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There is something so incredibly romantic about our first loves. We remember them for the rest of our lives.
Couple young love with the romance of camp fires, tents and camping and you have the sure fire recipe for romantic memories.
Of course, remembering camping can be a lot more romantic than actually sleeping under canvas as the storm threatens to blow down the tent.
But, hey! Memories are memories…
Checkout this romantic flash fiction and enjoy.
Bye for now
Rob
Is the ideal romance between people who share a passion for something creative such as playing a musical instrument?
I’d always thought, if you are musical and find somebody else who is musical, everything would be plain sailing … Not necessarily true according to this story about musicians as lovers
Here’s an abseiling romantic story.
It proves that romance stories can be found in the strangest of places 
I have to confess that this short story started off as an abseiling short story but somehow it developed with a mind of it’s own into a romance short story.
I hope you enjoy ‘Hanging out together‘ an abseiling romance story by Rob Hopcott.
Bye for now
Rob
(Rob Hopcott – online writer and lover of romantic stories)
Could a man ever write something truly romantic? Would the (female?) reader be able to detect whether it was written by a man?
If male writers and female writers bring different mindsets to a piece of writing, can they ever truly put themselves in the shoes (high heeled or work boots) of characters of the opposite sex?
And what about the readers? Perhaps what is written might be interpreted entirely differently, even almost as if it was a different piece of writing, because of the male or female mindset of the person reading it?
What do you think?
I have such admiration for people who write historical fiction and especially Regency Romance. Not only do authors of these short stories and novels have to get to grips with the historical realities of life in those times but they also have to think themselves into the minds of people who lived without computers, motor cars and worldwide communications.
So I was interested to read Laura Vivanco’s Teach Me Tonight, Musings on Romance Fiction from an Academic Perspective article about Regency Romance which gives a nice trawl around the subject.
I was particularly delighted to see a link through to Jo Beverley’s excellent short story The Christmas Wedding Gambit. I’ve been putting Christmas stories online for years because I see it as a better way of wishing a merry Christmas to my friends than sending Xmas cards which in my humble opinion are so commercialized these days. (Of course Jo Beverley may also send cards as well as penning her Christmas story. I’ve no knowledge about that.)
Perhaps I’ll try a Regency Romance next Christmas for my Christmas short story. So far, in my writing, I’ve just tended to set stories in modern times, sometimes with historical themes or flavours like old rural inns which are one of my favorite settings.
But here’s another slightly scary thought … I’ve heard passion can run high in these Regency Romances!
Maybe in a quiet moment
Bye for now
Rob
(Rob Hopcott – online author … and already all steamed up … )
Every year, I write a short story for Christmas. I much prefer to do this for my friends and everybody I know than to send them Christmas cards.My Christmas short story for 2006 is called ‘Three Christmas Lovers‘. I hope you enjoy it and have a very romantic Christmas and a loving New Year.
Bye for now
Rob
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