Fairy Tales & Soulmates

The same day that I finished chatting with Hannah Seligson (author of soon-to-be-published A Little Bit Married), a male friend posted the music video of Taylor Swift's Love Story on facebook with the description: "song about fairy tales". I guess I have been living under a rock in the musical sense, because I don't know Swift or the song. But I couldn't help laughing as soon as I saw the video. Hannah's comment immediately came to mind: "The fairy tale is corrosive, as one psychologist I interviewed put it. We need to stamp out the notion of the soulmate like we did with smallpox."

Anyway, I will post my chat with Hannah when A Little Bit Married is launched on 15 January 2010, which will give a bit more context to her remark. In the meantime, I hope everyone continues to believe in Santa Claus at least!