Ruby Sparks - Review

Ok, so now I've watched Ruby Sparks. Loved it. Here's why.

Ruby Sparks is the truest love story since the movie Love Story. Although based on an event that can't be real (write about a book character and see her come to life), the actual relationship (between Ruby Sparks, the book character, and Calvin Weir-Fields, the novelist who created her) is the most authentic cinematic portrayal yet.

What the movie is actually about is control and the balance of power in a relationship. What I got out of it, though, is this: even your dream girl will get on your nerves, even your dream girl will want to go out without you from time to time, even your dream girl will stop loving you if you don't treat her right.

There. How's that for romance?
As good as it gets.

Ruby Sparks

I'm looking forward to watching Ruby Sparks on DVD tonight. An ultimate love story or an ultimate writer's fantasy?

Famous first lines

What famous first lines do you remember? Here are some of my favourites:

• Sophie Dempsey didn't like Temptation even before the Garveys smashed into her '86 Civic, broke her sister's sunglasses, and confirmed all her worst suspicions about people from small towns who drove beige Cadillacs. ~ Welcome to Temptation, Jennifer Crusie

• My desert island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups, in chronological order: ~ High Fidelity, Nick Hornby

• The moment Tanya Redford spotted the caramel-skinned hunk in the hotel foyer she knew two things: that the guy was a con artist and that she was in trouble – big time. ~ Fiji On Fire Fiji On Ice, Eve Summers

Easter Romance Books

What does Red Rose Publishing have in store for you in the line of Easter and love? Find out....

How To Write Sex Well

Check out the How To Write Sex Well, by Eve Summers.

This book is meant for writers. Erotica writers, romance writers, writers who are considering spicing up their thriller or literary work with a bedroom scene. It’s not a comprehensive how-to book and it won’t give you a ready step-by-step recipe. Rather, it’s a handful of rules and reflections on the topic of writing sex, and doing a good job of it.

Bones and Booth

Spoiler: I know Bones and Booth end up living together, but I'm about halfway through Season 6 and it's a slog to watch. He's with Hannah, Bones cracks silly jokes and the cases are pedestrian at best. Trouble is, I really like Hannah, even if I find her friendship with Bones a bit of a stretch. So on the one hand, I don't want them to break up, but on the other, I can't wait for the story arc to reach a more satisfying point.

In many ways, I still find Series 1 the best. I loved Zack and Dr Goodman.

Romance And Marriage

... and they lived happily ever after.

Or did they? Did Cinderella's love for the Prince survive his mood swings, his long jorneys around the kingdom, the difference in their background? Did the Prince love her through PMS and adore her post-pregnancy belly?

How do you keep romance alive in marriage? Here are a few suggestions from friends:

• kiss every day
• say "I love you"
• dye the grey out (women) and shave off that stubble (men)
• respect one another
• treat them with the same politeness you'd offer your boss or client
• date night
• no, make every night as special as a date night, even if you're staying home....

• ???