Follow Your Passion

RHYS BOWEN:

One of my reasons for travel this spring was a reunion of college friends. We meet every 3 years in a good hotel somewhere and laugh, eat and drink for three days. This year several friends couldn’t make it, including one who has an interesting hobby/passion/obsession. She is a fan of a particular opera singer, Finnish I believe, and she goes to hear this woman wherever she sings in the world.

I am rather impressed by this, and a trifle envious too, as I have never had this kind of overwhelming passion for anything

 I have met people who read a book a day, every day. I used to love playing tennis, played a couple of times a week, but there were women at my club who were on that court at 8 a.m every morning. I have friends who play bridge every day. There are sports fans who follow their teams wherever they go.

                So what is wrong with me? Why have I never felt this strongly about anything? I go to Giant’s spring training games but only because I’m right there in Scottsdale. I try to attend live tennis matches when I can. I go to the opera and ballet sometimes. But no one thing has ever meant so much to me that it has taken over my life.

How about you, Reds and readers? Have you ever been so passionate about anything that your life revolves around it?

Oh wait… I’ve just thought. I have written at least two books a year, for the past thirty years. This means writing every day. So perhaps I do have my passion after all. 

And thank you for all the fabulous survival stories you shared about trips gone wrong. How so many of us made it through so many harrowing experiences, I don't know. But I think the winner of the ARC of Heirs and Graces has to be Susan McNichol. Susan please email me at authorrhysbowen@gmail.com with your address and I'll send you the ARC. And please tell us if you ever found out whether your Scot was delusional, had killed the other man or really was targeted by the Mafia!