Voices on the page, or on the computer screen of this blog, echo down the last days of 2009. Here are some of the voices that have brightened “A Little Romance” this year:

Local writer and teacher Cami Nihipali: There are discussions in literary circles about whetherTwilight is ‘good’ literature. I know my colleagues and I have had this discussion numerous times. The truth of the matter is that it doesn’t matter. Like the Harry Potter phenomenon, which became embroiled in a religious argument several years ago, Twilight and its subsequent books have gotten kids reading, and excited about reading nonetheless. As for romance, Meyer hits the nail on the head. Whether the reader likes Edward or Jacob, everyone can find that flutter of first love in this story.

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You’ve seen the movie … would you buy the book? Here to examine that question, and others, is our guest blogger, Honolulu writer (and reader and moviegoer) Sally Sorenson. Welcome, Sally!

“You’ve seen the movie; would you buy the book? Did Clark Gable uttering Rhett Butler’s classic “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn” leave you satisfied—that ending said it all—or, like millions of romance junkies over the decades, did you want a sequel? After all, tomorrow was another day.

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Recently I asked some members of the Aloha Chapter, Romance Writers of America, how much romance they could handle. How would you answer that question? Here’s what the writers said.  (Watch out for romantic vampires lurking below ... we'll take a [...]
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