 Romance/Love: June 23, 2010 Issue [#3820] |
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This week: Everyone Wants aHappy Ending! Edited by: Fyn  
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"Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns may go un-rescued for a long time, but not forever; a happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story."~~Peter S. Beagle
Every man dies. Not every man really lives. ~~Braveheart
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. ~~Abraham Lincoln
True poets don't write
Their thoughts with a pen...
They release the ink that flows
From within their heart.
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"And they all lived happily ever after." I want that.
I was hand fed the fairy tale dream as a child, living a princess existence in the castle atop a mountain. (literally) Summers I went happily off to summer camp for two months to polish horseback riding skills and dutifully came home with a new clutch of shiny blue ribbons. High school was a plethora of tea dances at West Point designed to be sure I never faltered at my debut. In the early seventies I was sent to an all girls college (read: finishing school) in Vermont where at the nearby colleges such as Middlebury, Dartmouth, or RPI, I was supposed to find the white knight lawyer or doctor.
Somewhere along the way, I discovered only rusty knights, with dented armor, who never heard of chivalry and my girlish dreams pranced off into the sunset. Turned out, my white knight, my charming prince, is a welder who grew up farming and dances the two step.
Yet it is that dream, buried deep inside each of us, that makes romance and love come alive. It is why some are drawn to either the reading or the writing of romance books: We want happily ever after. We don't need castles. In my case it's a two bedroom brick ranch with a flag flying on a flag pole. If the mortgage is paid, there's food on the table, a cold beer in the fridge and the lights are on, life is good. Some extra money floating around would be nice, but hey--life isn't a fairy tale.
So we read about them in some way, shape or form, dream a bit and wake up in the morning to PB & J's, grand-kids who never seem to sleep and fix scraped knees with bandages and ice. We escape into perfect worlds that never see size sixteen jeans, where passports are always tucked into purses and bank balances are never in the red. We want the daydream, we want the hope and we live it vicariously in the silent moments between ringing phones, dinner dishes and unending laundry.
In the current economic world, sales of romance novels are sky-rocketing and it is no wonder, for that secret princess buried deep inside wants to still believe it is possible. It is that yearning that fuels the story and keeps the reader reading. |
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From my last newsletter on 'romantic moments.'
Helen McNicol  writes:Really enjoyed this one...and you're so right...romance doesn't have to be cliche and everyone sees it in different moments...our characters should be no different.
It is these inclusions that make it be real to readers.
LJPC - the tortoise says: I was enjoying the anecdotes so much (my goodness, you have kids everywhere!) that I forgot what the newsletter was supposed to be about. Luckily, you had a good summary at the end. I'm too shy to talk to my neighbors -- you're fearless.  -- Laura
We live in a tiny town with one stoplight, where doors are only locked on vacation and everyone knows everyone. I once got a ticket two towns away (my only one--knock on wood) and my hubby heard about it from a whole bunch of folks before I ever made it home!
DRSmith  comments: You said: <<Romantic moments are not all hearts and flowers, rose petal strewn bathtubs or candle lit dinners...>> OR, as I used to see in Chicago's freebie...forgot the name of it, but the little newspapers left in kiosks at bus stops, I can't tell you how many personal ads we'd browse and laugh at over beers when reading the pitches of one after another trying to convince someone of their over sized romantic element... (an 'element'?) yeah, like: "looking for a companion to hold hands with on long quiet walks along the lakefront." ...By my count, there should be more people there than at Cubs field. But of all the years I biked one end of the north shore to the other, I think I saw more couples in "hold-ups" than holding hands. You're right Fyn, you nailed another newsie. When the rose is off the bloom, the bud needn't die. It's the endless, subtle little things that keep the romantic coals aglow in perpetuity.
True :)
Red Writing Hood <3  adds: Well said, Fyn Also had to say that I loved this term: "one-butt-kitchen." The whole description was vivid for me
Vivid descriptions...that's the whole point, really!
EarthenAura writes: When I come home and the house is clean... when he randomly remembers to hang up the shower scrunchie... when my laundry is done and I didn't even ask. Mushy moments like getting roses make me smile and gush, but those little things make me glow. ;)
Absolutely...it is in those moments that it is all so very worthwhile!
Wordgoddess back from the dead says: wow, Romantic moments. well in almost 18 years I have had many. I so have to agree that they are made from the simplest moments in life. The things that some may take for granted when their relationship is new, we veterans see as priceless romantic moments. Just knowing that we are there for each other and our children is enough. You can't put a price on romance, and you certainly can't make it happen with roses and candles.
Amen
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