"Danielle!" you might say, "why something as trashy as trashy romance? Aren't you in like Mensa or something? Shouldn't you be expelling oxygen explaining quantum physics to us? ....Romance?... Seriously?"
So the truth comes out. I, Danielle LaFleur, a geeky networking guru-anthropologist-card carrying square dancer (holy mac, I can square dance??? since when?)-Xbox addict, loves romance.
"But why?" You might ask.
"Happy endings" I reply with an solemn grin.
Seriously... nothing is more depressing then reading a fantastic novel only to have the hero die at the end. He'll learn his wife still loves him, even though he cheated on her with his best friend’s cousin’s daughter. His boss will build a mausoleum in his honor, regardless of the fact he embezzled 5 thousand dollars to pay a Dr. in Mexico to aborted his best friend's cousin's daughter's unborn child. And to top it off... the last chapter of the book will have the sun rising, casting its brilliant rays on an old oak tree hovering over his grave.... while two women walk off into the distance... a new friendship formed.
**Cast for movie will star Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, and Mandy Moore. ***
Then Oprah will say "This is the book of the year! I felt redeemed by reading it!"
Pish and might I add posh!
Give me fantasy! Give me bogus situations! Give me a heroin who makes horrendous faux pas and a hero who loves her in spite of it. That's right... you heard me. I might live in this world but I don't have to pay attention to it.
Long live the happy ending.
Hi Danielle,
Lovely name for a novelist! Write on I say! ramble towards the wind, grab hold and ride the bucking breezes to your success! I liked you look immediately, bet your books will be winners too!
(I know what you mean about english) word invention is fine by me... a fellow dyslexic and typohaulic!
Pedro
Posted by: mauiMacMan | January 13, 2007 at 11:27 PM