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Patricia W. Fischer | Most Romantic City - Questionable Advice
February 12, 2014
It's official. On February 3rd, 2014 amazon.com announced that San Antonio,
Texas is the most romantic city in the US. According to the site, the annual sales of romance and relationship books,
romantic movies, and love music as well as (cough, cough) adult toys purchased
by the people of San Antonio last year rated at the top in the nation. Why is this important? One, because the Romance Writers of
America's 2014 National conference will be held in the Alamo City in July. Two, because I call this city my home and I'm thrilled to find that people are
figuring out just how cool we are. Three, ended up being total irony because the day after the announcement was
made, I, along with two of my fellow San Antonio Romance Authors (Sasha Summers and Laurie
Olerich) appeared on a local morning show called, San Antonio Living. 
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Now understand, we three arrived with great plans to pimp our books and talk
about the group book signing we had following Saturday. We didn't anticipate
that we would be asked to give advice for viewers about their relationships. Gasp! This had sudden fame or total disaster written all over it. As they geared up to
start the show, the host explained she wanted us to present our answers as
though we were the characters in one of our books. Whew! That was a huge sigh of relief. I knew my character, Dr. Jocelyn Davis from DEEP IN MY HEART, all too
well. Even though I knew how she would answer the question, but it made me wonder: Who am I to give such words of wisdom about love? Just because I'm a romance writer there are certain things people do assume
about me: One, I know all about love. Two, that I have an amazing sex life. :) Three, that things always work out for me and small forest creatures clean my house. Four, that I sit around, eating chocolates, while creating literary masterpieces
as my four children sit quietly and wait until I'm done. Yeah, the only four legged creatures that enter my house are our dogs and they
have yet to figure out how to plug in the vacuum. Things didn't always work out for me. In fact, there was a time years ago, that
it really didn't work out for me at all, but that's another blog entry. My kids are kids. They eat my chocolate and don't sit still, but are wonderful
and do know how to plug in and use the vacuum. As we waited to return from the break, I kept thinking, "Please for the love of
Pete, don't let me say something that ruins a relationship." In retrospect, my worry had been unnecessary. The host kept it light and fun and
the segment went very well. No one called in saying we'd ruined anyone's marriage. Rest assured. These romance writers have got it under control. Comment to win a copy of DEEP IN MY HEART (e-copy)
Just tell us what you think of the romance authors' advice on the show.
Comments
23 comments posted.
Re: Patricia W. Fischer | Most Romantic City - Questionable Advice
this sounds really good thanks so much for the giveaway
(Denise Smith 12:03pm February 12, 2014)
Love the cover and look forward to reading this book...it sounds great!
(Bonnie Capuano 4:35am February 12, 2014)
Love the opportunity to read a book on love....hot love and chocolate. Sounds like a good read.
(C Culp 6:18am February 12, 2014)
I think the advice was interesting especially from the side
that their lives are real. Thanks.
(Dianne McVetty 6:54am February 12, 2014)
The advice was very interesting. The book sounds great. Thanks for the chance to win.
(Nancy Reynolds 9:28am February 12, 2014)
I look forward to reading this book.
(Wilma Frana 10:11am February 12, 2014)
Interesting! No wonder my sister-in-law and her family moved to San Antonio.
(Anna Speed 11:51am February 12, 2014)
I love books that are about high school flames getting back together. I guess there's always hope. :)
(Vennie Martinisi 1:28pm February 12, 2014)
Great advice! Love the show!
(Denise Austin 4:07pm February 12, 2014)
That was a fun interview! I also noted the temperature - 50 degrees warmer than it was this morning in Boston (sigh...) Also enjoyed the excerpt from the book, and really - I don't think I'd ever be able to go back to the town I left after high school - it's mighty hard to live down those high school memories - why do they remain so vivid that even now, we still dream about the tests we're not prepared for or being in a class and getting called on? weird, huh?
(Beth Fuller 5:10pm February 12, 2014)
I love the cover! The story looks very interesting.
(Barbara Wells 5:14pm February 12, 2014)
I can't wait to read as I love romance stories. Love the cover of the book. Thanks for the giveaway.
(Kathleen Beale 7:00pm February 12, 2014)
Now I know why my hubby and I picked San Antonio for our honeymoon 30 years ago.
I enjoyed the interview.
(Sue Farrell 7:01pm February 12, 2014)
Sounds like a fun interview. Your book sounds great and so is your cover.
(Carol Woodruff 7:33pm February 12, 2014)
That was a great interview, Patricia. I loved that it was given as if by your characters. And I had to laugh when they thought a May/December romance meant the months of the year instead of one with people of diverse ages. LOL
(Marcy Shuler 9:01pm February 12, 2014)
The authors' advice are pretty good. I love the advice about hooking up with the bad boy and cowboy.
(Kai Wong 9:54pm February 12, 2014)
This was a pretty funny guest blog! Thanks for the laugh.
(Laura Gullickson 11:05pm February 12, 2014)
Thanks for sharing the video... was very interesting to watch!
(Colleen Conklin 2:33pm February 13, 2014)
Thank you. So much fun.
(Mary Preston 11:02pm February 13, 2014)
Loved the advice segment -- lots of fun! I'm thinking the
River Walk helped San Antonio win for romantic city. My
husband and I have gone down a few times for our
anniversaries as have a ton of my friends. :-)
If you ever manage to teach your pups to plug in and use a
vacuum, please share with all of us. It would make life so
much easier. :-D
(Glenda Martillotti 11:16pm February 13, 2014)
Wow! I am so thrilled to see all of your posts.
To continue on a few of your comments, the amazing Tara West designed my
cover and the next four covers for books in the Tuscany, Texas series.
San Antonio is a fantastic place for love, to fall in love, and to find love.
The segment proved to be interesting, especially since the girl didn't know what
May-December romances were. I really debated on whether I should answer it as
she asked it, but I thought, "I don't want to sound like I don't know what I'm
talking about." I didn't need to worry. Shelly Miles, the host, fielded it beautifully.
(Patricia Fischer 4:31pm February 14, 2014)
Where are those small forest creatures when you have a big
cleaning job to do. Please send them over when they're
through with you and your place.
(Alyson Widen 4:39pm February 16, 2014)
I would be happy to send them over Alyson. As soon as they finish here, expect
a knock on your door. ;)
(Patricia Fischer 4:26pm February 21, 2014)
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