CAUTION: ROMCOM AHEAD

One of the big criticisms about romantic comedies are the ridiculous premises. Why is it that the love interest always turns out to be the girl's worst enemy?

Going by the rules of romcoms, we should take a look around us, find the most annoying, horrid man - in fact your worst enemy - run up to them and throw yourself into their arms, because obviously you both need a mutual tonsil-licking.

Do opposites really attract? What happened to finding something in common? The reality is, no matter how much you have in common, there is always going to be something that you disagree on. Possibly it is not a question of how much you have in common, but rather if you can accept those differences. Maybe true love is all about acceptance for the way someone is. If only the real world could be more like a romcom and we learnt to love our enemies.

In my romcom, Loosely Translated, Maria has to stop judging a book by its cover and look beyond her preconceived idea of what her "enemy" is like. Only when she gets to know the real person inside will she discover that Mike maybe isn't so bad after all. But not before very loosely translating his horrible murder mystery novel.

If that sounds like your cup of tea, buy me a couple of beers - that's about how much the book costs, and you'll get that warm, fuzzy feeling of helping out an indie author. Cheers!

Loosely Translated at Amazon