Have you ever wondered why romance novels focus on falling in love? The title of the genre is literally romance, which can take place at any point in a successful or unsuccessful relationship, but we always seem to focus on the beginning.
But Sidney, you may say, that’s the best part! That’s when all the fluttery feelings are best! Why wouldn’t you want to read and write about that part?
Yeah.
Except no?
Read MoreThis is the part where you’re probably expecting that I made a thing out of paper and words and stuff, and you’d be wrong.
Read MoreYou know how there are different types of relationships? Some of them are shallow flirtations and some of them are deep, lifelong connections and some are hot-and-heavy-and-not-much-else.
There's one particular type of relationship that I have in mind here. Most of us have had this one at some point: The One That’s Not Quite The One. Close but no cigar. Do not pass go. Do not live happily ever after.
Read MoreI’ve been trying to talk myself out of blogging about this. It’s way too soon. Ghost’s book hasn’t even come out yet. There are too many things that are subject to change at this point.
But at the same time, I really, really wanna. Because I’m excited about it. I’m having fun, you guys.
Since I have the impulse control of a five-year-old, I’m gonna give it a shot.
Read MoreUsually when I sit down to write a blog post, I spend a lot of time running through possible ideas. My response to most of these is: no one will care about that. Since I spend a lot of time writing about office supplies and stupid crap like that, I'm probably right most of the time. Which is why I've been trying to spend more time writing about book stuff, since I figure if you're showing up at my site, you're at least vaguely interested in my books.
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