Why Romance?

I write what I know. LOVE

I was born into a family who loved me and learned from a very early age that love is the most important part of your life. It came in the form of my mother, my Nannie, my Poppy, and my entire family. It wasn't something I just noticed one day, my subconcious has always known love. I give it freely. It is easy for me to love someone; my family, my friends. I have room in my heart for just about anybody.

That being said, love and romance -all though are two seperate things entirely- are important parts of life and relationships.

For example, a person can love someone with all their heart without being in love with them. Women -in my experience- understand this concept more than men. There are many levels to love. It's a three dementional emotion, after all.

I write romance because romance stems from my favorite emotion. (LOVE) Romance is pretty much over-looked in the world today. We focus on the big picture and forget the little things that mean everything. When was the last time you brought your significant other a flower home after your day apart from eachother? When was the last time you said, "I love you," out of the blue? It really is the little things that make a relationship last and last. With the little things supporting you, the big things can be overcome.

When I am writing a romance story, whether that be romantic suspense or just something fun and flirty, the possibilities are endless. That's what I love about writing in this genre. I can create any type of relationship with any kind of characters and situations. I will honestly say, however, that I don't always control the story. The story takes me away a lot of the time to the point where the entire plot changes because my characters demand it.

*Did you know:

"Somewhere I Belong" was originally drafted to be a romantic suspense? That's right! But my characters wouldn't let me create a problem that huge. So it became a womens fiction novel with major romantic qualities. (And I like it better that way!)

ROMANCE is important. Our hearts need it, our hearts believe in it. I write what I know, and that is why I have chosen to write romance. Or did it choose me? =)