"Why do you write what you write?"

“Why do you write what you write?” A friend who couldn’t understand why I write sensual/erotic romance stories asked me this question. The first thing that came to my mind was to tell her that I love writing. But then, I realized that wasn’t just it. Writers all like to write. But why? We don’t all write the same stories. Genre, was what it’s called. But what made us pick a particular genre?
Here’s what I told her: I’m addicted to the feeling of falling in love. When I write I am often high with it. My characters aren’t just beautiful or suffering from conflicts, they’re always—if you read my book/s—falling in love with each other. That’s the part that gets me going, what keeps me awake till morning, what motivates me to write another and think of another story. So I can get high again. There is nothing more addicting than falling in love. And yes, I write what I write because I am an addict. Happy Valentine’s Day.