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Sandscript in Love
In a previous incarnation I worked for a catering company in business class lounges at the airport. One Valentine’s day one airline came up with the idea of red foil wrapped chocolate hearts to show their passengers they loved them; it was the only sign the airline had ever shown that they actually cared about their passengers. All that was proved was that most people love chocolate. We staff certainly loved those chocolate hearts, they were chunkily exquisite and temptation got the better of us as we sneaked a good few of them when we were busy, bored or hungry. On Valentine’s Day chocolate will never let you down; it’s smooth, warm and comforting.
Yesterday Cyberspouse and I got an early anniversary card from my brother and sister-in-law which served as a reminder to post a card to them on the other side of the world. My baby brother got married a week after I did. We’re not expecting anyone else to remember to send us a card. All those years back we had thoughts of getting married on my birthday in February, then Valentines Day… problems getting leave sorted out meant the date ended up as the 18th, but at least over the years we have avoided our anniversary being marked by the ghastly gush of pink and red commercialisation and overspending.
Like Christmas and Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day can be a painful reminder to many people that everyone else is having a better day, a better life than they are; they probably are not, but to avoid doom and gloom just turn off the television and the radio and don’t go near the shops.
For those in a new relationship or enjoying the first few dates with someone, Valentine's Day can present the most awful dilemmas. Humorous or romantic card, should you get a gift, what sort of evening out should be planned, low key, surprise, or important statement?
For authors, writing about love is almost impossible to avoid. Even if we have no intention of writing a romantic novel, some of our characters will find themselves in love for better or worse. From my observation writers’ real experience of love varies greatly; some of us are lucky to have long term partners who may not read what we write, but offer financial, technical or moral support. Others, including the great authors, write because they have suffered terrible heartbreak and angst, while a third group are very happy to be living alone, perhaps in the middle of nowhere, free to concentrate on their outpouring of words.
My Brief Encounters Trilogy is a story of music, medicine and mystery wrapped around some very different love stories.
Enjoy Valentine’s Day and long winter nights with the first novel in the series ‘Brief Encounters of the First Kind’ for only 99 pence or 99 cents. If you are in the Southern Hemisphere with autumn approaching, the novel opens at the end of summer.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brief-Encoun...
https://www.amazon.com/Brief-Encounte...
Yesterday Cyberspouse and I got an early anniversary card from my brother and sister-in-law which served as a reminder to post a card to them on the other side of the world. My baby brother got married a week after I did. We’re not expecting anyone else to remember to send us a card. All those years back we had thoughts of getting married on my birthday in February, then Valentines Day… problems getting leave sorted out meant the date ended up as the 18th, but at least over the years we have avoided our anniversary being marked by the ghastly gush of pink and red commercialisation and overspending.
Like Christmas and Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day can be a painful reminder to many people that everyone else is having a better day, a better life than they are; they probably are not, but to avoid doom and gloom just turn off the television and the radio and don’t go near the shops.
For those in a new relationship or enjoying the first few dates with someone, Valentine's Day can present the most awful dilemmas. Humorous or romantic card, should you get a gift, what sort of evening out should be planned, low key, surprise, or important statement?
For authors, writing about love is almost impossible to avoid. Even if we have no intention of writing a romantic novel, some of our characters will find themselves in love for better or worse. From my observation writers’ real experience of love varies greatly; some of us are lucky to have long term partners who may not read what we write, but offer financial, technical or moral support. Others, including the great authors, write because they have suffered terrible heartbreak and angst, while a third group are very happy to be living alone, perhaps in the middle of nowhere, free to concentrate on their outpouring of words.
My Brief Encounters Trilogy is a story of music, medicine and mystery wrapped around some very different love stories.
Enjoy Valentine’s Day and long winter nights with the first novel in the series ‘Brief Encounters of the First Kind’ for only 99 pence or 99 cents. If you are in the Southern Hemisphere with autumn approaching, the novel opens at the end of summer.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brief-Encoun...
https://www.amazon.com/Brief-Encounte...
Sandscript
I like to write first drafts with pen and paper; at home, in busy cafes, in the garden, at our beach hut... even sitting in a sea front car park waiting for the rain to stop I get my note book out. We
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