I've always sort of cringed at the thought of romance. Flowers, candy, I-Love-Yous... oh... I don't know... walking hand in hand and gazing lovingly into each other's eyes in the moonlight?<\/p>\n
Not really my thing.<\/p>\n
I wrote something on Facebook a few weeks ago about how\u00a0what I write is not\u00a0romantic. I worded it as a statement, but it was actually a question. See, since I first published Caged\u00a0<\/em>I've been reading the reviews carefully, curious as to what others thought, but mostly what they\u00a0felt<\/em>, about my work. I've always been curious about feelings. What I get is that my writing is\u00a0dark, angsty, sexy... but is it romantic?<\/p>\n But... wait. What is<\/em>\u00a0\"romantic\" anyway. Let's go look at the good ol' MW, shall we?<\/p>\n adjective<\/em>\u00a0\\r\u014d-\u02c8man-tik, r\u0259-\\<\/p>\n : of, relating to, or involving love between two people It's about love<\/em>.<\/p>\n When I look at\u00a0Caged<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Sacrificed...\u00a0<\/em>all I see is love. The ongoing story is so shot through with it\u00a0that I feel<\/em> the resonance between their hearts and bleed with them when they do. It's raw feeling...<\/p>\n But, it's not romance for everyone, that's for sure. Very little \"fluff\" and I'm not big on spoken I-Love-Yous, not when you can say it better with your body in a hundred different\u00a0ways.<\/p>\n Then I wrote Sarge.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n One thing that I asked my beta readers was whether they thought it was too<\/em> sweet...\u00a0something that some readers of Sarge<\/em> will undoubtedly laugh at me for asking.<\/p>\n But, to me, it really is a very sweet love story.<\/p>\n Shit... somehow,\u00a0through writing, I've found my romantic side.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve always sort of cringed at the thought of romance. Flowers, candy, I-Love-Yous… oh… I don’t know… walking hand in hand and gazing lovingly into each other’s eyes in the moonlight? Not really my thing. I wrote something on Facebook a few weeks ago about how\u00a0what I write is not\u00a0romantic. I worded it as a statement, but it was actually a question. See, since I first published Caged\u00a0I’ve been reading the reviews carefully, curious as to what others thought, but mostly what they\u00a0felt, about my work. I’ve always been curious about feelings. What I get is that my writing is\u00a0dark, … <\/p>\nro\u00b7man\u00b7tic<\/h5>\n
\n: making someone think of love : suitable for romance
\n: thinking about love and doing and saying things to show that you love someone<\/p>\n