 Romance/Love: August 10, 2005 Issue [#545] |
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Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my lover among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love. Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. His left arm is under my head and his right arm embraces me.
Holy Bible (NIV), Song of Songs 2:3-6
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This week, I thought it might be interesting to look at some statistics. They are all relevant to romance and love, but only some relate to writing in particular. I hope these make you think, or at least entertain. 
 Famous greeting card producers, Hallmark, have 1,500 Valentine's Day card designs, with over 500 of those being devoted to romantic love relationships. Source: www.Hallmark.com
There are more than 900 different varieties of dark-red and medium-red roses.  Source: www.lovestuck.com
A Google search on "Romance Publisher" returned 657 results.
Long-time romance publisher, Mills and Boon works with 1,500 authors worldwide and sells 600 new titles per annum. Source: www.millsandboon.co.uk
A Google search of "Romance Quotes" returned 1,670 results, while a search of "love quotes" returned 185,000.
Valentine's Day is the second biggest holiday for card sales, behind Christmas. Source: www.Hallmark.com
One complete book in the Holy Bible is dedicated to a love relationship - Song of Songs (Song of Solomon).
A Google search for 'romantic poetry' returned 538,000 results!
There is a 'Romantic Encounters Booklover's Convention' from September 30 to October 2, 2005, Lake Tahoe. http://www.likesbooks.com/convention.html
According to the Romance Writer's Association of America Inc.'s 2004 statistics,
- 49.5% of romance readers are married
- 78.8% of paperback sales for 2003 were romances
Husbands who kiss their wives before leaving home in the morning have been documented to live five years longer than those who do not.  Source: Jaime Kissinger
The heart is the most common symbol of romantic love. Ancient cultures believed the human soul lived in the heart. Others thought it to be the source of emotion and intelligence. Some believed the heart embodied a man's truth, strength and nobility. The heart may be associated with love because the ancient Greeks believed it was the target of Eros, known as Cupid to the Romans. Anyone shot in the heart by one of Cupid's arrows would fall hopelessly in love. Because the heart is so closely linked to love, it's red color is thought to be the most romantic. Source: Jaime Kissinger
I had fun looking up some interesting bits to put in here. What I found was a maze of websites dedicated to the subject.
Truly, love is an enduring and popular genre!
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Great editorial on motivation, Puditat. These are very important questions! If the reader can't figure out the motivation, they're certainly not going to be interested in the story.
Diane
 Thank you!
I tawt I saw a puddy tat? Hello puddytat Glad to hear from you. I am not sure why You sent me this e-mail. Did I submit to your forum? Or did I just reply to it as I would write for all forums. Give me a subject and I will write a story. Glad to hear from you either way. Keep on writing,. TopKat
tkharvey
Teehee. Um, at a bit of a loss on this one, but I can only suggest that you have somewhere along the line subscribed to the romance/love newsletter, which is how it ended up in your email. 
I had never considered it would take motivation to fall in love, but since you mentioned it I will surely determine my characters' motivation in the beginning because I think it will help me plot my story. Thank you.
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I am so pleased that it could help. thanks for letting em know. 
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