All Hallow's Eve rant

Happy All Hallow's Eve, Happy Samhain and happy wiccan New Year to you all! It's time to usher out summer and begin thinking of internalizing, preparing for the cold months ahead, getting stoked for the rest of the holiday frenzy. Nature is turning over a new leaf. She's rallying for that final, end of the year test. Did you grow a thick enough coat of fur? Did you finish putting out your seeds in time? Did you pay your gas bill on a regular basis? Welcome winter months! I've crocheted scarves and bought my son new boots, bought a gas grill and have hurricane lamps ready. Let it snow!

Well, it's official. I've been diagnosed with 'clinical depression'. Though I started this blog with the idea that it might take the place of actual therapy, I've found that a real life, speaking-back-type of person was in order. And so far, so good.

Something I haven't told her yet, or you, dear reader (and yes, you know who you are!) is that I have another passion, another blog. And I can't share it with you. It's secret. As a matter of fact, it's a whole other secret universe. For an hour or two every day (just about), I live in it, defining it, co-creating it, wandering through its mists and dark alleys. I'm in love with writing it... Total fiction, with absolutely everything mashed up into it, including but not limited to witches and wizards, magic, light-sabers, childhood dreams, warriors, evil doers, slimey type people, popular children's books characters, and real in-your-face type sex scenes. The kind I love.

My friend has posted at length about milquetoast-type romances, and I agree wholeheartedly. Why on earth would you spend THAT much time getting to know two characters, watching them fall in love, woo each other, overcome all obstacles to their love, and NOT want to reap the benefits??? Throw me a bone, people! Sex shouldn't be that taboo, you know? Violence is more common in our culture than shagging. It's just not right. And if you're a romance writer, go ahead and take the plunge! I can understand if you're writing a novel, and the romance is only a part of the overall story. But if it's the ONLY reason you're telling the story in the first place... MAKE IT HAPPEN!

I'M DONE SHOUTING NOW! Honestly, I didn't know I felt so strongly about it until I started writing it just now. But I do. So when I take a little stroll down 'writer's lane', and I have romance on the brain, I let it go. I'm thirty four, married, have a child. I know for a fact that sex is going to be the one thing that is free (usually) that feels THAT damned good, and that I won't get sick of it if I do it more than, say, once a month. Feel the love, people. Use condoms...but FEEL IT.

Have a happy, sexy Halloween...