We're two days into the New Year and I'm already waxing philosophic about reading and writing paranormal romance books. "Off with the old, on with the new". That's the mantra my mind keeps playing like a broken record. So, what is the old I need to get rid of? Nothing, I can see at this point. I finished writing my second novel, The Sacred Circle, in November of 2013, and it's sitting on the Amazon.com shelf ready for downloads and reviews. And I've read some spicy, sexy romance books this year as well. So, the old has already moved out of my world into the great Beyond. That leaves only one question to answer: What's the new I need to put on? Duh! It can't be anything else but writing another book filled love and romance.
In terms of yearly writing goals, I have one and only one every year: to write an entertaining story that people will love. It doesn't matter what the subject matter is. It can be supernatural or just plain modern-day. As long as I can take the reader into a world they've never been to, and have them meet characters to root for (or hate)--well, that's total euphoria for a romance junkie like me.
Hunky Heros. Feisty Heroines. That's my criteria for writing a killer romance story. And of course, lots and lots of sizzling confrontations between the pair as their attraction grows. And then a killer ending with a happily ever after must happen every single time. Don't we have enough "not so nice" endings out in the real world already? Shouldn't we be able to escape the real world for a few hours and enjoy the escapades of star-crossed lovers as they battle the world and each other?
I think so, and now that I really think about it, I know that I will be luckiest person in my neighborhood in 2014, for I will be creating interesting new worlds, fascinating characters to live in that world, and then I will be going to that world for however long it takes to tell their story. At the same time, as an avid reader of romance books, I will be escaping into my fellow writers' worlds. I'll be enjoying plenty of steamy sex, heated confrontations, jealousy, revenge, and soul searching--all of it ending in a love to last a lifetime. Sigh. Sigh. Sigh.
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