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Romance Novels and Learning Craft with ACRA

Despite what many people think, romance stories are not easy to write. Those authors who are really good at it just make it seem easy. The story just carries you along in a natural course. If you think about it, just the fact that it’s a romance novel actually means it’s harder to write than [...]

Signed, sealed, delivered. The romance of paper in a pdf world. What’s real in Surrender of Trust? Blog series #8

Preface to today’s topic…… You may not realize it if you read my last romance novel Surrender of Trust which is set in England in the early 1800′s, but there is a great deal of research which went into the background. I literally spent hours researching obscure details because I wanted those details to be [...]

2 hearts beat as 1, literally! The sweet happiness of romance

We’ve often witnessed the phenomena of someone dying shortly after the death of their long term spouse or partner, particularly when the people involved are elderly. You’ll sometime hear rational explanations about the physical toll of grief being the culprit. I think, however, most of us who are involved in long term relationships ourselves understand [...]

A Tough Year

I’ve been away from my regular blog posts. This has been a really difficult year fraught with change for me and my husband. My husband work changed. My 17 year old cat passed away. My brother in law whom I’m know and grown up with for 30 years passed away. My children have also had [...]

What’s real in Surrender of Trust? Blog series #8 Blackballed at Whites

Preface to today’s topic……   You may not realize it if you read my last romance novel Surrender of Trust which is set in England in the early 1800′s, but there is a great deal of research which went into the background. I literally spent hours researching obscure details because I wanted those details to [...]

What’s real in Surrender of Trust? Blog series #7 – Jockeying Around

Preface to today’s topic……   You may not realize it if you read my last romance novel Surrender of Trust which is set in England in the early 1800′s, but there is a great deal of research which went into the background. I literally spent hours researching obscure details because I wanted those details to [...]

What’s real in Surrender of Trust? Blog series #6- a real horse trader!

Preface to today’s topic……   You may not realize it if you read my last romance novel Surrender of Trust which is set in England in the early 1800′s, but there is a great deal of research which went into the background. I literally spent hours researching obscure details because I wanted those details to [...]

Romances generally have happy endings, if only life had more of them

We recently lost my brother in law to cancer. Thankfully, he was relatively active until the end, and when the end came, it was swift. He was in his mid fifties, and I miss him. My husband and I left friends, family, and our home in Fort Lauderdale to move to Orlando for reasons related [...]

Trying to Capture the Feelings of Love and Loss

When I write  romance novels, I’m simply writing about life and the emotions between two people. Life is all about our feelings and reactions toward the events which transpire in our life and the people who precipitate those events. My brother-in-law passed away earlier this week. I’ve run the gambit of feelings recently. Relief his [...]

Off to the Races- Charting A Course! Blog Series 5- What’s Real in Surrender of Trust

Preface to today’s topic…… You may not realize it if you read my last romance novel Surrender of Trust which is set in England in the early 1800′s, but there is a great deal of research which went into the background. I literally spent hours researching obscure details because I wanted those details to be [...]