title: Nine Princesses: Tales of Love and Romance
author:  Sheela Word 
description: As a writer with a background in psychology, I've found that enneagram personality typedescriptions are a great jumping-off point for developing fictional characters and situations. About three years ago, I drafted a story called "The Melancholy Princess," with the intent of creating a modern fairy tale for children, and found that I had actually created a realistic romance story for adults, with an Enneagram Type Four heroine. I went on to develop eight more tales, based on the other eight types. These tales, also, subtly reflect fairy-tale themes and motifs.<br><br>I'd like to emphasize, however, thateach of myprotagonistsis intended to be a real person, not a fairy-tale archetype; neither does she have all the attributes of her particular enneagram classification. In some stories, it may be easy to tell which type the princess represents; in others, it may not be so obvious. Itried to let myheroines breathe.<br><br>Given that these are romances, it shouldn't be revealing too much to say that all of these women end up with somebody. Just to make the book more interesting, not only weremy heroines developed to represent the nine enneagramtypes, but their partners were as well.
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  **_Dedication_**
  
    
  
   _This book is dedicated to my granddaughter Jaden, who is princess to the
  bone. She would fit in perfectly with my five Norse princesses. Plus she’s got
  a bit of Viking in her blood._
  
    
  
   _As the mother of four sons, I somehow lost the girlie gene. The desire to
  wear chiffon and ruffles with sparkly shoes to school, and the ability to pull
  it off. How to shop like an Energizer Bunny, and find all the best bargains.
  The love of a good cuddle, even with your girlfriends, or especially with your
  girlfriends. The talent for climbing a tree one moment and dancing a delicate
  ballet the next. The way you can say, “I love you” without hesitation or fear
  of rejection._
  
    
  
   _So here’s to you, Jado, may you always be a princess in someone’s life._
  
    
  
   ** _Epigraph_**
  
    
  
   _A wench’s word let no wise man trust,_
  
   _nor trust the troth of a woman;_
  
   _For on a whirling wheel their hearts are shaped,_
  
   _And fickle and fitful their minds._
  
  