“Why Are the Men in Your Novels So Nice?” by Holly Robinson

Recently, I was talking to a book club about my latest novel when a woman demanded, “Why are the men in your novels so nice?”

The woman said the word “nice” like it was a deadly contagious disease, or maybe a tricky tax question. I stumbled through an answer about writing emotional family mysteries with dark secrets, and how I try to give readers a beacon of hope by the end of each novel.

However, the real answer is simpler, I realized later: the men in my novels are nice because I have a great brother. Continue reading →