What We Want

When do we want it?

Now!

We meaning me, naturally.

I recently read Heidi Regan's book How to Slay Dragons & Influence Peasants, and it is the sort of book that gets a person thinking. I am not sure if I am getting the hang of life lessons yet, but after enough tries I am sure I will get there. Or I will get nowhere. Or both.

I will start with a quick review of the book. First, and most importantly, it is charming and quirky. I love the way that Heidi Regan tells a story. If you are the sort of person who wants to sit down, read a book, and feel better at the end of it, then this is the book you should read. However, if you prefer a book that makes you feel smart, actually, this book would do the trick. If you want to look stupid smart, you could buy it, put it on your coffee table, then invite over your fanciest book club friends (the ones that bring food), and discuss the book's intricacies and metaphors in life before getting down to the gossip everyone really wants to talk about.

Long story short, get the book, read the book, and then we can talk about what our favorite part was before we gossip.

Now, back to me.

I have been working on editing The Man Whose Favorite Color Was a Hat, and am thinking about love and relationships and what we actually want.

I adore a good love story, but I have a major complaint about them. In real life, love doesn't seem to conquer all. Love is great for the proposal, the engagement, and the vows. However, where is love when it comes to chores, children, and unspoken resentments?

We want love, but that must not be all that we are looking for.

Love is an ingredient.

If I were to think about it, in a partnership with another person, I would want a billion things.

Let's make a list:

• Love, kind of a good start

• Someone who works well with me

• Takes decent care of themselves (clean, eats decently healthy, exercises, reduces stress, etc.)

• Has their own hobbies

• I have my own hobbies

• We have hobbies together

• Growth mindset

• Not jealous, but also not aloof

• Doesn't have a huge beard (pleh, and they poke)

• Likes to joke around but knows where the line is

• Physically affectionate but also not

• No guilt trips

• Has goals

• Supportive financially (I know that sounds terrible)

That is not a billion. I am sure I could come up with more, but then I would be getting picky. I imagine that most women are looking for another human who fits this general list.

Also, I change, and other people change. I imagine that sometimes people change away from each other as time goes on.

I understand that this post is a ramble.

I genuinely love these characters who are falling in love in this novel, and I really want the best for them once the story is all said and done, which is why I want to know the ingredients. Not the ingredients that make people stay together, but the ingredients that make it so they want to, so their love can grow.

Also, if I survive this editing process, I do promise that there is more to Seven Sisters to come.

Until next time to my three devoted fans.

Thea Dawn