Because mtlawson asked...

[bogwitch64]

I meant to mirror posts here, and then totally forgot. It's been a nutty morning, trying to keep up with all the emails generated by my "new" blog. I will never get a handle on Twitter, that's for damn sure. Anyway--mirroring that post here:
Why Romance?
I am a diehard fantasy fan. I read it. I write it. I watch it. I decorate my house with it. I

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[cmcmck]

As you know, I don't read vast amounts of fiction- don't have time given the amount of history I need to get through- but I do enjoy the occasional fantasy volume.

As for romantic fiction? It's never appealed at all, but I suppose that's just me! :o)

[bogwitch64]

There is romance in everything to a degree. Even Lord of the Rings had some, invisible as it was. But the love wasn't--thinking Sam and Frodo here. Love makes the world go 'round.

I don't read traditional romance. I don't like formula-writing, which is one reason I'm not big on cozy mysteries even though I love a good mystery. Formula = marketable to the greatest demographic.

[cmcmck]

I suspect you and I are not the 'greatest demographic' :o)

[mtlawson]

Jeez, make me feel like I'm holding a whip over you, will ya?

[bogwitch64]

Don' beat me, sir! Please!

[mtlawson]

Yeah yeah yeah....

I'd have to borrow that whip of yours anyway...

[bogwitch64]

You'd have to tell me which one you prefer, first. ;)

[kaishin108]

One of my favorite type of books to read are historical romance/mystery...