Still in the Womb

Still in the womb... that's the way I describe all of the novels still waiting to be published.   Let's face it; being a novelist is like being a mother. You create, you give birth... and out comes one of your children.  That's exactly how I equate a novel.  You give birth to it! Let's talk about…

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Failure

'You only fail if you stop writing' ~ Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury... my hero, my inspiration. Why, you ask? Because, seriously - I don't even write in his genre.  But I don't have to... that's the beauty of admiring and respecting others. We all admire and respect world leaders or entertainers or sports figures because they have…

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Reality vs. Fluff

In novels, how much realism is too much? Do people read to escape, to learn something, or to feel something? I've learned over the years that it's all three. Some people read to escape and don't care about historical accuracy. More than that, however, my readers do, in fact, read to escape AND to learn…

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Living on the Edge

Sure, I write 'traditional' Medieval Romance, but I'm one to think 'out of the box'. I do things a little differently sometimes, and it can go either way - it can be a success or it can backfire. Case and point: my novel For Love and Honor. When I started this novel, obviously, I didn't think…

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Life in General

Every morning, I try to post something. Lately it seems that all I post are plugs for my novels, so today I'm going to post something different. Miracle! :) I've been thinking back over the past several years and how I came to this point in my life. I started writing as a hobby back when…

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