Inspiration

"Inspiration guides the mind, it makes a home in ones heart-it's what drives me."
K.M. Romano

The wheels must keep turning.  The energy that one needs to roll with those
invisible punches that life keeps thrusting your way-a necessity.  The symbolic
"gasoline" that a person needs to prevail has to come from somewhere.  You
cannot just plant yourself on park and expect things to magically fall onto your
ever-waiting lap.  This inner force, a compelling drive-guides you; your passion
stimulates the ride and the desire to succeed brings it all home.

So many crazy things are happening in the world, that it's easy for clouds to
settle over your entire being, inundating you to a place of utter darkness,...
misery.  I say never allow it.  You must become your biggest cheerleader,
finding the will to pull you through and give yourself a swift kick in the bum.

I thrive on inspiration.  People who are kind to you when they have no reason
to know you, a kind word, a warm smile...a friendly face, all fully noted.  Even
more amazing are those that you stumble upon who have set their goals, reached
their dreams and changed their stars-all the while fighting a force so grave, pushing
against the wind...yet reaching their destination-making it all the more gratifying.

I personally live a high stress life.  Events have altered my world in such a
dramatic fashion these past couple of years.  So you must understand the
importance of those that I would deem my energetic life-line, my inspirational
gasoline-that volatile, flammable liquid...my fuel.

Facebook has become a force of nature, where it's allowed me to connect
with some of the most intriguing, beautiful souls and I'm grateful for the
experience.  I'm honored by the many inspirational friends who have blessed
my life with their presence.  They unknowingly made me feel whole again
at a time when I thought I was at the final chapter of my own story, but alas...
there is more.

Inspiration to me is that vital, much needed element-that spark; it feeds the
fire that gets you moving having heated your bum, so you get it done.

We are in the final stages of my novel and I'm really excited.  I'm looking
forward to it's completion and when I can share more, I will.  I'm also working
on a couple of other projects and again, will share more when everything is
complete.

Thank you for visiting and reading whats currently on my fertile mind, tugging at
my boundless heart.                    

K.M. Romano

The Story Wrote Itself!

I've often heard many writers say, that their story wrote itself.  Until I started on
my very own writing journey, I never really understood that little phrase.

Indeed, my Romance Novel wrote itself.  I found myself unable to write as fast
as the 'movie playing in my head' was playing out.  There was no pause button, it just
kept going.   I would be driving my son to his Occupational Therapy sessions
and the movie would begin to play, where it last left off.  I would purposely,
mentally play a scene over and over again, to embed it in my memory so that
as soon as I could, I would write it down.  The excitement of the scenes
playing in my head, was palpable.  Things would happen in my over active
imagination automatically.  I found myself an onlooker as scenes would take
on a life of their own, inside my head.  It was actually quite fun, lol.

The inspiration for the love story came from many different avenues.  One in
particular was my very first, then second Italian soap opera.  The characters
were so passionate, beautiful to look at and really convincing that they were
in love.

I believe,that in order to make a movie/series about love, in order to validate
that it is any good, the person viewing it has got to find themselves falling in love
with the characters.  If you are a woman, the lead male character has got to
sweep you off your feet, much like the woman playing opposite of him.
I think it's safe to say that-this is the reason so many actors end up in
relationships with their leading lady, lol.  If the chemistry between them is
good and if they are indeed talented, what they create between the two of them
is nothing short of magic, on screen as well as off. 


Another inspiration was the very first Romance Novel I ever read.  I found
myself falling in love with the lead male character.  I have to be honest,
I would roll my eyes when I saw people reading a romance novel
in the past, lol.  Hopefully that karma will not come and bite me when
my own novel comes out, lol.  I will go one further to say, I thought it corny.
If the story didn't have amazing action, supernatural/paranormal subject matter
or some type of horror, I just wasn't interested.  Movies of course were
different, I for example love the movie "The Notebook," but was never
inspired to read the book before seeing the movie.  But of course, my
views are ever so different now.  Reading my first Romance opened
my eyes to another way of experiencing this magical thing we call
love. 


I believe, that where art is concerned, regarding the art of love in particular,
whether a picture, a story in a book or a movie, it has got to evoke some
type of feeling to the onlooker/reader if it is going to be credited as any good.
The audience has got to be moved.  That is what I hope to have achieved
in my book.

Right now, my book is still with the editors and will tentatively come out in
2012.  I'm excited about this story and will post more information as soon
as I can...in the meantime, thank you for visiting and reading my blog.
My forthcoming non-fiction essay and poem publication I will post details
when I can; I have also just submitted my short Sci-Fi story to a magazine.

I look forward to sharing this journey with you all.