{"id":1409,"date":"2013-08-19T16:14:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T16:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2013-08-19T16:44:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T16:44:48","slug":"confession-is-good-for-the-soul-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/confession-is-good-for-the-soul-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Confession is Good For the Soul. Right?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So&#8230;I took a slight hiatus from blogging. It was unintentional. And unplanned. But I&#8217;m back. And what better way to come back than with a couple of confessions.<\/p>\n<p>First. Hello, my name is Karyn Good and apparently, and against my will, I&#8217;ve become a <a title=\"Kristen Ashley\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kristenashley.net\/\">Kirsten Ashley<\/a> addict. That&#8217;s not to say there aren&#8217;t things that piss me off about her heroes. And her heroines. But when they talk storytelling versus craft? When they talk about voice? This is what they&#8217;re talking about. Her writing is like crack. I kid you not. Also, it&#8217;s in first person, which I don&#8217;t enjoy. Unless it&#8217;s <a title=\"Kirsten Ashley\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kristenashley.net\/\">KA<\/a>. The Rock Chick series. Or the Colorado Mountain Man series. Take your pick. They&#8217;re both great. I&#8217;ve read a couple of her books twice. TWICE. I don&#8217;t know why. Okay, I do. Her characters are very real in a surreal-because-this-is-romantic-fantasy-and-not-real-life-like, at all, kind of way. These books are total escapism and pure entertainment. And hot. Sizzling, in fact. Those three things together make these my favorite kind of book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/charlie-hunnam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1411\" alt=\"charlie hunnam\" src=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/charlie-hunnam.jpg\" width=\"204\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a>Second. And, even more mystifying, I&#8217;m also a <del>Charlie Hunnam<\/del> Sons of Anarchy <del>fanatic<\/del>\u00a0fan. I mean, seriously, what could be appealing about outlaw bikers? They are violent, play by their own rules, and are patriarchal gun runners. What saves this show from ho-humness or being a gorefest? Characters like Katey Sagal. She is the Queen. She&#8217;s sexy but not an object. She&#8217;s in her fifties. And you do not mess with her. I want to be her. \u00a0(That&#8217;s a confession for another time.) There are actually some other pretty complicated female characters in these series. Which I like. Then there&#8217;s the biker subculture, not to mention the outlaw aspect. And there be bikers. I&#8217;m a writer, a stay-at-home mother and a suburbanite. This whole idea fascinates me. How do you make outlaw bikers who run guns likeable or acceptable? You pit them against people who are worse, like neo-Nazis. This series is not for everyone. But it might be for you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/katay-sagal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1412 aligncenter\" alt=\"katay sagal\" src=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/katay-sagal.jpg\" width=\"188\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Third. This one&#8217;s even more insane and has to relationship to the other two. My new driver. As in golf club. I know. Crazy. But, oh my gosh, I can now drive the ball 180 yards. In the air. I love this club. More than Kirsten Ashley and <del style=\"color: inherit;\">Charlie Hunnam<\/del> Sons of Anarchy. Obviously, it has magical powers. Because I&#8217;m actually finding myself saying the words, &#8220;Hey, we should go golfing.&#8221; And forget food, this is the real way to my husband&#8217;s heart. So, it&#8217;s all good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There. Confession time over. Go ahead give it a try? Read any addicting books this summer? Watched any great new-to-you shows? Have any golf tips to share? Feel free!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So&#8230;I took a slight hiatus from blogging. It was unintentional. And unplanned. But I&#8217;m back. And what better way to come back than with a couple of confessions. First. 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