 Romance/Love: July 28, 2010 Issue [#3848] |
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This week: Real Life Love Edited by: StephBee  
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Inspiration is everywhere - the warm summer sun, sweet smelling flowers, and in our own personal love stories. That said, I thought I'd take a look at 3 real life love stories and share them with you. |
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CLAUDE & CAMILLE
In 1865, 25 year old Oscar Claude Monet met a young woman named Camille Doncieux in Paris. Claude was a poor painter but Camille modeled for several of his paintings and they fell in love.
They lived in abject poverty in those early years. Two years after they met, Camille gave birth to their son, Jean. They married in 1870. (Scandalous for the time, n'est pas?) Their love story was rocky with highs and lows, and Camille died in 1879, a year after giving birth to her second son.
VICTORIA & ALBERT
17-year-old Princess Victoria of Kent, the heir presumptive to the throne met Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1836, a year before she ascended to the throne. According to her diary, she liked Albert immediately. She wrote: "He is extremely handsome; his hair is about the same color as mine, his eyes are large and blue, and he has a beautiful nose and a very sweet mouth with fine teeth; but the charm of his countenance is his expression."
A year later, she took the throne. Queen Victoria didn't want to get married right away because she wanted to learn what it was like to be a monarch, but she knew if she was going to marry anyone, it was going to be Albert. Protocol dictated she had to ask him to marry her. Five days after Albert arrived for a visit on 15 OCT 1839, she asked him to marry her.
For me, Prince Albert is the ultimate beta male. He was Victoria's best friend. He shared her hardships and successes. He was a learned counselor to her and confident in himself to let her be Queen, satisfied with his title of Prince Consort.
NAPOLEAN AND JOSEPHINE
Josephine was born in June 1763. She had two children with her first husband, who became a casualty of the French Revolution in 1794. In 1795, she met Napolean. She was 32. Napoleon was 26.
There can be no doubt the older Josephine had Napolean's heart hostage. In one of his letters he wrote: "I awake full of you. Your image and memory of last night's intoxicating pleasures has left no rest to my senses."
Their relationship had highs and lows during his campaigns and while Napolean had his heart broken by her affairs, he had affairs himself. Still, he remained emotionally in love with her and crowned her Empress in 1804. She was 41. Sadly, Josephine was probably past her childbearing years and Napolean divorced her in 1810. When he died on St. Helena, his last words were "France, The Army, The Head of the Army, and Josephine."
It's usually a smile, a dimple, or a kind word that attracts us - powerfully - to the "one." I don't know how many times I've talked to people who said "I give up," just to meet the "one" next.
Real life romance may ups and down like Napolean and Josephine and Claude and Camille, but it inspires. Let it inspire your writing.
Share your real life romance Send in links of your real life romance and I'll put them in my next Romance/Love Newsletter.
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Here are a few real life romances I'd like to share with you:
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Here's some feedback from my last Newsletter DTD: 30 JUN 2010.
sarahreed
Thank you so much for doing an interview to clarify the difference between erotica and porn. Also thank you for handling our negative feedback so well. I apologize if I sounded harsh, but like Crys said, we erotica writers take our craft very seriously. As for your question about e-book readers, I don't have one and don't plan to buy one any time soon. I love holding a physical book and turning the pages. The closest I get to reading electronic books is here on WDC.
I have to admit, I love my ebook reader. I have a Kindle. I listen to it in the car on the way to work, and at the gym when I'm working out on the treadmill. I'm glad you liked the interview and it helped to shed light on the erotic genre.
sysiongkerz
This is an amazing news letter!
BIG BAD WOLF is Howling 
When I need to read a love story, I know just where to head. I enjoy this place.
Jeff 
Wonderful newsletter this week, Steph! Thanks for addressing all the comments about erotica and taking a more in-depth look at what separates the genre from romance and porn. 
You're welcome. I was glad to do it.
Helen McNicol 
Thanks Steph, I learned something here from your Q&A with Crys...didn't know what Romantica really was! Surprise, surprise...I think I'm a Romantica writer!
Coolhand
Hey Steph,your interview with Crys was instructive, enlightning and helped me beter understand the genre of erotica--an area I've yet to explore. Great follow through from last week.
Fyn 
Great newsletter! (as always!) Liked the interview concept. Thanks for using my short story, The Dust Jacket, as an editor's pick. FYI, I've decided I am going to turn it into a novel...lots more to explore in it! And, lots of work ahead of me *grin*
Fyn, I liked the interview concept as well, and I'm going to try to use it more often.
Crys-not really here 
Thank you so much for doing this interview with me, Steph. Interestingly, right after you contacted me, I got into a little bit of a debate on Facebook with a romance writer who includes "steamy" elements in her stories but is 100% against writing erotica because she associates it with porn. It just blew my mind that she could write about physical acts but thought erotica wasn't a serious genre. It makes me wonder about the divide between romance and erotica writers and why their views are so different. Perhaps we should all be working together and not labeling ourselves "erotic" or "romantic" writers. Besides, we all know that "romance" tends to have a negative connotation to some readers, just as "erotic" does.
Thank you for being game for the interview, Crys. I have to wonder about the divide, too, and I think it all boils down to a reader's "educational" level of what they are reading. It's usually out of ignorance, comments like mine are made. That said, as a reader, once brought to your attention, are you willing to learn and educate yourself? That's the difference, I think. Just my thoughts... anyone else have thoughts on that?
StephBee is a 911 Dispatcher for LAPD. Her children's book, "The Giving Meadow" was published by 4RV Publishing in June 2010 and is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at the 4RV website. 5 Stars, Beth Reinke, author of "In My Bath," - The caterpillar's insect and animal friends demonstrate positive character traits of mercy, compassion and caring. |
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