tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post625074686364231854..comments2023-09-21T10:10:35.038-05:00Comments on Happily Ever After: DO WE BELIEVE IN HAPPY EVER AFTERS?HEA Authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14246224660274693221noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-1972768730667971872010-05-24T22:47:14.610-05:002010-05-24T22:47:14.610-05:00Linda, totally agree, like all relationships if th...Linda, totally agree, like all relationships if they are to survive whatever life throws at them, our characters too have to work for it.<br /><br />JaneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062322527055572465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-23333758888254452742010-05-24T20:18:49.199-05:002010-05-24T20:18:49.199-05:00I love HEA's. Real life is so anti-HEA, I like...I love HEA's. Real life is so anti-HEA, I like romances because I know I will get one there.<br /><br />I read somewhere that the H/H have to earn their HEA in a romance. If they've suffered and worked, I want to see them happy at the end. But happy at the end does not necessarily mean fame and riches and everything going right for the rest of their lives. It means they walk into the Linda Banchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18143074276306710646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-90112444336303067572010-05-22T15:07:40.579-05:002010-05-22T15:07:40.579-05:00Doing whatever it takes. That's the ultimate ...Doing whatever it takes. That's the ultimate test isn't it Savannah<br /><br />janeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062322527055572465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-4960048110241863422010-05-22T15:06:53.058-05:002010-05-22T15:06:53.058-05:00Hey Anitra
I really love that moment of realisatio...Hey Anitra<br />I really love that moment of realisation. JaneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062322527055572465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-17514606039721296472010-05-22T15:06:21.867-05:002010-05-22T15:06:21.867-05:00Hi Celia, yes, reality can bite hard into the fant...Hi Celia, yes, reality can bite hard into the fantasy of a HEA. But that's where we take our flawed characters and make them hurt for a bit, give them something to sort out so it makes the romance really worth the angst.<br />JaneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062322527055572465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-43908900491626149302010-05-22T15:05:17.101-05:002010-05-22T15:05:17.101-05:00Maria, yes relationships are real with all the ups...Maria, yes relationships are real with all the ups and downs, but hey i'm a romantic, i met my hubby on a blind date and we married 11 months later and this year we celebrate our 27th wedding anniversary!<br />So go figure i write romance!<br />JaneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062322527055572465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-83025929531998701092010-05-22T15:02:52.982-05:002010-05-22T15:02:52.982-05:00Great explanation Robin. Love has to be 100%
Jan...Great explanation Robin. Love has to be 100%<br /><br />JaneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062322527055572465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-30107622359871336602010-05-22T15:01:53.583-05:002010-05-22T15:01:53.583-05:00Lindsay... me too, i'm a sucker for a happy en...Lindsay... me too, i'm a sucker for a happy ending. In Desperately Seeking Santa, my hero had to teach the heroine to like Christmas all over again and it was so quirky and sweet.<br />JaneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062322527055572465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-10603875350487921332010-05-22T14:39:12.836-05:002010-05-22T14:39:12.836-05:00Robin, you expressed yourself beautifully. Thanks ...Robin, you expressed yourself beautifully. Thanks for sharing.Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-63332283397407121372010-05-22T14:38:04.223-05:002010-05-22T14:38:04.223-05:00Jane, lovely insightful blog. I certainly couldn&#...Jane, lovely insightful blog. I certainly couldn't have said it better. Kudos.<br /><br />I think for my heroines and heroes, its often more about commitment to the mate of their choice, that deep well of knowing and believing that she/he is the one, and then doing whatever it takes to make the relationship come about, to let the love happen.<br /><br />For me, it's also about joining Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-47348610741086353562010-05-22T14:19:27.006-05:002010-05-22T14:19:27.006-05:00I am a big believer in the HEA! I want to see cha...I am a big believer in the HEA! I want to see characters grow and strive for that moment when they realize they are meant to be together. :)Anitra Lynn McLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797697362449591887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-72050834205036576492010-05-22T13:18:26.311-05:002010-05-22T13:18:26.311-05:00JANE- most HEA fairy tales end with the H/H in gor...JANE- most HEA fairy tales end with the H/H in gorgeous clothes in a beautiful setting--much like a wedding. In a book, that might be the ending, or at least it's intimated. Everyone clean, spruced up, smiling, laughing, thrilled.<br />But then we take off the beautiful trappings and we have laundry, dirty diapers, a screaming toddler, no time for a cup of tea, and an argument or two, then weAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-83270898229936804382010-05-22T11:04:43.987-05:002010-05-22T11:04:43.987-05:00I love to see the HEA in any romance because it re...I love to see the HEA in any romance because it re-affirms for me that having a relationship is worth going thru the aggravation and disappointments that every day gives us. I'm also glad that romance writers give their hero and heroine something to solve and get thru because it makes the story so much more believable.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610197634075184793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-57288968680407091922010-05-22T08:46:28.643-05:002010-05-22T08:46:28.643-05:00I'm not an author of books. I have written po...I'm not an author of books. I have written poetry. But I believe in a HEA in real life as well as in the books I so love to read. HEA happens when two people can commit totally to one another. Their emotions, feelings and the bond of love between them. Just because we have arguments or disagree or even have different feelings toward the same issues doesn't mean we are unhappy with ladybirdrobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235233171125569719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265233912912703190.post-51340166586538074132010-05-22T05:27:16.010-05:002010-05-22T05:27:16.010-05:00I agree so much, Jane. Hope is vital, sometimes it...I agree so much, Jane. Hope is vital, sometimes it's the one thing that keeps us going.<br />And I love a HEA!<br />Interesting blog - and a glorious cover!<br />Thanks for sharing.Lindsay Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11513558547686982857noreply@blogger.com