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FEBRUARY 23, 2000

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T h e   R o M A N t i c   T I P   o f   t h e   W E E K

FEBRUARY 23, 2000

Creative ideas, great prizes.
Going to more than 12,000 romantics

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F R O M T H E E D I T O R

Nothing too new this week so I won’t waste your time with useless
information.

Have a great week — Michael

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I T ‘ S T H E L I T T L E T H I N G S

Having your darling’s favorite music playing
when they come home from work

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W E E K L Y C O N T E S T

Every subscriber to the Tip of the Week at the end of March is
eligible to win a trip for two to J A M A I C A (details on my
website).

LuAnne Williams of Santa Claus, IN won last week’s contest on creative
proposals. There were tons a great ideas but, I could only give the
prize to someone who gave me their mailing address with
their entry. The winning entry with about 20 others are posted at
http://theromantic.com/stories/proposals.htm

This week I’m giving away a copy of Love Advice for Women: Everything
You Wanted to Know About Love from Jane Austen to Virginia Woolf.

The theme of this week’s contest is CHILDREN. How have you used or
included a child or children in one of your romantic plots? (see this
week’s winning entry for a great example of how to do this).

Your e-mail needs to be received by Monday, February 28.

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T I P O F T H E W E E K

MORE THAN WORDS
by Michael Webb

Finally. Athena went away for the weekend. It’s not that I was
getting tired of her — I just needed a few hours alone to create a
special gift for her.

I’m sure most of you have seen the magnetic poetry kits at gift shops.
They contain a hundred or so individual words with magnetic backing
that can be arranged to create refrigerator poetry. I think they’re a
great idea, but I wanted to make a set that was more personalized.

First I went to the office supply store and purchased a pack of 25
magnetic backs for business cards. They cost about $5.00. I measured
the magnetic pieces and created the appropriate margins in my word
processing program.

Then I began typing. I put in over two hundred poetry words like
“stars, flicker, moonlight, touch, and gentle.” Then I added
personalized words such as “Athena, Michael, travel, best, friend,
sweetheart, cutest, girl” and other nick-names and words that would
have special meaning to the two of us. Of course I included liberal
amounts of “a, an, the, I, and, but” and suffixes and prefixes like
“s, ed, pre, sub, extra, ly, ing” and so on.

I printed out all the words and then placed them on top of 20 of the
magnets. Then, I used clear shelving paper and placed it on top of
the paper for a protective layer. I used a razor utility knife and
scissors to cut the words apart.

Then I rummaged up a little box and put all the pieces inside. I
created a label on the computer that said “More Than Words” and put it
on the box. It was ready to greet Athena when she came back from her
trip.

By now, some of you are saying “that sure does sound like a lot of
work to me. I don’t have any spare time to do anything like that.”
The whole project probably took me about 2 or 3 hours. It is true
that you probably don’t have the time in one sitting to create this.
However, if you took 10 to 15 minutes of your lunch break every day,
you could have it done in a couple of weeks.

If it still seems overwhelming for you, you can always buy the romance
edition of the Magnetic Poetry at gift stores. It won’t be personal,
but it still is a nice gift.
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~~~  Who is Michael Webb?     ~~~

He is:
Athena’s loving husband
Father to Ashton and Ireland
Best-selling author
* The Romantic’s Guide: 100s of Creative Tips for a Lifetime of Love
* The Romantic’s Guide to Popping the Question
* 50 Secrets of Blissful Relationships
* 50 More Secrets of Blissful Relationships
* 300 Creative Dates
* 1000 Questions for Couples
* A Better Way to Date
* 500 Lovemaking Tips & Secrets
Founder, National Resurrect Romance Week (second full week in Aug)
Syndicated Columnist, “TheRomantic.com Column”
Romance/Relationship expert on over 500 TV/radio stations
Founder, TheRomantic.com
Founder, Love One Another Foundation