http://romance.hopcott.net Romance free online short stories, fiction, novels and Novellas interesting facts and opinion from Rob Hopcott Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:18:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://romance.hopcott.net/2007/12/romantic-flash-fiction-by-rob-hopcott/ 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 http://romance.hopcott.net/2007/10/ideal-romance-between-fellow-musicians/ 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 ... http://romance.hopcott.net/2007/05/abseiling-romance-story-who-thought-abseiling-short-stories-could-be-romantic/ 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) ... http://romance.hopcott.net/2007/04/romance-writing-and-sexing-of-authors/ 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 ... http://romance.hopcott.net/2007/03/regency-romance-historical-fiction-and-christmas-short-stories/ Well, I've been wanting to add fiction podcasts of all my online short stories, online novels and novellas for quite some time and, at long last, the first podcast short story is now online. I will add more as fast as I can sort out all the surrounding issues (like bandwidth ... http://romance.hopcott.net/2007/01/first-fiction-podcast-three-christmas-lovers-a-short-story-romance-from-rob-hopcott/ Forgotten Flame by Rob Hopcott is a long romantic free online romance fiction story about temptation and cheating. Alice is an ordinary housewife who receives an email from a forgotten lover from the past. With her heart pounding, she discovers that just looking at the attached photograph makes her feel she’s ... http://romance.hopcott.net/2006/12/forgotten-flame-a-romantic-free-online-long-romance-fiction-story-about-temptation-and-cheating/ Memories of old childhood landscapes beckon Jay Macintosh towards a world more welcoming than the present, and to which he wants to return. Read Rob’s review of Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris which is about a really sensuous read and (for friends or family that like a good literary read) a ... http://romance.hopcott.net/2006/12/a-recommended-romantic-read-blackeberry-wine-by-joanne-harris/ 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 ... http://romance.hopcott.net/2006/12/three-christmas-lovers-a-christmas-short-story-romance-from-rob-hopcott/ Golden age for Writers and Marketing Writing Online is about writing on the Internet in this day and age. Arguably, advances in search engine algorithms have created a virtuous circle for authors of romance and all other writing. The article suggests that the systems now allow writers to concentrate on creativity ... http://romance.hopcott.net/2006/11/golden-age-for-romance-writing/