks winner and a 2012 RCRW Duel on the Delta finalist.
Sara was born in Australia to
British parents, but has lived in Nova Scotia for the majority of her
life. In addition to being an author, Sara is a wife, a mother, and a
registered nurse with the military.
If you want to
find about more about Sara, here are her links:
Thanks so much for reading this! And thank
you, Summer, for having me!
Yay heroes!!
ReplyDeleteI must mention that I just watched Red Dawn--the new one. Oh, swoon. He was wonderful, and everything a hero should be.
ReplyDeleteOmg, I saw Red Dawn last Saturday!!! It was SOOO good!! I died towards the end, though.........
DeleteI know. Definitely felt cheated.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I actually had to go out of the theater for a couple of minutes during "THAT" part, and when I got back, my dad was all... "you're not going to like this..."
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