DISQUS

Sid Koudis · 11 months ago

I think you hit the nail on the head with this one. Bravo.

candylee · 11 months ago

Great post - I'm on the Twilight train too, and have already begun planning my wedding to Edward Cullen...

crafty fanny · 11 months ago

I'm currently in the middle of a Twilight obsession myself (on the third book and I started last week!)...and I think you're right, it's definitely got me thinking about my boyfriend and the romance we share. However, since he's two states away for the winter, I'll have my memories, our talks, and vampire love stories to tide me over!

Pam Otterbein · 11 months ago

As your Mom, I have bragging rights to this! Probably one of the best reviews I've read, or that you've done. I'm inspired by your message to all of us that with a little creativity we can bring our fantasies closer to realities. After all, we've created our lives with our dreams in mind, and every day needed routines tend to bury them. Time to bring them back to life, and live them as much as we can. "Dance as if no one is watching."

Great message Trac.

Kellye · 11 months ago

Awesome post. I'm a fiction writer, so even though I have a non-creative corporate day job that consumes a lot of my time, I spend a lot of time in my head as well, just playing pretend - I am 23 years old and I don't think I'll ever give the practice up. It is my obsession. I am constantly listening for interesting bits of dialogue or figuring out how to spin a real-life situation into an exciting story.

I think that habitual fantasy has been something that has saved my sanity many times during the drudgery of my day-to-day life, and it gives me back a little bit of that joy I felt as a kid when I was the one in charge of "making up the stories"...

J · 11 months ago

I'm obsessed with the blog of the people that would have been my inlaws if I had married that girl. Instead, I married another woman. I can't get enough of seeing their life - it seems almost picture perfect (even when they blog about fights and illness). This was a great post...I needed to get this off my chest and what you had to say was some good insight.

Traci · 11 months ago

Thanks, everyone! Glad you enjoyed it!

MoJo · 11 months ago

Traci, now you're in MY head! I just started book number two and had come to similar insights...must be a Libran voodoo moment. Thanks for such a beautiful, articulate post.
Mxo

Jeanne · 11 months ago

There's a book about Austen obsessives called Austenland, which shows what happens when a few people go too far wishing to be in a fictional world. It is a good idea to find something you can do that recreates some of the feeling you get from your obsession.

Grace · 9 months ago

Totally agree with what your are saying. The 4 books and music have helped me through this terrible Canadian winter which has gone on and on. Also is has greatly improved my 30 year marrige to a wonderful man.

Mkl · 6 months ago

I think its totally normal a LOT of girls even boys are obsessed with twilight so don't worry.