WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT?
As a writer, I am interested in anything and everything that might spark my imagination. I love heroes. Being a sniveling coward myself, I especially love men and women who are brave, who strive to be the best they can be. Be it physical, mental, emotional. I also love animals, and hate animal cruelty. Many of my books contain animals, some odd and unusual, like a shy hedgehog or a sock stealing squirrel. Some of my animal characters are helpless or handicapped, like orphaned kittens or a three legged dog. And never fear, these creatures always find happy places in my stories. I volunteer for our local Humane Society Thrift Shop, which I helped get going. Being the coward that I am, I can't work in the shelter, because every time I have gone in, I've slunk fearfully home with a dog or cat. My husband, who didn't grow up with pets, has drawn the line at four, so the thrift store is my way of saving little lives while saving my marriage.
I like to laugh. I especially like to inspire laughter in others, so humor is very important to me. I try to find the funny side of situations in my stories, sometimes sliding over the line to slapstick--but, hey, so did Chaplin, Abbot and Costello and the Stooges to namedrop a few. Since what I write are love stories, my hero and heroine, once they have found each other and once their obstacles to true love are surmounted, they get that happily ever after that we are are striving for. (Or, for the grammar police among you--for which we are all striving.)
Yes, romances have been snidely referred to as 'little' books, that many put down as beneath them. However, they have not received my letters from readers who have found great comfort in their time with my books. The doubters and belittlers have not heard the stories of grief or depression that has been lifted from heavy hearts, of those who have been able to laugh, once again, after loss. But I have. So it is my honor to have been, and to continue to be, a part of the little escapes we all need at times in our lives. Romance novels are not the trauma centers of our world, but the amusement parks. Without our little escapes, life would be much more difficult to deal with on a day to day basis. So, to make a very long story short--that's what the hell is the point.
www.ReneeRoszel.com
I like to laugh. I especially like to inspire laughter in others, so humor is very important to me. I try to find the funny side of situations in my stories, sometimes sliding over the line to slapstick--but, hey, so did Chaplin, Abbot and Costello and the Stooges to namedrop a few. Since what I write are love stories, my hero and heroine, once they have found each other and once their obstacles to true love are surmounted, they get that happily ever after that we are are striving for. (Or, for the grammar police among you--for which we are all striving.)
Yes, romances have been snidely referred to as 'little' books, that many put down as beneath them. However, they have not received my letters from readers who have found great comfort in their time with my books. The doubters and belittlers have not heard the stories of grief or depression that has been lifted from heavy hearts, of those who have been able to laugh, once again, after loss. But I have. So it is my honor to have been, and to continue to be, a part of the little escapes we all need at times in our lives. Romance novels are not the trauma centers of our world, but the amusement parks. Without our little escapes, life would be much more difficult to deal with on a day to day basis. So, to make a very long story short--that's what the hell is the point.
www.ReneeRoszel.com
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