Still Working

And still stressy. So much stuff to do: work, write, prep for agent/editor meets, work some more, fulfill BDG orders, visit friends, work even more, go to Greece, and then work to pay for that trip. There's always so much to do before vacation and then all this work is hitting the week before. Aaaahhhh!!!

But it's all good stuff. Really. I'm just feeling crabby because I'm tired. And I always spazz before a trip. It's a given.

I went to a silent auction this weekend. And my very supportive husband was talking to a man at the event about how I write paranormal romance. The man got very excited and told us how he loves paranormal romance and reads them on the Metro going to work. Of course, he hides up the covers because he doesn't want people to judge him (a fact that sort of frustrated me), but at least he admitted it to strangers and with such animation. We talked for awhile about these books and then he asked me something I found interesting:

"Why do all the heroines feel guilty about being with the men in the paranormal romances?"

I'm sure there's usually more to it than feeling guilty about being with the men. Issues that happened in their past. Or circumstances that keep them apart. But usually by the end of the story, they overcome their problems and give into the relationship. I don't know, but I thought it was interesting and while I read my next paranormal I'll be considering his question and see if it holds true.

What do you think? Is it just paranormals or a lot of other genres as well?