To be honest, I am a bit nervous. For those of you just tuning in, I’m not Crystal. I’m Mad Madam M and I have my own blog pretty much devoted to my own random ponderings. If you frequent this blog, my name should be familiar…hence the anxiety. You see…what if I don’t live up to the hype and all that - not that there is any hype, but you know what I mean. What if I am only good at discussing random events in my own life and strike out completely on romance novel topics. I mean we all saw Jon Stewart at the Oscars - sure he was funny, but not as funny as I had hoped. Well no good worrying…you are stuck with me for the next couple of days. By this time Crys should be in Amarillo. I have to be honest, ever since she told me she was roadtripping there, I haven’t been able to get that George Strait song ” Amarillo by Morning” out of my head. At this point, I could really use a new song.
Since I have a more limited spectrum of romance novel related subjects than Crys (I pretty much only read historical books with kilted men on the cover or set in Regency/Napoleonic England), I thought I would start out the first of my guest blog discussing something that has been bothering me for quite some time…pirate novels. Bear with me here. You see, I have noticed a disturbing trend. In every single pirate-themed romance novel I have read, the hero - always the captain of the ship - has already decided to give up piracy for one reason or another before even meeting his future lover/wife. Thus the damsel of the story only needs to somehow “fix” the psychological problems left from a horrific childhood. So, here is my problem with this trend…why can’t the hero just be a pirate and remain a pirate? Isn’t that exciting enough? Do we really need to have childhood trauma everytime? I’m sure most went into piracy for different reasons. Does he always have to turn out to be an Earl or some other legitimate figure in society? I mean, the whole pirate thing worked for Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean didn’t it!
Tune in tomorrow for Crys’s Get Snark review of some Jim Carrey movie!! Oh…and happy St. Patrick’s Day. Go out and treat yourself to a disturbing looking green beer!
