A few years ago, I toured a fancy hotel with
colleagues from my day job in tourism marketing. Maybe 30 of us filed into a
luxury suite, eager to hear about the high-end linens and room service
offerings.
I made a beeline for the bed, gripped the edge
of the headboard, and gave it a discreet shake.
I thought it was discreet.
At the rhythmic “thud thud thud,” all eyes
swiveled to me.
“Uh, isn’t that the first thing you do when you
check into a hotel room?” I asked feebly. “Make sure the headboard doesn’t bang
the wall?”
Apparently not.
My colleagues love reminding me of this
incident, as well as the time I attended a formal luncheon where I spit gristle
into my napkin, accidentally dropped it into the purse of the woman seated
beside me, and got busted trying to retrieve it.
Or the time I arrived at a black-tie charity
event and jokingly asked to be seated on a famous actor’s lap—only to learn I
was talking to his niece.
You get the idea.
I’m not sure if I’m a magnet for absurdity, or
if I bring it on myself. Probably the latter, but let’s not judge.
The end result is that when readers ask me,
“Why do you write romantic comedy?” I can point to these examples and say,
“Have you seen my life?”
In other words—quite literally—I live to amuse
you.
Er, you’re welcome?
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Tawna Fenske is a RITA Award finalist, USA
Today bestselling author of sexy romantic comedies. Her new release, Snowbound Squeeze, is a standalone
novella that’s part of her popular Ponderosa Resort series. Tawna lives in
Bend, Oregon with her husband, step-kids, and a menagerie of ill-behaved pets.
3 comments:
Thanks for joining us this weekend, Tawna. You do seem to have moments in your life that can translate into fun scenes in a story.
It's good you have a sense of humor to go with your funny anecdotes. I bet your books are a riot! :-)
Oh my goodness, I can picture each one of those anecdotes as a scene in a book - cringeworthy and humorous! You're lucky (?) to live a life that's so inspirational.
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