An advertisement about finding love...

Difficult to segue into this topic from a blog about all things writerly I know, but I'll try.

Some friends have recently started up a local face-to-face dating service (and no, this is not a euphemism for something less lovely). They are hoping to direct people to the relevant website.

The idea is to enable people to meet up either for speed dating, or to facilitate them getting to know one another on a purely friendly basis (just friends). This might even lead to slow-dating (a bit like the slow-cooking movement).

The new service is called IYQ and is currently in the process of organising social events for people to get together in Perth. You can find their website here.

How does this relate to writing? Think Romance Novels perhaps. Or the link between reading a good book, and spending time getting to know one another. These introduction services aim to facilitate relationships in a deep and meaningful way, rather than by way of commodity, a form of alienation all too prevalent in contemporary societies.

Drawing a long bow? Ah well... As my mother is want to say, it's what we do.