But don't get me wrong, there's nothing funny about
love! It's serious business. It's not always easy to love, and sometimes it's
too easy to love the wrong stuff. (Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Gelato, anyone?) Ah,
love... so many different kinds of it.
I write books about romantic love. Every romance writer
knows that the quickest way to put readers to sleep is to be skimpy on
conflict. The path to true love simply must be paved with all sorts of
difficult things for our characters to get over. 
In
my upcoming THE EARL'S PASSIONATE PLOT, Lord Dovington is trying to evict a
very unwilling young lady who is not about to go down without a fight. 
Lord Woodleigh is having more trouble than expected finding a husband for Miss Canton in THE EARL'S INTIMATE ERROR. He never dreamed he might want her for himself, especially since he's already arranged to marry someone else.
Oh, the drama! Life is full of it; sometimes it
feels like too much. But that's why love is so very important. Love keeps us
going. Even in our darkest days and greatest conflicts, if we hunt really hard,
we'll find a little bit of love.
Usually, we can find a little bit of Funny, too. The more often
we can put those two together, the better off we'll all be. I try to do that in
my books as well as in my real life. Whether it's love for a puppy, love for a
pizza, or love for the love or your life, I think it's pretty safe to say that
really "Love's funny sometimes!"
