What is the Eternal Curse to: Subject FM 5-Mr. Thornton
Mr. Thornton doesn’t believe in curses or good and bad luck. He believes that each life has its own plan and path to follow; and just like Paul, seeing as that’s where Paul gets it from, he believes you have to take the good with the bad.
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Eternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel chapter 6.4 (wip)
Mira inched her way even closer to Giovanni. She was now standing toe to toe with him. She looked up into his eyes and he looked down into hers without any struggle. It was easy, almost nice, for him to look into her eyes. There was, again, a small tear beginning to develop in Giovanni’s right eye. Mira slowly reached up to catch it with her finger and Giovanni flinched. Mira stretched up on her tiptoes and reached out her neck, getting even closer to Giovanni’s face. She closed her eyes, pressed her lips together, and raised her hands and arms up and around Giovanni’s neck. At that moment, Giovanni slowly wrapped his arms around her waist without even realizing what he was doing.
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I’m going to be perfectly honest; romance is not my thing. At least I never felt like it was, but I could be wrong. I have found that what I perceive as traditional romances, whether in books or films, don’t really appeal to me with a few specific exceptions. However, when reviewing my list of go-to chick-flick romances with some friends, I learned that some of my choices aren’t very traditional. Don’t worry, I’ll be sharing that topic on another day.
When it comes to my writing I realized that most stories need some element of romance, love, or relationship issues (not always romance) to keep the story well-rounded. It was then that I also realized that I do like romance when it’s combined with another genre, when it’s not the driving force but an interesting subplot or catalyst. I even conducted a poll last month to see how people felt about genre, to which I’ll be posting my results in my newsletter tomorrow.
Anyway, back to romance. I’ve been told that my Eternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel is non-traditional romance within the whole paranormal romance genre. In all honestly, that may have something to do with the fact that I tried not to focus too much on the romance, but it is a major driving force in the story. I feel that maybe the idea of writing romance intimidates me so I try to avoid it or reduce encounters with it. Unfortunately, that tactic has never worked for me.
So that’s when I decided to write a romance of my own with no paranormal twist, no fantasy or sci undertone, or any time of violence or political intrigue. I decided that I wanted to tell the story of characters who could be real people who I might meet and form relationships with. But of course this raised another question. “Am I truly writing a romance or just general fiction with a romance in it?” This is where the whole idea of “read what you write” would have greatly helped me. In any case, I’m so close to finishing this story and can’t wait to share it.
In the meantime, I’d love to know your thoughts on romance, whether you’re a fan or not.
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