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Hi, my name is Crys-not really here . I am your editor for the Love/Romance Newsletter this week. I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone at WDC a happy and healthy holiday season. Here's to 2014! |
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Show a Little Love this Holiday Season
This time of year, we are all so busy shopping for gifts, wrapping them, baking, cooking, and decorating our homes, that we may forget why we are doing it all. I currently work retail, and the days leading up to Christmas have really shown me the disgusting side of humans. While we are Christmas shopping, we're also fighting over merchandise, arguing about prices, and going into debt, all to the soundtrack of perky Christmas carols. It makes me wonder if all of that stress is worth it to show someone that we care about them. Aren't there simpler ways to show them?
A lot of people don't send Christmas cards anymore, but I think they can be one of the simplest and most personal ways of reaching out to those we don't see very often. Even ecards show that you care about someone, even if there are miles between you. Phone calls are even better, because the person on the other end can hear the genuine care in your voice.
Why should you reach out this time of year? For a lot of us, there are relatives that we may not talk to anymore due to misunderstandings or family feuds. There are probably an equal number of us who suffer from depression or feel as if we have no place to go for the holidays. I know I myself am guilty of not always telling my family that I love or appreciate them enough, but at Christmastime I make it a point to tell them. With the new year coming, it's always the perfect time to make amends and start relationships anew.
The holiday season is the best time of the year to let our friends and family know we love them and are thinking about them. Why not take some time out of the hustle and bustle of your life and call, email or send a card to a friend or relative? |
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I know I'm late to the party in responding to this one. As someone with parents of two races who have been married for over 30 years, I grew up thinking that there wasn't anything wrong with it. Combine that with the fact that everyone in my dad's family married someone of a different race, and it actually took me a while to realize this was considered controversial. My parents did tell stories of when they dating and traveled to the more rural areas of peninsular Florida and got some harsh looks for the locals but were left alone when on the coast.
Speaking of which, if interracial romance does go mainstream, it would be interesting to see what authors use for setting (both time and place). While interracial relationships are seen as generally acceptable in some parts of the country (the Northeast US, possibly California and increasingly Florida), it's also very unusual for other parts of the country, such as a bulk of the state of Minnesota. (The Twin Cities metro area is kind of an anomaly because it's become much more diverse in terms of race over the last 15 years or so.) I think setting would be an important consideration in an interracial romance, as it can shape so many other aspects from character development to finding the most effective point of view. -Elisa the Bunny Stik 
Very interesting. This is something I have never considered. (Maybe because I live in the Northeast US, and I have honestly never faced discrimination based on my relationship?)You've given this topic a whole new layer for me as a writer. Thanks for bringing it up!
Personally, I always thought "opposites attract" applied to personalities because it fulfills our need for balance in our lives, or it gives us something new and exciting. Like you, the physical has just never really been on my radar. -Pepper
Thank you for every word. You are right on so many levels. Keep the message going!  And, thanks for including one of my Lesbian Romance stories. I'm glad you see that more LGBT stories need to be written. I am now putting four Lesbians Rock volumes of 50,000 each on Createspace. My first. The bookproofs will be in my hands this week for final proofing. I'll have ten such volumes and two Novels about Women Falling In Love...then one about Gay Men Romance....not opposites but not relationships the larger population approve. I agree, we need more such stories. -ANN Counselor, Lesbian & Happy 
I personally really like interracial couples. I spent much of my youth in a primarily Amish community and then towards my adolescent years my family moved to a more culturally diverse area, but I never considered people different for how they looked or dressed or what their religions dictated. In fact I surround myself with people from different cultures. To be quite honest I have always loved routing for the couples who go against their parents old fashioned beliefs by dating outside of their "circle". In fact it was my friends who have had their parents turn their backs on them for their interracial relationships that has inspired a new story I am working on and hope to soon be able to put on here. But then I always did like the complexity of these kind of relationships, which only grew when I hit my romance writing stage (and never left) and rewatched Pocahontas again for inspiration. -Alicia Ranea
Interracial relationships still have a "forbidden fruit" element (like May to December, feuding families, rich--poor, and culture clash relationships). That gives them a little extra spice in literature, and has ever since Biblical times. Just look at Samson and Delilah. It works best when the relationship is almost, but not quite, taboo. -Doug Rainbow
Maybe historically that has been true, but I actually find the "forbidden fruit" idea to be terribly outdated-- and perhaps even a tad offense-- when referring to interracial relationships.
I think the "opposites attract" theory has a degree of truth – people see values in someone else that they don't have themselves, and easily recognize and admire it. At the same time, you must have similar interests and opinions as the foundation for a strong relationship.
"Interracial" relationships aren't different to any other relationships except that individuals from different cultures and backgrounds may find it more difficult to find those similar interests and opinions. Countries tend to have different characteristics, as well, which can make it harder for people to get on with each other.
All power to those who find friendship/love in someone from a different country or culture. Like you say, physical differences don't exist when it comes to love. -Fi
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