tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post8765058488777068006..comments2023-04-11T11:48:11.863-05:00Comments on Harlequin American Romance Authors: Unrequited LoveLee McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388019900085158731noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-33839840931316472502008-08-26T10:47:00.000-05:002008-08-26T10:47:00.000-05:00LOL, Jodie! I'm not sure how relaxed I was on the ...LOL, Jodie! I'm not sure how relaxed I was on the train. Exhausted might be a more apt descritption - national conferences always do that to me!Lee McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388019900085158731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-72007468109454914402008-08-26T10:44:00.000-05:002008-08-26T10:44:00.000-05:00Joye, that's a good point. The story possibilities...Joye, that's a good point. The story possibilities are endless, aren't they?Lee McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388019900085158731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-11186673113617957332008-08-25T17:39:00.000-05:002008-08-25T17:39:00.000-05:00Wow Lee, - the ride on the train must have made yo...Wow Lee, - the ride on the train must have made you appear so relaxed and approachable that he felt he could tell you his tender story.<BR/>As another writer mentioned - what if the woman wasn't happy in her marriage and after they met, she too went home wondering about journeys not taken.<BR/>Such a wonderful tale.<BR/><BR/>JodieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-58888508852321106632008-08-25T10:45:00.000-05:002008-08-25T10:45:00.000-05:00Might be intereting to make a story of her having ...Might be intereting to make a story of her having feelings for him too. And somehow they get together<BR/>JOYEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-33441177821371736062008-08-25T09:36:00.000-05:002008-08-25T09:36:00.000-05:00Thanks, Cathy. I'm in very good company!Thanks, Cathy. I'm in very good company!Lee McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388019900085158731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-84245378449261798522008-08-25T09:34:00.000-05:002008-08-25T09:34:00.000-05:00I've been thinking the same thing, Shelley! Great ...I've been thinking the same thing, Shelley! Great minds ;)Lee McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388019900085158731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-62258743972970877312008-08-25T00:40:00.000-05:002008-08-25T00:40:00.000-05:00Lee, You are a true romantic :-)Cathy McLee, <BR/><BR/>You are a true romantic :-)<BR/><BR/>Cathy McCathy McDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747745387747947227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-36877838733822538892008-08-24T15:24:00.000-05:002008-08-24T15:24:00.000-05:00Oh Lee,Thanks for giving us the perfect story to s...Oh Lee,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for giving us the perfect story to sit and sigh about! Oh, that poor man.<BR/><BR/>I definitely would be rewriting that history! He needs a happy ending, if only in a book.<BR/><BR/>ShelleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-83123791864908808482008-08-24T15:10:00.000-05:002008-08-24T15:10:00.000-05:00Good point, Trish. Now that you mention it, I've r...Good point, Trish. Now that you mention it, I've read lots of YAs with that theme. It makes for great conflict, especially since the real hero is usually right there, waiting to be noticed.Lee McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388019900085158731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-80964247191671782932008-08-24T15:06:00.000-05:002008-08-24T15:06:00.000-05:00Great idea, Rachel. Maybe he will inspire a charac...Great idea, Rachel. Maybe he <EM>will</EM> inspire a character in a future story ;)Lee McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388019900085158731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-84983840865358932192008-08-24T12:57:00.000-05:002008-08-24T12:57:00.000-05:00What a sad story. Unrequited love is always so pai...What a sad story. Unrequited love is always so painful. That theme is used a lot in YA novels, but usually the person pining away for someone who doesn't like them back often figures out that's not the person they're supposed to be with anyway. So all works out in the end. :)Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-52295958642549085402008-08-24T12:06:00.000-05:002008-08-24T12:06:00.000-05:00You called him honorable and heroic – and that's s...You called him honorable and heroic – and that's so true.<BR/>Leaving the party without confessing to his friend or his friend's sister must have been very hard – and so much the right thing to do!<BR/>As much as he might regret his lost love, he can't regret doing the right thing.<BR/><BR/>That's a hero, and a heroic character. Maybe we'll see him in some other guise in one of your books in a couple of years, Lee!<BR/><BR/>RachelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-69284816579045699862008-08-24T11:57:00.000-05:002008-08-24T11:57:00.000-05:00Ellen, you're quite right. Things often end badly ...Ellen, you're quite right. Things often end badly for at least one member of the proverbial love triangle.<BR/><BR/>Romance authors usually get around that problem by turning one of the people into an unsympathetic character ;)Lee McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388019900085158731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-11464845499088173942008-08-24T11:48:00.000-05:002008-08-24T11:48:00.000-05:00Shereen wrote:The possibility that never manifeste...<EM>Shereen wrote:<BR/>The possibility that never manifested, the road not taken, a choice we didn't see at that particular moment.</EM><BR/><BR/>Beautifully stated, Shereen! Thank you!Lee McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388019900085158731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-84799552331080522462008-08-24T11:46:00.000-05:002008-08-24T11:46:00.000-05:00Sheryll, at the time I met him, he was single, but...Sheryll, at the time I met him, he was single, but I believe he had been married and divorced.<BR/><BR/>I hadn't thought of it as a story that makes me grateful for what I have, but now that you've mentioned it, it does.Lee McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388019900085158731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-55155247274367980532008-08-24T11:13:00.000-05:002008-08-24T11:13:00.000-05:00That would be a hard one to have a happy ending be...That would be a hard one to have a happy ending because the girl, her husband and the guy could not all have a happy ending. Or at least in a non-writers mind I don't see how.EllenToohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114930219445131840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-67832034155081731102008-08-24T10:40:00.000-05:002008-08-24T10:40:00.000-05:00Nice story, Lee,It could make for a very happy end...Nice story, Lee,<BR/><BR/>It could make for a very happy ending, and that's the best part of fiction, having leeway to give new twists to real life events. <BR/><BR/>The possibility that never manifested, the road not taken, a choice we didn't see at that particular moment.<BR/><BR/>That's why they say hindsight is 20-20. <BR/><BR/>I think we could also say fiction is 20-20.<BR/><BR/><BR/>ShereenShereen Vedamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14867040013088485852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-7096192660884519852008-08-24T09:57:00.000-05:002008-08-24T09:57:00.000-05:00That story does tug at your heart, doesn't it? So ...That story does tug at your heart, doesn't it? So this man never married, never had his own family? That's very sad.<BR/><BR/>Makes me grateful for what I have.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing that, Lee.<BR/><BR/>SheryllAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com