I write romance. Romance comes with happy endings. But what does a happy ending look like? One man’s heaven is another man’s hell and all that jazz—so what constitutes a happy ending?
To me, a happy ending depends on the character being happy at the end. Therefore, happy endings can come in different forms. One book may end in a baby because that’s all the couple ever wanted, another may end in that glorious negative pregnancy test. Both are happy endings if that’s what the characters want, right?
Well—sort of.
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