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Husband Wanted

Blogger M has launched a blog plea for help.  She wants to be married and not because she can’t handle a drill or open her own doors or that she is afraid of being independent.  It sounds like she wants someone to share her life with her.  Isn’t the what romances are about?  The best ones, in my opinion, are two adults who want to share their life with someone else, not because their lives are empty without another.

Her description of what she wants (and isn’t that hard to articulate) is really wonderful:
I no longer want someone just to be there; I want someone to lead when I start to forget where I’m going and to make me laugh when I’m taking life too seriously. I want someone who isn’t afraid to tell the truth, even if it makes me cry. I want someone who can admit when he’s wrong so that he and we will always be able to grow. I want someone to sit in the dark with- no words necessary. I want someone who isn’t afraid to drop everything and go anywhere. I want someone who will not settle for mediocre, for almost, for halfway. I …

REVIEW: Eight Minutes by Rebecca Ruger

Dear Ms Ruger,

ruger-eminutes.jpg Your short story sounded fun so I took the plunge (after all it was a very short story so I woudn’t have been wasting much time if it had turned out to be a stinker). This is a fun, fast story with good characterization for such a short piece.

Lynn is a divorcee trying to get back into the dating world via an evening of speed dating. After meeting a few “maybes” and a lot of “absolutely no ways,” she’s about to wrap up the night when the man who had made eye contact with her at the beginning finally introduces himself. Thomas might just turn out to be the man Lynn’s been waiting all night to meet.

I liked how we know something about hero’s personality before we even meet him. And how you quickly put us into Lynn’s first person POV shoes. I also appreciated how you conveyed Lynn’s dismay over some of her “dates” without making her seem cynical, bitter or mean.

I ended up enjoying this one enough to wish it was longer and to look for further books you’ve written. B …