tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post1953112398589893583..comments2024-03-27T01:07:03.944-04:00Comments on The Roses of Prose: Love Story vs Romance by Colleen L. DonnellyAlison Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725250883303287946noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-75751808578466457642017-08-01T07:18:23.842-04:002017-08-01T07:18:23.842-04:00Excellent post! I am good with love stories or rom...Excellent post! I am good with love stories or romance. I hadn't really thought about the difference, but your explanation makes sense. Your book sounds wonderful!Alicia Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003539473772776004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-3607633678861602002017-07-26T11:42:43.642-04:002017-07-26T11:42:43.642-04:00Late getting here, sorry, Sounds like you've c...Late getting here, sorry, Sounds like you've crafted an interesting tale. Suffering is indeed part of the human condition, but I too want my HEA in the end; Like Jannine said, too much strife in the real world. HEA helps us cope!!Margo Hoornstrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036077481652050799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-28477348673181039212017-07-25T11:21:33.226-04:002017-07-25T11:21:33.226-04:00Welcome to the Roses of Prose. I'm wishing you...Welcome to the Roses of Prose. I'm wishing you good luck with your book. Romeo and Juliet was a love story and the my least favorite of Shakespeare's plays. I like my HEA's, yet adore Sarah Grimm's fated romance between a cancer victim and a rock star--"Wrecked." Vonnie Davis, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11742153442761437530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-44947856551445512122017-07-25T10:46:24.881-04:002017-07-25T10:46:24.881-04:00I like stories where characters have to work throu...I like stories where characters have to work through the past to find happiness in the present. I'm okay with those past stories not having a happy ending, but I want the present one to end well. There's too much doom and gloom in the real world. Sorry, but I want my HEA!Jannine Gallanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047728297429025804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-88862554158106887022017-07-25T10:28:58.208-04:002017-07-25T10:28:58.208-04:00Sounds like a fascinating book. And thanks for sh...Sounds like a fascinating book. And thanks for sharing some interestoing things to consider.Andrea Downinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553961600937196102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-29760621553189254272017-07-25T10:10:49.353-04:002017-07-25T10:10:49.353-04:00Glad to have you here, Colleen! You raise good po...Glad to have you here, Colleen! You raise good points about needing a spectrum/variety of ways to think about what it means to be human. I was a high school English teacher who often heard student complaints about having to read dark, existential literature. But the discussions we had about those books were worth every dark moment in the novel. I always maintain that authors who write about inhumanity desperately want people to be better...much better. And they usually show us the way if we'll make an effort to conjure the story they wish they could have written.Rolynn Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504770204968969467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-19732420301959736782017-07-25T09:41:26.066-04:002017-07-25T09:41:26.066-04:00Welcome, Colleen! It's great to have you here....Welcome, Colleen! It's great to have you here...great topic. I'm beginning to turn to more of those love stories (as opposed to romance) as I get older. Maybe it's a need to find deeper meaning or a more complex meaning to relationships. Sounds like a great story! Wishing you much success!Leah St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004006100786260893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023937099212820339.post-55735994405302045262017-07-25T09:21:50.434-04:002017-07-25T09:21:50.434-04:00A heart-wrenching story. Best wishes.A heart-wrenching story. Best wishes.Diane Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03754105332297068271noreply@blogger.com