See, now I get to suffer because we can't win our own prizes here! But hey....I think your website is free game. *G*

I think we need happy endings all the time, which is why romance has been around for so long. We all want to believe in love, and that things can end well, for us as individuals and for us as a human race. Sometimes we lose that, and we need to hear about more happy endings to believe in them again.

I was thinking this listening to the President's comments last night. I think he believes in happy endings, and we need to always see them in the world to keep believing they can happen. I also think he believes, as I do, that we have to work for them, not wait for them. Or maybe both. That's why I love hearing writing success stories -- so we can all keep trudging along to our own happy endings, whether it's career, relationship, etc.

So I think that's why I need happy endings -- my own, and hearing about others, because hearing about them helps us believe in them, and when we believe in them, then they can happen.

Sam

i think we all need a happy ending these days. there is so much bad news in the world, hence why i quit watching the news at all. It would leave me so depressed and angry that i couldnt take it anymore.
I live in the world of great books, and the happy ending stays with me through the day, and i appreciate that. i appreciate the good writing, the fact that the people in the books overcome such obstacles to be together, and the fight for the love of their lives. in the real world that happens, but not as much as it should.
so we need happy endings, i know i do to balance out the rest of the world. so to the writers here on cigars, thank you. please keep up the good work!!
happy writing
jody lynn

with my niece about why I love romance. And that whether she knows it or not, she loves romance too. That romance is the thread of nearly every genre of film and books, about the attraction and the possibility of falling in love with the right person.

Happy endings are the hope, I believe, that everything we struggle through will turn out all right or for the best. That the darker the situation, the stronger we'll be on the other side. We definitely all need those and I think your project to bring one to so many is amazing. Since I'm a Cigars girl, too, guess I'll have to hit your site!

Hugs,
Dee

I can use a happy ending because it gives me hope for me. Okay - that sounds pathetic, but I am happy where I am in my life. I always believed once you got married it was forever. My forever was only 3 years (but we were together 7 before that). I still believe in it, just my first time wasn't the "right" guy. Reading a romance validates there are happily ever afters. It isn't a fairy tale after all.

As for why I could use a happy ending... well - haha, brace yourself - basically you've opened a can of worms here :P And a lot of whining. I apologize in advance.
I can't remember the last time I went to sleep before 2 AM. Literally. Maybe it was... 3-4 years ago? Definitely some time back in college... maybe earlier? I pretty much didn't sleep all of February trying to get all these articles edited and formatted for publication - and that didn't work. I can't count the number of all nighters I pulled. (I'm unfortunately editor in chief of a journal - a position I didn't want and had to be forced into.) I have one author essentially harassing me - calling about five times a day, writing mean emails... he made me cry on Monday. While I was on the phone with him. Highlight right there.
People I barely know have started coming up to me and telling me my life sounds terrible. I'm leaving tomorrow for a competition I'm... well extremely nervous about and feeling unprepared for, I get back essentially Monday morning, and I have to pretty much start, and finish a thesis by Friday. And I'm in the middle of trying to get Volume 3, Issue 2 of the aforementioned journal edited and set for publication.
And then there are classes, and graduation, and the fact that I have no job lined up - but lots of student loans because unfortunately, professional school isn't really afforable. And that's not even getting into all the personal stuff ... :P

And this is why I read romances. I had a very bad visit with my sister, when I went to see her in Boston, and she yelled at me for reading "bodice rippers" - but I think if I didn't have romances with happy endings, well it would just be bad. (And all those excellent reasons in the comments before mine.) Haha. I need my happy endings. And I wouldn't mind having one for myself now, either.

I need these happy endings, we all do. Life it self is not always a happy ending so we find them in our romance novels. We need these happy endings to get through our days.

I think we can all use a happy ending; with war, disease, and the economy the way it is and people without health insurance; I could go on and on - we all have crosses to bear I guess.

Thanks to all the romance authors out there to take us away.

Just finished (and enjoyed!) 'Hungry for More', my first Holquist title, so I'm now on the lookout for the previous two books in the series.

Just last night, my book club was talking about how sometimes, we don't even need to give or receive a grand gesture, since it is often the small kindnesses that anyone can offer to another that can make the most difference to that person and linger in their memory. So, giving money and time are both magnificent things to do - but brightening someone's day with a happy ending is no small potatoes either. I applaud your 'Happily Ever After' project!

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:) My friend has just raved about how awesome your book is! I haven't gotten to read it yet, but I've only heard good things. Congratulations on your new book!

I always expect a happy ending when I'm reading a romance. Sometime you just need an uplifting ending that gives us a satisfied feeling and makes you feel anything is possible.

I could use a happy ending because I just finished dog sitting my one sister's dog and then the other sister's dog and I love dogs but had to put our dog down a few months ago. He was 14 and his teeth were very bad. I get a taste of puppies when I dog sit and I like helping out but I think I miss my dog so much more after having had dogs around. I need to delve into a book with a HEA.

I think it's important no matter what the world or the individual is going through to have hope that things will be happy again.

As a nurse, I give alot. Smiles, encouragement. I must listen and observe. I must give people hope and tell them good things so their recovery will be better.

Sometimes I get asked, "Why are you always so happy?" Because I smile at everyone, look them in they eye. Most people say Hi before I do. They see an open person. Sometimes you may be the only person that notices this person all day or week. A smile is a small thing that I can do and it doesn't cost me anything.

Also, I get asked "Where is the _____?" In just about every store I shop in. And when I walk with my Mom at the mall she says, "Why do people you don't know talk to you?" I just shrug and say, I guess I look approachable.

I had an entire conversation with a woman at another table in a Chinese restaurant. She started the convo. Like I said, I must look approachable. My husband, who was with me, was confused and couldn't believe I could have such a convo with someone I'd never met. I told him, it's a connection that is all. He still doesn't get it.

I think my Mom doesn't get it because as a child I was painfully shy, but as a Nurse I have to be 'on'. I can be myself..finally!

I love connecting with people, but I have to remember to recharge my batteries. I love to read for pleasure, that is what recharges my Smile.

Happy endings are why I read romance.

I am sometimes a little dim, and have learned through painful trial and error to check things sometimes.
You mean - everyone who posted should get a book? If yes - Holy multiple Wow,Batman. If no - please ignore, carry on...

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This is one happy ending for everyone! We all need this right now. What better way to spend our rainy days! Thank you sooo much!