Alright you gals and gents! It's announcement time! I know you've probably come on here thinking you would see the next episode in the Gilmore Girls Project. Alas, I'm going to have to say you will find this post instead. But that's not really a bad thing! Or maybe it is, I don't know. Anyway, [...]
Tag: Historical Romance
The Titanic Orphans #Titanic #TitanicStories #historical
Imagine getting full custody of your two young boys and then waking up to realize one day they are missing. Then imagine finding out weeks later they were living with some woman in New York because their father, after kidnapping them, fled the country with the boys on the ill-fated Titanic that sank in the [...]
Addergoole Fourteen #Titanic #TitanicStories #StoriesfromtheTitanic
In April of 1912, fourteen people who were friends and relatives from the small town of Addergoole Ireland, left for Queenstown to board the Titanic. If you have the time, I highly encourage you to watch this documentary on these fourteen souls, eleven of whom perished in the sinking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4oEedkYtaA If you want to [...]
The car that went down with the Titanic . . . #historicalromance #amwriting #writing
Remember in the movie Titanic where Jack and Rose finally get it on in the car that is stored down in the cargo hold? Yeah, well, sorry to ruin the moment for you, but actually, in real life, they couldn't have done it. Well, I mean, if they were real they could have done it, [...]
The REAL woman behind the books
I've gotten this question before, and the answer is yes. So what is the question? "Have I ever used real women as inspiration for my characters?" Anyone who knows my dad knows he likes to tell stories. One afternoon while visiting my parents, he started telling me this story about the woman who founded a [...]
What is your Burlesque name? #sweetandspicyromance #romance #historicalromance #amreadingromance
Want to do something fun today? Take a few minutes to figure out what your Burlesque name would be. I know what you're thinking: what is she talking about? Why would I want to do that? Well, honestly, I don't really know why other than it's just something to make you laugh. And don't we [...]
Every Era has it’s Slang ~ 1930’s Slang Words #sweetandspicyromance #romance #historicalromance #amreading
While it was hard to put slang in a couple of my historical romance novels, one of them was not only an absolute must, but was some of the funnest writing I’ve done. One simply doesn't write a novel set in the roaring 1920's and not use the slang people spoke back then. It's just [...]
My trip to Montgomery, Alabama
While I was writing and researching my debut novel, I took a trip to Montgomery, Alabama. Yes, I know the picture says Arkansas. We just didn't stop for pictures with the Alabama sign. Why, I have no idea since it would have made sense. Hindsight is always 20/20. Anyway, I spent four days knee-deep in tourist [...]
Women of the Klondike #sweetandspicyromance #romance #historicalromance #amreadingromance #writing #Klondike
I remember reading a review for my novel IN THE LAND OF GOLD once that stated that a woman couldn't have made it up the Klondike trail during the gold rush---especially living through the unbelievable and harsh conditions that I unrealistically created for my character. Women just didn't do those types of things back then. [...]
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