If you’re an avid reader, or not, but enjoy a good
book once in a while, you should think about attending the
Utah Readers Luncheon
October 13, 2018.
Registration starts April 1, 2018
I love readers. The
readers that participated in the luncheon received a swag bag filled with
goodies and they left with tons of gifts given to them at the author’s table
they signed up to sit with. Readers are amazingly happy and smiling people.
What a joy to be around them. All the readers were given a chance to meet the
authors at the beginning. They were given a sheet with twenty-three authors’
names, giving them a chance to go around and meet each author and get their
signature. Once their sheet was filled with signatures, they received a ticket
for a huge door prize. All authors’ tables were decorated with a theme and each
guest received tons of gifts in appreciation.
Mary Martinez, Stanalei
Fletcher and I shared a table with some awesome readers.
I encourage you to join
me, along with other wonderful, local authors October 13, 2018. Don’t worry, I’ll
remind you when registration starts.
Now, Hair Color:
As a writer, how do you
decide the color of your hero/heroine’s hair? I started a novel (western historical
1868) and my heroine’s name is Lenora Bennett, now I’m trying to decide on her
eyes and hair coloring.
When I think about
light-colored hair, I think blonde (spelled blond if masculine). Of course, the
popular culture of blondes have a stereotype of being more sexually attractive
and even known as flighty, shallow or even dimwitted compared to darker haired
females. By the way, there’s also sandy, strawberry and dirty blondes, even
towhead is used to describe people with yellowish hair. Oh, don’t forget fair complexion
or faired-skin people are usually blonde. Aren’t they?
Did you know there’s
both masculine and feminine forms for brunet/brunette too? The most common spelling
and usage for these two colors are blonde
and brunette. Brunettes are usually
called brown haired and they’re usually stereotyped as serious, sophisticated
and intelligent. Writers use the words chestnut, walnut, golden, and ash in
place of brown-hair.
The noun redhead is a
term for a variation of red hair colors: auburn, copper, ginger and even orange.
The wording reddish-brown is used often. Redheads also have a cultural
stereotype as being hot tempered, as well as having a high libido.
Differences in
hair-color is subjective, as in strawberry blond can be a type of red hair too,
or auburn can be referred to as brown hair or reddish brown.
Black-haired people use
to be considered exotic, gothic, slutty, and sexy. What about the trendy colors? What does that
say about your heroine?
If you know a person
with blonde, brunette, red, or black hair, then you’re probably like me and don’t
really believe in the hair-color stereotype. I’m sure you have many more words
that describe your character’s hair-color and even some unusual descriptions. I’d
like to hear them.
With that said, I’m
still deciding the color of my character’s hair in my WIP. I just finished
writing my heroine’s background and I’m getting to know her personality better,
forming an image which is beginning to show hair color. I think the more you
discover about your hero and heroine, the more they will appear giving you a
total image of skin, hair, and eye coloring.
One last thing.
If you’re in the area,
you’re invited to the following event:
Fourth-Annual Local Authors & You Event
Fourth-Annual Local Authors & You Event
Saturday, November 4, 2017
Noon - 5PM
Library's Viridian Event Center
8030 South 1825 West
West Jordan, UT 84088
I'll be there with many other published authors, providing free writing workshops, and book signings. More information: http://www.viridiancenter.org/events/authors_LocalAuthorsAndYou
Noon - 5PM
Library's Viridian Event Center
8030 South 1825 West
West Jordan, UT 84088
Happy Reading,
Judy
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