Wednesday Musings

Today's musings are just my thoughts and impressions of some of my heroes. It's not supposed to be a meme or anything, just me pondering the reactions.

My most popular hero based on reader comments and fan mail I get still seems to be Kevin. I thought Barnaby might beat him, but it doesn't seem like it after all. I know Kyle is popular too. I wonder if any of my upcoming heroes will steal the spotlight from Kevin.

My own personal favorites are still Craig, Brad, Clark, and Calvin. I have a soft spot for all of course.

My least popular hero seems to be Ray from The Other Side. I get a lot of people calling him arrogant. I'd like to say he's misunderstood, but yeah he is arrogant. He'll start off not too popular in The Same Side but I hope by the end of that book readers will like him a bit better. On the other hand I still get the ocassional "Jake is weak and cowardly" so he's probably number two. And number three is definitely poor Charlie.

Probably my best selling book from Amber Quill's site (recent ones might be different, we'll see) remains Most Likely to Succeed. Other third party sites are a little different.

My best looking hero is probably Barnaby or his brother Calvin or Mason coming up from The Beach House. Jude's not shabby either.

My most rugged, macho looking hero has to be Jack from Ticket to Ride.

Favorite Heroes

Apparently I'm in a wondering mood this week because today's topic is favorite heroes. Also I love to stimulate discussion even if it is by just a handful of people who happen to actually appear interested in the happenings here. Thanks for that.

So, my question for those who care to answer, who are some of your all time favorite fictional heroes? I know it is hard to narrow it down to just a few, but do try if you can.

I'll start out the discussion with some I can come up with off the top of my own curly head.

1) I have two favorite heterosexual historical romance heroes and they are both heroes by the same author and they are Ian from Julie Garwood's The Secret and Geoffrey from Julie Garwood's Gentle Warrior.

2) Favorite hero from a contemporary heterosexual would be Harry Trevelyan from Jayne Ann Krentz's Absolutely, Positively.

3) I must confess I don't read a whole lot of historical gay fiction. Most of what is out there sort of bores me because I'm just not a fan of endless historical details in my enjoyment reading. If I want to read about that I will pick up a history book. I myself write when the fancy takes me "historical light" but I will say that I have a definite soft spot for Lord Oliver from Ava March's Bound series.

4) And finally I must list a few favorites in the contemporary gay fiction. I absolutely adore Keaton (Bit) Reynolds from J.L. Langley's Without Reservations. I love both Sean and Dan from Josh Lanyon's The Dark Horse and The White Knight. I love Sean from AM. Riley's The Elegant Corpse.



5) And for Sci-Fi I am going with Aiden from My Fair Captain.

Naturally I love many more heroes and books but this is what I could come up with and that stand out with me right now.
So how about it, who are some of your favorites?