We had the pleasure of spending day two with Mrs. Condit & Friends. Becky had already posted a lot about the series previously so the actual blog post was posted on a separate day as a guest post but you can follow the link from here to day two as well as the guest post for the second set of comments.
Romance is a tough genre to write. You need to follow certain rules that define what a romance is aside from making sure the characters have internal and external goals, conflicts, and motivations. In life, we come across all those and we hope to make the right choices and follow our hearts and consciences to make our goal in life become a reality.
Sometimes, the path to love is an easy one. You meet someone early in life who is a perfect match and you entwine your lives together without a hitch. And sometimes, we take the bumpy roads that twist around mountains of obstacles, run up and down hills of conflict, and, at times, we even take a wrong turn in the middle before we can get to our final destination.
COUNTERMEASURE has bumpy roads. Those who read it would agree that our hero and heroine make poor decisions, choose wrong. That's life. Not everybody is lucky enough to find a soulmate right off the bat. We make mistakes, sometimes big ones, but those mistakes forge who we are today. They give us the basis for comparison, raise or lower the bar and, eventually, help us in the choices we make in the future.
Whether we choose right or wrong, it's a learning experience. An important part of life is sticking your neck out there and taking the risks you need to take to achieve your goal, to reach the end of that road. The bumps and wrong turns only make for a more interesting trip. Enjoy it while you are on it.
Sláinte!
Chris
