It was our passion for words and our ardent desire to write that drew me and Michael together, and the same that drove us apart.Michael wanted to be a great playwright, like the former master Molire. He had high ambitions and scorned what I wrote as frivolous and feminine.All these disguises and duels and abductions, he said contemptuously, one day a year or so after our affair began, slapping down the pile of paper covered with my sprawling handwriting. All these desperate love affairs. And you wish me to take you seriously.I like disguises and duels. I sat bolt upright on the edge of my bed. Better than those dreary boring plays you write. At least something happens in my stories.At least my plays are about something.My stories are about something too. Just because they arent boring doesnt mean they arent worthy.What are they about? Love He clasped his hands together near his ear and fluttered his eyelashes.Yes, love. Whats wrong with writing about love? Everyone longs for love.Arent there enough love stories in the world without adding to them?Isnt there enough misery and tragedy?Michael snorted with contempt.Whats wrong with wanting to be happy?Its sugary and sentimental.Sugary? Im not sugary. I was so angry that I hurled my shoes at his head.
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Kate Forsyth was Australian author. Kate Forsyth is an Australian author. She is best known for her historical novel Bitter Greens, which interweaves a retelling of the Rapunzel fairy tale with the true life story of the woman who first told the tale, the 17th century French writer Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force. Read more on Wikipedia →
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