3 Honest Reasons Why I Chose Romance as my Genre
Do you remember being a student in love at high school? Can you recall a special person at work you fancied? Have you ever had an unfulfilled romantic desire? Or have you ever dated somebody you didn’t really love but he or she was cute?
Well, I do. I remember the loved ones and those I desperately wanted to love but somehow just couldn’t. We meet so many beautiful and kind people along the way, we still find it hard to say “I love you, you are the one for me”.
Below are my top 3 personal reasons I love writing romance as my genre for:
1. I almost totally skipped teenage love…
I did not accept who I truly was as a teenager. I read World War II novels and completely avoided girlish games, toys or activities, like polishing my nails. No wonder I ended up in the military. I tried so hard to be equal to boys that I simply forgot about my true nature. Unlike the boys around me, as it came to my understanding many many years later. Romantic relationships existed only in my head.
I love the idea that I can relive, or shall I write rewrite any age, I want to, and I feel the feelings I share on my pages.
2. I want to make dreams come true
I am sure we all have met handsome guys/pretty girls whom we eyed for a while but nothing else happened. Unfortunately. Because those guys or girls never made a move. Nor did we. Fear of shame, rejection or humiliation kept them, or even us still.
Those moments remained fainting nice memories in our mind. They became what-ifs. Although these are rather pleasant memories, I tend to think about them as lost opportunities when we could have made a connection. They could have turned out failures or mistakes, that’s true. But also one of them could have been the love of our lives.
So I vote for rejection over regret. In my novels, I create characters who dare to take those extra moves. Sometimes only one more step. As to that, they are able to fulfil your dreams and wishes. This is my service to my readers. Since I always wanted to make people happy, I find writing romance a very effective way for it.
3. Perhaps my most profound reason is that I love writing and I adore true love
Love is the kind of feeling that makes everything possible for any of us. Even the most average person can become a hero or heroine for their love. We are able to lift large rocks – and I’m not talking about diamonds – to save someone we love stuck under debris with our pure muscle power. A weight that seemed impossible to even move before. I have seen it happen. It was a miracle. Just like love is to me.
A true miracle, I want to share with all of you on the pages of the Passionate Series.
If you want to get a taste of my style, download “Before I Met Her” as my romantic soul’s gift to you.
I hope you will enjoy it and you will share your thoughts with me about it. Have fun!
