Awesome! I'll see if any other ones come to mind.. thanks so very much for doing this guys :)
Can´t wait!!! I don´t have questions only praises for her work!
This is great. Really, thank you guys, I'm sure this show will be one of your best!
I was thinking along these lines, and I thought that a nice question to ask her could be: Has she done research on cognitive sciences or esoteric knowledge as part of her writing efforts? and if so, what avenues has she delved into? Or does what she writes come from inspiration?
I think the question of sex is very important. Also why it is so important sex in these novels? Is it because sex is a taboo and these romances fight the taboo? I am curious of her idea about it.Another question: in many of your books (and others in the same genre), there's that almost instant sexual/physical attraction between the 2 main protagonists, who most of the time are just complete strangers. In your mind, is this attraction something akin to 'instant recognition", the physical manifestation of something "higher"/more spiritual going on, something that is already "there" - an emotional "otherworldly" bond that already exists on a deeper, unconscious level but that the characters have yet to bring to conscious awareness?
Or is this attraction first purely physical - like, it's only a "facilitator" that makes the characters want to learn more about each other, to commit, which then allows them to forge that deeper bond later on, as they get to really know each other? In the former case, the process would be top - down, and in the latter, it would be down - up. Not sure I'm clear, but I thought I'd throw it out there
I concur, and my reading of it so far is that the sexual tension as she describes it at least, is the catalyst to break the norm. The stepping into chaos, as JBP would put it perhaps, and thus the entering of the characters into creative potential, what throws the heroes into adventure to find themselves. Where their security is put at risk but with the potential of becoming more than mere individual safety. It's also a moment of truth that showers the rigid lifestyles with a question.
This was a fascinating interview. I really enjoyed hearing about Caesar and his leadership qualities. Seems he was able to process so much information coming at him from different directions and make sense of it and use it wisely. A great soul! When Mr. Barlag was talking about this it did remind me of Laura. I don't know how they do what they do, but it is to be admired. I'm probably going to have to get this book and add it to the romance novels now. Seems he was also a bit of a lady's man if I am understanding correctly.We just recorded the show with Mary Balogh yesterday - and coming in at about two hours of discussion we covered a lot of different bases; including most of the questions posted here. She's every bit the lovely person you might imagine she'd be, and we think you'll enjoy the show greatly
Revisiting another big subject here the most recent MindMatters show is an interview with Philip Barlag, author of a great little volume called The Leadership Genius of Julius Caesar.
Back story: We read this book a few years ago, really liked it, and Harrison wrote Philip over a year ago asking him if he'd like to do a show with us. Philp only recently wrote back several weeks ago to say that yes he would, more weeks went by, and then the proverbial stars aligned to do the interview. Well, I think it was worth the wait. For a self-described amateur historian he sure had some good insights into what Julius Caesar was all about:
MindMatters: Phillip Barlag: The Leadership Genius of Julius Caesar
