By Stephanie Queen
If I’m leading the glamorous life of a romance writer, then
what is glamour anyway? It’s every gal’s dream come true, isn’t it? For
instance, at a book-signing, having every Fabio-like guy in the room standing
in line for an autograph… or a photograph with you. There’s something about the
flash of a camera in a buzzing crowd-filled room that screams out “GLAMOUR!”
(at least that’s what I thought I heard).
Don’t look now, but in this photo taken at my recent
book-signing, this random fan (I use the term *fan* loosely—but he was definitely
random) topped the male portion of the audience. Not exactly Fabio-like (so who really likes Fabio anyhow? He’s so 80s
cliché.) but we weren’t exactly in Hollywood. (We were at an undisclosed
location which I can’t disclose due to my super-notoriety and wanting to
maintain some privacy—the downside to the glamorous life.) (yeah, right.
Boo-hoo.)
Back to figuring
out what glamorous means. According to Webster, glamorous means : full of glamour (no kidding): excitingly
attractive, such as a glamorous life. As if Merriam knew. Had they even
invented cameras in his day?
Favorite Synonym: romantic. Yes, even Merriam is enticed by the
connotations of romance. Although I’ll bet he never wrote a romance novel.
Outlandish was my second favorite synonym. I can testify to outlandish. I’ve
been to a romance writers convention.
Least Favorite Synonym:
Bizarro. Hmmm.
Favorite Antonym: plain Jane, closely followed by the uncreative antonym,
unromantic.
And my favorite unrelated feature in Websters: “Rhymes
With” GLAMOROUS: amorous and clamorous. They definitely go
with the glamorous territory. I could write a poem (but don’t worry, I won’t)
(see bizarro).
So in summary, the answer to the
question “Isn’t this glamorous?” is of course it is! If my life as a romance
writer wasn’t excitingly attractive, why else would I do it? Isn’t glamour
everything? Plain Jane is out. Bizarro? Well that’s another story for another
day.
What do you picture as
the ultimate glamorous moment of a romance writer’s life?
We'll give a copy of The Throwbacks to one commenter today. Here's the scoop on the book:
To
salvage his career, exiled Scotland Yard "Flying Squad"
detective, the not-so-young David Young, joins the Boston Police
Department. But this
rogue detective can’t resist an unlikely romance with his young and vivacious
decorator, Grace Rogers, even when she becomes a key witness in his high-stakes
case—and like Kryptonite to his career and well-being.
Stephanie
Queen writes romance novels while running from the
paparazzi who constantly haunt her excitingly attractive life. Her most recent
release is The Throwbacks, the first in the Scotland Yard Exchange
Program series of romantic comedy suspense novels. Visit her at
www.StephanieQueen.com for all the latest in her glamorous romance-writing
life.
