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Romance/Love: February 09, 2022 Issue [#11192]




 This week: Valentine's Day Is Upon Us
  Edited by: NaNoNette Author IconMail Icon
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About This Newsletter

"Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new."

--- Ursula K. Le Guin

"You can't blame gravity for falling in love."

--- Albert Einstein


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Letter from the editor

Valentine's Day Is Upon Us


Valentine's Day has pretty much one reason of being. That is to get people to purchase chocolates and presents for one another. Children as young as elementary school are trained from their earliest years on to purchase Valentine's Day "class sets." Those are pre-printed folding cards that say something along the lines of "You are my Valentine." Those "class sets" come in packages of 24. Because someone decided that the average class size in America is 24. Okay, if you think so, "class set" designer.

It would be nice if the day was a little more personal. Like a wedding anniversary or something that people celebrate with each other because they want to, not because society prescribes it. Luckily, for everything prescribed by society, there are those brave curmudgeons who just won't abide by it and they are vocal about it too. Because it was quite comical, I want to bring this old newsfeed thread to your attention. In my Valentine's Day Romance / Love newsletter from 2021, I asked "What would be your perfect Valentine's Day? Wrong answers only."
Here are all the zingers that came from it. "Note: View this Note"

Most of us adults who are aware of Valentine's Day know that many a romance poet has made sure to figure out a way to create a quote for the day. Who would have thought that Ursula K. Le Guin and Albert Einstein also thought about love? It does transcend science fiction and plain science.

Mixing genres is common and needed. There are very few types of fiction that can make do with just one genre. What about mixing Valentine's Day specifically with genres that are neither Romance, Love, Horror, or Erotica? Is it possible to write a Valentine's Day story that is set in a genre that usually overlooks this kind of event? Like what about mixing Valentine's Day with Finance, Men's, or Military? Do those things work together?

What would be the best other genre besides Romance / Love to mix with a Valentine's Day story?


Editor's Picks

 
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Patriotic Valentine Open in new Window. (13+)
A Valentine for Veterans and Active Duty Service Members
#2244983 by 🌻 thankful pwheeler nanonut Author IconMail Icon

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Dialogue 500 Contest Entry for February 2017
#2110908 by Rhoswen - Relentless Victory Author IconMail Icon

 
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Who Receives the most Valentines? Open in new Window. (E)
A poll about Valentines
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I hate this day
#2244335 by n.lea Author IconMail Icon

 
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The Proposal  Open in new Window. (13+)
Patrick's card proposal could be a new wave for the future!
#2243643 by Cubby Author IconMail Icon

 
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Prozac Valentine Open in new Window. (13+)
Written for Outlaw Poet's Weekly Poetry Contest
#629036 by winklett Author IconMail Icon

 
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The Pitch Open in new Window. (13+)
A dialogue about a new greeting card idea
#2243956 by Words Whirling 'Round Author IconMail Icon

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Ask & Answer

Replies to my last Romance / Love newsletter "Fall into Love" Open in new Window. "What is your most romantic autumn memory?"

Osirantinous Author Icon wrote: Thanks so much for including my short story. It's one I enjoyed writing and remains one of my true favourites. *Hug*

Monty Author Icon wrote: Maybe? "THE DANCE" Open in new Window.

JCosmos Author Icon wrote:
Falling in Love in the Autumn of 1982

It was on an autumn evening
In September 1982
That I met the love of my life
When she walked off a bus
Into my life.

It was an early fall night
The weather had just turned
When she lit up my life
The date I met my fate,

Over the next few weeks
We met daily
For long walks
In the autumn weather
Enjoying each other’s company.

Falling deep in love
With the changing colors
Of the autumn
Cheering our love.

For this reason and others
I have always
Thought of the autumn
As my favorite season.

It is a season
Of new beginnings
Of finishing the promise
Of the summer.

Waiting for the winter
Soon to come
Waiting for something
Wonderful to happen.

Anticipating my birthday
And another year
With my love
By my side

Walking through the autumn leaves
Into endless love.

Author note: I met my wife on September 7th, 1982 on a delightful fall day in 1982. But I first met her in a dream in 1979. It was love at first sight.


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