This is that Marriage Thing We Fought For?

Monica McCallan is the renowned author of Better Than A Dream , Back to the Start , Sweat Equity (Currently #1 on the lesbian fiction best seller list) , and most recently - Charm City . Having recently read Charm City , I can tell you that it's totally worth checking out. You won't regret it, trust me. For only $2.99 on amazon (free with kindle unlimited), it's practically a steal. I was lucky enough to get the chance to ask Monica a few questions about the book and her writing career. Read the interview below, then read the book (or vice versa - just as long as you do both)! Enjoy! :) What can you tell us about Charm City? It’s my first holiday-themed book, and it centers around the two protagonists, Carson and Taylor, who don’t really see eye-to-eye on working together. Taylor is a perfectionist event planner and Carson is a capricious bar manager, so they quickly butt heads from the start. There’s lots of snark and drama, but both characters are coming into the s...

I would love to sit here and tell you that my wife and I never ever fight. I could lie and say that we are both extremely rational human beings who scoff at the idea of getting irrationally angry at the other person. But alas, that is not what this blog is about.  If I had to choose one of the quotes that truly defines my relationship with my wife, it would be this quote from The Notebook : " They didn't agree on much. In fact, they rarely agreed on anything. They fought all the time, and they challenged each other every day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other." So, yes, like all normal couples - we do fight. Fortunately, they never last long. Take the other day for example. My wife was angry because I broke our window shades (I'm sorry honey, but I just can't control my super strength). She was annoyed at me for being "careless" and at the same time, I was annoyed at her for caring...

Have you ever met a couple and found them to be eerily similar to you and your significant other? That's how I feel when I listen to the "Sarcastically Ever After" Podcast. N and A are a married couple and they just crack me up (Not sure what that says about my ego since I admitted that they are a lot like my wife and I).  Whether they are talking about current events or pregnancy cravings, it's hilarious. If you haven't listened to their podcast yet, make sure you listen to it RIGHT NOW (or you can wait until after you read this. Just make sure it happens). I decided to ask both of them some questions about their relationship. Neither one of them knows what the other person answered. Let the laughs ensue! When/where did you meet? N: We met online on plenty of fish. I messaged A to get to know her, we ended up texting back and forth for maybe a couple of weeks before she asked me to get drinks as our first date. A: My house Describe your first date N...

In honor of the fact that this is right around the time that my wife and I had our first date six years ago (honestly, if you asked me to tell you the exact date, I couldn't without cheating. Take it easy on me - I at least know the date of when I officially asked her to be my girlfriend), I decided to make this blog entry about how the first date with my happily ever after  really went down. Pre-Date:  My wife and I met the same way any other self-respecting twenty-something meets these days - online. Our dating site of choice was okcupid since neither of us was willing to fork out extra cash for a catfish-free chance at true love. Speaking of which, I had already been catfished once and had also caught a potential catfish before we started chatting (honestly, who uses a picture from a groupon ad on their dating profile), so to say I was skeptical before meeting my now wife would be an understatement. For that reason, I decided she would come to me. She had recently menti...