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The Year The Romance Died
by E Van Lowe

I am declaring 2011 as the year romance died. Seriously. Those of us writing about romance should take a hard look at what we are doing. It is obvious America has had its fill of romance and is moving on to the next thing—whatever that is.

First, Kim Kardashian expresses her undying love in the wedding of the ages to NBA star Kris Humphries, and then seventy-two days later she files for divorce. Don’t get me wrong. I realize every marriage isn’t made in heaven, but seventy-two days? I had a heat rash that lasted longer than seventy-two days. Honestly, there were times on my honeymoon when I thought “If I admit my mistake now I can put us both out of our misery.” And then I thought: “I’ll give it a year.” I’m glad I did. Seventy-two days may be a great testing period for deciding if you want to continue dating someone, but I don’t believe any normal human being (“Normal” being the operative word here)should bail on a marriage in that short period of time.

Then just as I was just getting over the Kim and Kris debacle, I got the devastating news about Katy Perry and Russell Brand. How could that be? I swore when Katy was belting out the lyrics to Firework--Cause baby you’re a firework, come on show em what you’re worth. Make em go Oh! Oh! Oh!—she was singing praises to the love of her life. And then a year later, the firework fizzled.

So as I began this year, 2012, I was having serious doubts about the future of romance. Isn’t romance supposed to lead to Happily Ever After? Isn’t that what every girl dreams of? It was then I remembered the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. The entire world got up at an ungodly hour to watch it on TV. I know I did. We were all watching, oohing and ahhing because it was so lavish, yet classy, but mostly it was romantic.

I realized then that happily ever after is a lot like winning the lottery. Everyone wants it, but most of us accept it as just a beautiful dream, a dream we want to believe can happen (“Can” being the operative word here). As a writer of fiction, it is my job to keep the dream alive.

I got up extra early on May 26th 2011 to watch the royal wedding because it made me feel good. When I finish a book by Nicholas Sparks I get that same warm and comfy feeling. When I wrote my novel, Earth Angel (White Whisker Books), about what a mortal girl would do to save the life of her earth bound angel, I was conjuring up that feeling, not just for myself, but hopefully for you, my readers. The Kim Kardashians of the world are always going to throw cold water on our dreams. It is our job as writers to keep the dream of happily ever after alive. I LOVE my job. I am up for the challenge.

2011 may be the year romance died, yet on January 1st 2012 it rose again, like the Phoenix, pumping its wings toward a glorious sun.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

E Van Lowe was born in the Bronx a long time ago, back in the days when children were supposed to be seen and not heard. Fortunately for E, his parents allowed him to speak freely. Unfortunately for his parents and older brother, E had a lot to say. He was speaking quite freely until one day, while his mother was trying to watch her “stories” (which is code for soap operas), she suggested that instead of speaking freely, he write all his important thoughts down. E wrote down many important thoughts, such as: crayons melt when you leave them on the radiator, or toy soldiers melt when you drop them in the muffin batter before mom puts it in the oven. His brother thought he was weird, but E was only ten years old at the time. What did he expect, Shakespeare? E liked writing things down so much, he decided that when he grew up, he was going to become a professional writer.

E has gone on to write for many award winning TV shows including: The Cosby Show, and Even Stevens. He also co-wrote the Academy Award nominated short film, Cadillac Dreams. Never Slow Dance With A Zombie was his first teen novel. Boyfriend From Hell is the first in the Falling Angels Saga. The second novel in the saga, Earth Angel, will be coming out soon. It seems E still has lots of important, and weird, thoughts to share with readers.

http://evanlowe.com

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