March 2018: Runaway Characters
~ Gina Danna ~

CTR asked:
How do you handle characters who change personality without your say so? Or, how do you handle characters whose spontaneous actions change the plot or course of the story?

Gina Danna said:
I was writing my Ancient Rome romance, Love & Vengeance, and had a scene involving the hero’s best friend and the heroine. This is a gladiator story and the H/h are slaves in a Roman house, him being the gladiator. Well, I had plotted the scene to go one way and as I was hitting the keyboard, both characters screamed “no! that’s not how this went! THIS is what happened…”, which changed the scene. Of course, I wrote what they told me. Oddest thing to happen, to have my characters rewrite a scene, but their version was better, had a larger impact and I was stunned.

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Love & Vengeance

[Historical Ancient Rome Romance]

Rome 108 A.D., under the Emperor Trajan, is the center of the civilized world. It is a time of sophistication and decadence, a brutal world to their conquered.

Marcus, a Roman citizen sentenced to die as a gladiator, accused by his wife and brother for a crime he did not commit. Yet death eludes him and he rises to become champion of the sands. The title he does not want. He seeks revenge but his victories in the Colosseum bestow monetary rewards he can use to save a beautiful slave, Gustina, from certain death by the beasts. She gives him a taste of love in a world full of lies, betrayal and murder.

But his overwhelming desire for vengeance, for blood and the kill, brings a higher price tag – can he satisfy the demon inside him and face the truth? A truth that will kill the woman he loves?

Available in Ebook & Print:

– Kindle – https://www.amazon.com/Love-Vengenace-Gladiators-Gina-Danna-ebook/dp/B017UNF21G/
– Nook – https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-vengenace-gina-danna/1122933385?ean=2940156679553
– Kobo – https://www.kobo.com/ebook/love-vengenace
– iBooks – https://geo.itunes.apple.com/book/id1057973416

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