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I’m a WHAT Kind of Writer! Romance? – Part 2
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Related Series Posts :
I’m a WHAT Kind of Writer! Romance? - Part 1 - Intro
I’m a WHAT Kind of Writer! Romance? – Part 2 - “2 Shorts, a Poem, & a Sampler (fiction)”
I’m a WHAT Kind of Writer! Romance? – Part 3 - Chapter 1, “The Old American Artist, a Love Story”
I’m a WHAT Kind of Writer! Romance? – Part 4 - Chapter 2, “The Old American Artist, a Love Story”
I’m a WHAT Kind of Writer! Romance? – Part 5 - Chapter 3, “The Old American Artist, a Love Story”
I’m a WHAT Kind of Writer? Romance? – Part 6 - Chapter 4, “The Old American Artist, a Love Story”
I’m a WHAT Kind of Writer? Romance? – Part 7 – Yoga, Sports, and Writing
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Romance Writer? Me?!?! – Part Two
Definition
yesterday i wrote an overview of why it turns out that a lot of poetry and fiction from way back to now, might qualify as romance writing
Romance Writers of America a non-profit org, has this definition :
Two basic elements comprise every romance novel: a central love story and an emotionally-satisfying and optimistic ending.
i’m still convinced that a lot of writing is romance, or love-relationship, orientated
My Non-Romance Work
i do have though, pieces that, being snippets, though “emotionally-satisfying” for me 
do not end with an “optimistic ending” – mainly because they are a “moment” in experience, and not what i would consider a “story”
a good example is a poem i am posting to dVersePoets, for their OpenLinkNight prompt series
that will get posted late today when their “pub” opens for open poetry submissions
once i have it posted i’ll place a link to that prompt here -
and a link to my poem here
Story
so it seems that, for me, having a story in my work, enables me to give a fuller view of what i’m trying to express, and that usually has the ending that qualifies the piece as “romantic”
a good example of a recent poem that i think fits then, is “venus in transit across the sun“
the strong sense of connection between my wife and i that i try to express about her recent operation, and our anticipated joined effort for her recovery, for me, fits the definition of a romance
it may be that there are other elements some people may consider for a work to be a romance, but for my purposes, i feel comfortable including many of my poems with my fiction in that category, and am equally ok with simply calling them “romantic”
but more than anything, again for me, my work is simply one person’s representation of life
and that’s something i believe we can all do, we all have stories
“2 Stories, a Poem, & a Sampler (fiction)”
this little ebook, with the exception of my childhood story, “Witches,” all feature work about relationships, all end with i feel is a satisfying and optimistic ending, even my poem “when it ended”
the ending resolution of finding comfort with another is critical to the work, and i believe, universally optimistic
i am trying to get more outlets to feature it as FREE, but the avenues for placing it at no charge is very limited; as of this writing, on smashwords has accepted it for a free listing, though it is available for 99¢ on amazon
all updates on availability are posted on my Books page listing for this title
i hope you get to have a copy and see what seems to me an interesting journey in fiction and poetry from 1981 to now, thanks so much
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Tomorrow
the first chapter (most are very short) of my new novella, “the old american artist, a love story,” is my targeted post for tomorrow
i hope everyone is gearing up for a great safe fourth of july!
thanks ya’ll
namaste – con dios – god be with you
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