I’ve recently relocated
to the land of hot, hot and more hot. There is no place
like the City of Magic and Lights. Las Vegas.
But it's not just about
the gambling. The beauty of the desert as the sun slowly
dips behind the mountains, casting the valley in amazing
shades of red and orange is breath taking.
I have four grown (yeah!)
kids and after twenty-five long, but wonderful years
hubby and I are enjoying our new found freedom.
I write for the most awesome
publishing house. Highland Press. This amazing company
has allowed me to spread my wings and get involved in
some really great projects.
Learning to read as most
young children do, I discovered the fantastic world of
books and story telling. It wasn’t until as a mother of
four small children needing a sanity break that I
discovered the vast, endless world of romance. And as
the story goes my life has never been the same. As a
romance reader and lover first, I decided one day to try
my hand at writing a novel.
After all they were such
a joy to read, how hard could it be to write one?
Months later, I polished
one very long manuscript and sent it off. Thank god, the
editor was very polite and gracious. She wrote the
concept was interesting but thought a 25 page, single
spaced, first chapter was a bit long. So, I discovered
the concept was a bit harder than I thought, and that
there was much to learn.
In the years since that
embarrassing first step, I’ve studied the ever changing
market and read many how-to books. But the real
knowledge comes from the most wonderful opportunities to
watch, learn and listen from many of the most
outstanding voices in the Romance Industry.
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