Hey, it's February, that month of love and what says love more than Paranormal Romance?
Wait a minute, David you say, this is the Man Cave Authors Blog-has some feminist group hijacked the blog?
No, I assure you such is not the case. I think Paranormal Romance is great...not the new stuff so much - but the classics.
Dracula? Frankenstein? Medea? Gilgamesh?
No, dear readers.
I am talking about what makes Paranormal Romance click-what it has that makes it appeal to people-that one member of the couple has powers. Lately that has been the boy-vampire, werewolf, fallen angel, and other such nonsense-NO!We need to get back to when men were men and women were witches or genies and whatever Mortica Adams was.
I'm talking 'Bewitched', 'I Dream of Jeannie', 'Adams Family', 'The Munsters', and those three cute witches on 'Petticoat Junction'.
Back in the 60's (before I was born) those TV shows had it right, with the women having the powers-it helped them gain their independence and get the house clean.
We need more stories like that these days. So rather than another insipid tale about a wallflower with no personality or powers---I invite---Nay I CALL for everyone to write empowered female characters who can wiggle their noses, or blink or wave and magically do the dishes or laundry-you make that choice-mix it up a little.Because that's love.
