Men Are From Mars...

I was writing a scene the other day where my hero got himself into a bit of a pickle, and the line I wrote was: "Dear heavens, what had he gotten himself into?"

I looked at that sucker and knew, right off, that no manly-man (and he is that) would speak in such a way.

So what would he say? I stared and agonized and tried out various things and finally settle on: "What the hell had he gotten himself into?"

Men are incredibly different from women (aside from the fact that they have dangly bits and we don't). They scratch in public. Burp and fart there, too. They have far less disregard for the more ... sensitive things.

My hero doesn't go to the powder room, or even the restroom. He "takes a leak" or "hits the head".

He's seldom going to make flowery speeches or monologue about his feelings, but when he DOES say something about his heart, it'll be something he means and you'd better listen, because he might not say it again any time soon. Remember Patrick Swayze's character in "Ghost" with his way of saying I love you? "Ditto."

What do you think? When you read a book and the "Tim the Tooltime" alpha male suddenly spouts out flowery prose, do you believe it?

Alpha? Where?

My NaNo project is moving along in my head... if only I could get a chance to sit down and just write it. This particular story actually started a few months ago (some of you know exactly when, lol), but I basically started over for NaNo. Lately I've been finding notes that I've written while out and about in my purse, the diaper bag and even in my husband's notebooks as it's the only thing to do when an idea strikes me of late. Write it down on what's handy and hope I get a chance relatively soon to write it out and make it work.

As I work, and research and think I keep coming back to one question: What is it about an Alpha male that draws us? What is it that draws a seemingly sane, independent woman to fall for an Alpha male?

The main hero in my story is definitely an Alpha in just about every sense of the word. He's intense, demanding, impatient, sometimes downright rude... and have I mentioned he's a werewolf? Why do I find that so sexy? Especially when I consider the fact that if he ever said half the things to me that he's said to my heroine I'd punch him in the mouth!

So what is it that we love about this type of man? I know that I love the thought that even though I like to control so much of my life, he would take that control and do as he wished with me. *shiver* I love the thought of looking into his eyes and seeing that he KNOWS he has that power over me.

So, as I write my NaNo story, and fall more and more under the spell of my hero I ask you: What do YOU love about an Alpha hero? I'd love to hear your take on the draw they have.

Until next time.