The Music of Love Writer

My second marriage story is featured in, "True Love." True Love, is one of the series of romantic magazines published by Dorchester Media. It's displayed in the March 2010 issue, detailing the romantic viewpoints I held for my wedding. Pick up a copy at your local bookstores.

For romantics go out and see the sappy, "Valentine's Day." at your local theatre. I enjoyed it, the simple storylines, along with the numerous stars.

Please enjoy this humorous video about romance from yours truly. Creative romantic commentary about a character from the planet Romantica speaking to Earthlings. Just click on the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0r4cRnmUks

May you enjoy the gift of love with your partner or family. Just remember love is a gift that should be shared and expressed every day. 

View my six words on the digital life on this video by Smith Magazine for a PBS special. Click on the link below. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWt-RaPV3W8

For all romantics, brides and brides to be:

In the, March 2010 issue of, "TRUE LOVE," magazine my story of my April 22, 2000 wedding is featured. "TRUE LOVE," is published by Dorchester Media. This story is based on my second wedding, a special time because my children were also involved in my wedding plans. At the time I felt like a young bride, finding a man who I believed fell off the pages of one of my romantic stories.

Most brides feel like their romance is special beyond belief, because our eyes are blind from love. Romance is at it's peak as you present yourself at your best, and your fiance takes the role of a prince.

Just in time for Valentine's day my story's on the magazine shelves for all to read. Please enjoy. I hope your particular romance story will always have that special spark, even with the reality of  the dirty details of life.

It's 2010, and it sounds like the future, where we should be flying around with jet backpacks, and taking vacations on the Moon or Mars. We should be all integrated, living in peace and harmony on our planet having friendly alien visitors exploring our world. Am I reaching too far out of my mind?

This 2010 why not break the ice and attempt something adventurous in your life? If you always wanted to write, pick up that pen or face that computer word page and go for it. Indulge in your imagination and dreams. Create new fantastic worlds, new amazing people, new eye opening adventures. Break out for your own pleasure first, and then maybe you'll make the decision to share your joy with others. Writing and the publishing business may be difficult to break into, but the love of writing should be your main reason to break the ice.

As an continued absurd romantic, why not break the ice in 2010 and allow romance in your life? Make your home a romantic pleasure to be in, for yourself, and for all the loved ones in your home. Romance doesn't just define a relationship between only a man and woman. Decide to truly be yourself and not who people expect you to be. You'll find your world and the people who enter in it will embrace your newfound glowing honesty. You might face some changes with your new personna but they'll be for the best in the long run.

Women break the ice in 2010 and accept only good relationships in your life. Give and take is always needed in relationships but there should always be basic respect and smart love. Abusive relationships are something that should be stamped out of our world, never accepted. Reach out to anyone you know who is in an abusive relationship. Lend an ear, and don't turn your back in friendship. Don't ever live with regrets that you haven't attempted your best to offer a hand.

Men break the ice in 2010 and stand up to your manhood. Show your respect and love towards the female persuasion. Stand up against male oriented abuse and straighten out any male friends who constantly slander and disrespect women. Don't accept it, don't laugh at it. It takes a great man to believe in himself and believe in the true meaning of romance.

Happy, Healthy and Blessed 2010 to all my readers. Thanks for all your support and continue sending it my way. I do appreciate it!

May your table always be blessed with abundance and the love of family and friends.

Hi Romantic Believers,

I hope your holiday season is going along well and that all your romantic dreams are floating along high up in the clouds.

As a romantic I take it to heart when I read about another couple who've smashed their "Titanic," dreams, whether from the fault of one or the other. Lately it seems so many so-called romantic couples have started to dog paddle for survival. Life today brings along so many difficult challenges, challenges that can either strengthen or sink a relationship. Infidelity and acts of immorality are on the warpath, attacking so many couples.

The public places athletes, even more than Hollywood stars, up on tall pedestals, declaring them to be blazing super heroes. Another athlete has crashed that dream. Tiger Woods, the golf super hero, allegedly has trashed his marriage and family with multiple accusations of infidelity and immorality. If the accusations are true, how insane can one man be, especially being in the media and public eye? How could he allegedly use e-mail and cellphone messages to correspond with his mistresses, realizing everything could eventually become public knowledge? Not to say the women he allegedly selected to be with could be considered to be such upstanding characters, knowing he was married. But who can say what Tiger Wood's private life and marriage was truly like? Still he stood there and uttered vows of romantic committment and somehow these vows didn't mean anything when it came to his alleged acts of infidelity. "Sex addiction," can't explain away infidelity, as so many men are starting to use as an excuse. Divorce statistics are on the rise, with couples living together being the new norm.

Tiger Woods isn't by far the only public figure who has defiled the definition of romance in his relationship. And I can't forget to mention the, "so-called ladies," who ignore the fact that a man's married or in a relationship, and lower themselves to indulge in an affair. As a woman I don't understand how you could accept less of a relationship, or ignore the fact another woman and even children could eventually be hurt because of your actions. At times I wonder if romantic dreams are now a fleeting artifact, just like the Titanic which sunk with most of it's secrets.

Temptation is there, especially if you're living and breathing. I view a handsome man and can't deny that sometimes, "wicked thoughts," cross my mind. I create sexy men with my writing and of course these personalities come from my own hidden desires. A fleeting thought is one thing, acting upon those thoughts is another. And I believe if you're in a true romantic relationship, the thoughts remain a fleeting moment. There's only one dream man who can show up at my door and then all bets are off, but he'll be my forever secret. LOL

As a romance writer, words are definitely important. Romantic vows of committment were something that used to have substance to them. My own husband has learned through the years how much his words could either hurt or enhance our romantic relationship. My creative romantic nature of course can be difficult for any man to live up to, but I won't deter from my values when it comes to romance. I continue to write happily ever after romantic stories, and readers will continue to buy romantic themed novels.

Relationships take work, compromise, honesty, compassion, and endless amounts of love and romance. May you have an enjoyable romantic season with your family and friends.

The trick or treaters will be at my door soon, wearing their imaginative costumes. I enjoy seeing the kids but also eye the adults who've unleashed their creative energy. This time of year sane adults turn themselves into monsters, cheerleaders or ghouls, releashing inner inhibitions. Some say Halloween's a pagan holiday, I prefer to think of it as a creative fun holiday to enjoy simple fun that's so limited in our daily life. I enjoy making monsters, decorating my home, making crazy phone messages, and laughing and screaming with fright.

As a writer this is the time I take to enjoy old horror and ghost flicks, only shown at this time. No insane blood and gore movies but flicks that let your imagination take you to that frightful place. Romance in these movies is only used to allow the romantic couple to be the main culprits of some unseen horror.

So enjoy Halloween with your family, go out and enjoy some clean creative fun. 

I'm excited to announce I won a six word story contest on life in the digital world. You can read about it at the Smith Mag Editor's announcement link below.

http://www.smithmag.net/sixwordbook/2009/10/28/and-the-winners-of-six-words-on-the-digital-life-are/

Well it's that time of year again. Time to use your creative imagination and conjure up your childhood dreams and make Fall and Halloween a special time. Take time out of your busy schedule to enjoy nature's magnificent artwork as the trees put on their display of royal colors of red, gold and yellow. Relax and take a drive out to the country and see the fruits of Fall. Pumpkin and apple picking can be very romantic. Breathe in the fresh air, take a walk holding hands, and at night under the clear, star filled sky, romance will fall in place. It's a perfect time to visit that country inn you've been putting off. The aromatic scent of spiced apple cider or apple pie can be an aphrodisiac.

If you have children get out there and frolic with your children. Show them how clean outdoor fun away from the television and computer can be equally as fun. A hard sell, but it will be contagious if you show them how exciting it can be painting pumpkins, making a homegrown scarecrow, or my favorite, making monsters out of old clothing, cheap masks, and newspapers. Go and put smiles on young faces.

So my readers, fun can be had, and romance can be found if you slow down and take the time to enjoy this Fall. Happy and safe haunts to all! 

"Where's That Elvis," is an essay I wrote about our family cat invoking emotions out of my autistic son and also myself, an ex-non-cat lover.  It is included in a wonderful collection of stories out the 22nd of September in your local stores. Another, superb, "Chicken Soup for the Soul," addition.

Patrick Swayze, actor/dancer, especially well known for the movies, "Dirty Dancing," and, "Ghost," lost his super courageous battle with pancreatic cancer yesterday. His soulmate wife, Lisa, was by his side. They enjoyed a long marriage of over 30 years. I do hope Patrick was able to take the love with him, as he quoted in the movie, "Ghost."

I know he left a lot of love behind in the heart of his fans, which I am one. I remember having a full life-size poster of Patrick Swayze in my bedroom closet years ago during the, "Dirty Dancing Craze." One day I even frightened myself when I turned around in my closet and really thought he was there, for a moment. Talk about star struck!

Patrick Swayze wasn't a saint. He had his own beasts to bear; his long time cigarette addiction, and his past history of alcoholic abuse, but he was honest about facing the reality of both of them.

As a romantic I admired Patrick's longtime relationship with his wife, who remained by his side, fighting his cancer with just as much courageousness as he did. Love's easy to express in a relationship when everything's going smooth, but when illness attacks one partner, the real test of love will arise. Lisa and Patrick showed the public their love connection was strong and steadfast. I so admire them both, and my sympathy goes out to Lisa who now has to face such an incredible lost.

I want to believe in, "Ghost," and hope Patrick was able to take the love with him. I want to believe he's dancing on a great heavenly stage under bright stars and want to believe he's still smiling that sexy rugged smile. 

R.I.P. Patrick Swayze!

I just had to write a blog on a date that'll never occur again with a complete set of nines. Does the date mean anything in our vast cosmos of the universe? I really don't know but when future readers find my words of wisdom in some blog archive, they'll know I wrote on this once in a lifetime date of nines.

Today there are couples who are getting married on this rare date, hoping the cosmos can assure they'll begin their life and continue being blessed with a long lasting happy romantic adventure. I assure them that this date won't particularly assure them a happy romantic relationship. A honest, caring, loving and mature relationship between two partners will only assure this. Romance is a road with many speed bumps, and it makes a difference how you meet them and conquer them together.

On a different writing note, my essay regarding my family pet, Elvis the cat, and my son who happens to be diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, will be included in a, Chicken Soup Book, titled, "What I've Learned From The Cat," It will be released on September 22, 2009 and can be found in your local bookstores.  Animals do have a perceptive aura and bring out the best in people. This story shares how my son shares his emotions through our family pet.

So all you romantics go and dance under the moonlight tonight on 09/09/09 and enjoy!  

I haven't been blogging for the past months due to illness in my family, followed by  my own new chronic illness. As a romance writer my characters are usually in perfect health, perfect physical form. Most readers don't want to read about tedious, gut wrenching details of illnesses when they relax with their romantic novels. Life, true reality, happens to be another matter.

As a romantic couple life brings on illnesses and you may find yourself being placed in the role of being a caregiver or carereceiver. Some carereceivers will drain their caregivers of every drop of blood, such fericious blood sucking vampires. LOL And some caregivers won't be able to handle the details of having to be there to handle the dirty details of taking care of an ill partner. Some wedding vows have the words, "through sickness and health," but when sickness occurs it may place a load of stress on the romantic part pf your relationship. Even a simply cold can have you screaming, "Do you have to blow your nose so loud? Roll over and stop breathing on me? Go sleep in the other room, " to your romantic partner.

A critical illness or long term chronic illness tests the limits of romance. You may have to look deep into yourself to redefine the meaning of true romance. During an illness relationships are put to the test, with some people choosing not to reman in the relationship with their ill partner. You may find yourself struggling on, doing the daily details but secretly wishing you could push your partner's wheelchair down the steps, or kick crutches out from under them as they slowly hobble along.

But illnesses can also increase your romantic bond, with the element of caring, nutruing welling over you. Your feelings of love towards your ill partner may increase. The sense of the meaning of true love can conquer the failings of physical love.

And so I face this new element of another chronic illness in my relationship with the road leading us to a new defined role of romance in our relationship. 

First Ed McMahon, the number one host's sidekick, lost his battle with cancer this week. Farrah Fawcett, the beautiful angel lost her long and courageous battle to cancer today. Then the shocking news continued, with Michael Jackson suddenly passing on from a cardiac arrest today, following the angel Farrah to heaven. Ed McMahon must be starting a heavenly star search.

Michael Jackson, is called the, "King of Pop." Eerily he's being compared to Elvis Presley, who also died of cardiac arrest before a scheduled return. Michael was supposed to start a new comeback tour in two or so weeks. Questions are arising on whether Michael has been using prescription medications forr years, especially because of some of his bizarre behavior appearances, and gaunt look. It's unbelievable this relatively young man with such superb musical gifts has left us.

Michael's musical gifts will continue being heard, never to die. I may not have agreed with his particular choice of lifestyle, but can't deny his music. His music has played such an important part in my life.

May Michael rest in peace along with Farrah and Ed. My condolences to all their family's and friends.

We will miss you all!

Spring has come out in full force with many changes.

The above nasty caterpillar nest in the trees isn't a particularly good sight change for me or for the trees, but I still felt compelled to snap it.

My husband injuring his knee and having to be off work for the next month isn't a good change.

Nurse Ratchet has come out in me and illness has tested the strength and patience of the marital vow, "Through sickness and health." Men definitely aren't meant to have babies because some of them definitely can't take pain. As a romance writer most of the time my male characters are always virile, strong, and never get sick. You don't hear them whining and acting helpless. They pick up their injured limbs and jump right back up onto their horse. I'm trying to teach this to my husband, but I guess I have to give him time to heal, especially since he swears he'll never ride a horse.

My writing schedule's disrupted but I'll have to find time to do it, in-between taking over the major care of the household.

As for my writing I'm thrilled to let you know I'm having  two more short stories being published so far this year. One story will be in a relationship book, and the other will be an essay in a Chicken Soup For The Soul book. I'll update you further as publishing dates approach.

Another fantastic Spring change is that my son has graduated from community school. It has been a four year challenge but he has done beyond fantastic with his grades, having been on the Dean's list the majority of the time. Being autistic his social awareness is still stunted, with him preferring to remain in his room, saying, "I'm busy!" It hurts at times to see that he hasn't managed to make new friends with his peers during the past four years, but I have to accept that he has met another goal, by obtaining an electronics degree. The next challenge will be attempting to get him into the work field, gainfully and happily employed.

So this is my Spring update for now. Enjoy the Spring weather, and the rain...

This is Neal Boyd, the winner of, "America's Got Talent 2008." My daughter gifted me with birthday tickets to see IL Divo, and Neal was a special guest attending the concert. Neal's story had me in tears as I watched him compete every week and stand on stage accepting the applause from the audience when he won. He followed his dream of being an operatic singer even though he was made fun of in school, and always honored his mother's love and support. When I met him I could feel his genuine appreciation for his musical gift. His beaming smile and friendly manner exhibited his understanding of sharing the rewards of being a rising star. I hope he always remains down to earth and warm hearted.

IL Divo and the power of their blended voices sent me soaring to the stars. They're four elegant men with unique backgrounds who were placed together in 2004 by Simon Cowell and found their way to produce one classic musical instrument. They followed their dreams and easily embraced the audience with their musical gifts.

Celebrating another birthday only makes me continue to have an intense desire to keep following my star, and I'll continue to embrace my love of music. Though I'll probably never sing on stage again, I'll always include music in my life, in my writing, and continue to sing and hum daily for my own pleasure. I'll continue to admire the true musical genuis of individuals who let their voices shine. The feeling I experience hearing these individuals free me from my physical earthly bounds. Music will always be an important part of my life. Music and romance are my dreams and I'll keep follwing my star.