have been writing for over twenty years, finding satisfaction as well as frustration in the creative process of putting a novel together. There have been times I've thought of walking away from writing, but I haven't been able to. Writing is such a part of me that I feel incomplete without it. But I have to admit, that I might not be writing today if it wasn't for the support of my husband of thirty-one years.
am a lucky woman. I have lived a romance all the thirty-three years I've known my husband, Mike. We met in college, and though it wasn't love at first sight, I knew he was the one soon after I started dating him. We have a son who is now working for his father and is engaged. I hope he is as lucky as my husband and I.
like to travel and many of the places I have been to are in my books. I don't like to write about a place without having been there first. My novel, LOUISIANA BRIDE, takes place where I grew up in Biloxi, Mississippi which was a part of France's Louisiana territory. In FLIGHT OF FANTASY and HOLD ONTO THE NIGHT, much of the action takes place in a rain forest which I had the good fortune of visiting one in Belize and Costa Rica.
Writing tips:
- Don't give up. Persistence is seventy five percent of what it takes to be a published writer.
- Write! Write! Write!
- Set up a schedule of when you are going to write. It is easy to find excuses not to write. Get in the habit.
- Join Romance Writers of America. Their magazine alone is worth the cost of membership. But also the networking with other romance writers is important.
- Join a local chapter of RWA. Meet other writers in your area.
- Stay on top of the market---what people want. Read! Read!
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