Are Romance Writers Kindred Spirits?

Are Romance Writers kindred spirits?  Yes, I think so.  Each of us in our own way strives to tell a story so compelling that it will live in the minds and hearts of our readers forever.  It doesn’t matter if we fling our characters back two thousand years, or hurl them forward two thousand. What matters is that we transport the reader to a world where love, romance and happily ever-after isn’t just a possibility, but a guaranteed thing. 

Having said that, I think romance writers are really Soul connectors—like the group of psychics portrayed in my novel, The Kindred. Oh, sure, we can toss our characters into life and death situations, and then ask them to tap in to the hero lurking within them to win the day, but ultimately that’s on the printed page. What we are really doing with our stories, I think, is asking our readers to connect with their own hero inside, so that when a horrendous day comes, like the recent tragedies sweeping our country, we have the courage to shore up that heroism and act, no matter the danger to ourselves. 

People helping people. Strangers helping strangers. That’s the true definition of a soul connection.  And, when you get right down to it, isn’t that what romance novels should be about? People connecting with each other under the most extraordinary circumstances and winning the day?  Yes, I think so, absolutely, positively, no doubt about it.  Leaving the soapbox now.