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Romance/Love: August 06, 2014 Issue [#6472]

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 This week: What is Love?
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"What is Love?"



What is love?/Baby, don't hurt me/Don't hurt me no more. . .

Congratulations, you now have one of the most annoying "ear worms" stuck in your head. Haddaway's hit "What is Love?" was big in 1993. In last week's Romance/Love Newsletter, NaNoNette Author IconMail Icon talked about the difference between love and romance (see "Romance/Love Newsletter (July 30, 2014)" Open in new Window.). This week, I'd like to elaborate on exactly what love is to me.

Love is not a cliche like "never having to say I'm sorry" or a "battlefield." Love is developed over time and transcends place. It is not always perfect; it is possible to love someone even when you are angry at them. In fact, I would argue that those moments when you are angry, but eventually learn from your anger, help strengthen the love.

"Love" may be an abstract concept, but it has some real, tangible aspects. Holding hands, kisses, hugs, giving small gifts, these are all aspects of love that we can see. But love goes way beyond what we let others see. It's something that really cannot be put into words.

I guess that's why I've always been picky about the kinds of romance stories and love poems that I enjoy. I am a big advocate for erasing all cliches from our vocabulary about love. That means I'm likely not to read many poems about red roses, and yes, songs from the 80's and early 90's kind of annoy me too. *Wink* Love isn't a one-size-fits all concept, so why should we write about it like it is?


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Thank you for the newsletter. I agree that you can't beat face-to-face for forming any kind of relationship. I wrote a story about a romance which began in a very unusual place - based on a real life account.
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Your latest exploration of 'Meeting' is in line with a Short story I wrote a while ago and have recently been 'polishing' a bit. I'm a little amused by some of the feedback I've received, since I'm told that such things don't happen as I delineated in 'The Beginning'. But, you see, its an actual set of experiences!
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I determined not to see her again---knowing that if I did...
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Everyone had great opinions about my last newsletter "How Did You Meet?"! Here are some highlights.

My husband and I met when we both went to a clean up weekend (Memorial Day) in 1972. We talked, we went our separate ways on Monday. Tuesday he invited me to fly up to see him. I did and Fri night he asked me to marry him. We were married 11/11/72 and have been together since. Would that make a good romance story? *Bigsmile* Quick-Quill Author IconMail Icon

Interesting thoughts. Wouldn't it be something if those who met speed dating had a speeded relationship -- married in two days, divorced in three? LOL

Personally, I'm into arranged marriages. I don't understand why my mother didn't set up an appointment with parents on some alien universe. That would have been much more intriguing than the average Earth relationship. Think of the obstacles to our conversations. Think of the advantages. Might be a bit tough on the kids, though. Arranged visitations would take be quite bothersome. FOFL -shaara

I like your thought about how a couple meets in a story. I prefer there to be some clumsiness around the first meeting to define the characters. Are they relatable, lively, realistic, interesting? I've finished one novel and am working on the second. The meeting between the two in the first novel was a disaster for the guy, but he survived it. The one I am working on now--which you can see the beginnings of in my portfolio--takes place in our current time, but the story surrounds a couple who met in the 1800s! -Jennifer L Rowlands Author IconMail Icon

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