Maternal Characters
Naturally this blog has to deal with mothers! I am close to my mother and I love her dearly, but the mothers in my work are not always so loving. In Sorceress of Faith, the main inner conflict my heroine (Marian) had was with her mother and the image her mother had of Marian. And how her mother’s image of Marian shaped her own.
On the other hand, in my Heart books, I’ve shown strong, lovely and loving professional women as mothers (D’Holly, D’Heather), middle class mothers holding a family together (the Clover women). And …um… mothers who have gone over to the dark side in the name of furthering their child.
Now that I think about it, all of the mothers were strong in some ways even if weak in others – like women in general.
But romance celebrates women, and families, and strong, maternal characters will always hold a lovely place in the genre.
Happy mother’s day! And if there is a particular mother/maternal character, let us know!
Robin
