You Might Be a Romance Reader/Writer if. . . .

When you're playing word association games and someone says Greek, you say Tycoon.

Ellen

Your name is Scarlett...Your sister is Melanie, and your brother is Ashley...

You have notepads and pens by every chair in the house.

Or...you have a yellow sticky on the laptop that says WWND. (What would Nora Do?)

You could buy stock in sticky notes to help fund your addiction.

You have multiple colors of sticky notes everywhere. (I use different colors for H/H or certain methods and techniques.)

Your friends and family hesitate before telling you something personal...and not because you're a gossip...for fear of ending up in your book.

...you understand the specific complexities involved in a cross-species love affair.

...you covet a piece of romance art and KNOW who Elaine Duillo is!

I can't help myself this is SO much fun!

Jayne 

I am in love with the book cover wallpaper idea!

Right now I am wondering if I could scan some covers and make a scrapbook page......hmmmmm.....

....if you easedrop on every conversation you hear everywhere just knowing there is a love story in each situation!

....you want your dh to add a library on to your house (even before each child has own bedroom)!!!

....you've ever openly wept in a public place while hiding the cover of the book you're reading!

....you get stuck unexpectedly in a place/situation for an extended amount of time and the first question you ask is "Where is the nearest place to buy a Harlequin?"

. . . if you've ever struck up a random conversation with a fellow customer/employee in a bookstore about paranormal romance.

. . . .you can discuss the complexities inherent in any paranormal romance -- for more than five species. 

You might be a romance reader/writer if:

1.  You laugh out loud, or cry, or fume at the books you're reading and don't care if anyone watches;

2.  You use the napkins at Mickey D's to write notes on;

3.  Talk back to the book you're reading.

Nini :)

1. No shopping trip is complete without a trip to the bookstore.

2. Anytime you're in a bookstore, you find yourself gravitating to the romance section, "just to see if there's anything new . . ." when you've been there yesterday!

3. You think the best present is another romance novel!

4. You agree with Erasmus: "When I get a little money, I buy books. Then I buy food and clothing."

. . . the staff at the bookstore know you by name.

 . . . your Amazon reccomendations list faces a challenge in finding something you haven't already read.

I often stand and look to see what pen name would place my books best!  LOL!  (I'm still struggling with 1000 word challenge entries, but by gosh, I have a good idea where a brand new published author's book should be placed!!!!!)

I have to say "....you've ever openly wept in a public place while hiding the cover of the book you're reading! "  That's hilarious.  And I've done it!!! 

You might be a romance reader/writer when you plan your honeymoon around how many bookstores are available in the area knowing that you can talk your newly wedded hubby into buying you more because it's a special occassion.  (Yup, I did that.)

This one is a favorite that I recycled from a similar post last year...

You refuse to buy a new purse if it won't hold at least one book.

You might be a romance reader/writer if . . .

You start having panic attacks when there is something wrong with the eHarlequin site and you can't get in.

you can tell another customer exactly where to find a certain book in the romance section and give reviews and recommendations in a bookstore and you aren't even employed there

you might be a romance writer\reader if...

6) the people you work with (at a bank, no less) ask how your latest novel is progressing :) .

you can tell another customer exactly where to find a certain book in the romance section and give reviews and recommendations in a bookstore and you aren't even employed there..

I was on vacation in Jersey one summer, meeting a few friends, when we drove past a library and i yelled STOP!!!!  I just happened to notice the sign saying "Book Sale".  I made her find a spot and then we spent the next hour or so looking for books!  It was great.

Nini :)

..You buy a 6 book bundle of out of print books for $5 from E-Bay and spend $20 shipping.... Just because you wanted 2 of the books in the bundle.

 ... You get excited about a book you are looking for only to find out that it is out of print.

I have a you are not.

I have some romance books in my back window. I was going to trade them and changed my mind. I haven't taken them back in the house and this weekend my friend saw them as said - I could never do that (leave her romance books in plain sight).

I said you are not a true romance reader because if you were you would not be ashamed.

You are at a sporting event and you are trying to find in the crowd who you would cast as the H/H from the book  that you are currently reading...

Not to mention that you brought that book plus a spare to the game. 

on  the bus, trying to read, and not let people read over my shoulder, during the juicy scenes.

Hi Sam:  

Here are a few of  my suggestions on how to tell if you are reading too many romances:  

     When,on hearing a person has amnesia, you immediately look for the romantic possibilities .  

     When you spend most of your hour discussing the newest Blaze novel with your divorce lawyer.

    When you reassure a new unwed mother that the father will soon be begging her to marry him…and then advise her to hold out for true love. 

     When, on your wedding night, you tell your new husband, “I’ll be right in after I finish this last chapter”.

  Thanks,

              Vince