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When I was sixteen, I discovered my grandmother's historical romances. At first I would just sit on the bed, spread them all around me and gaze at their lovely covers. And then one day I read one. I fell in love. Sweeping love stories that made me laugh, cry, and fall in love again and again. Woodiwiss, Rogers, and eventually Garwood. I quickly became a romance book addict and never looked back. Isn't it wonderful? That tiny adreline surge upon walking into a bookstore and smelling all those books. And Library Book Sales . . . my heart slammed so hard inside my chest the first time I ever went to one of those--I worried I would faint before I filled up my dollar bag. Easily amused, I am. And cheaply, too. Isn't my husband lucky! I continue to love reading and writing romance in much the same fashion as I did when I first discovered the genre--unabashedly, without guilt, and always ready for more. However, the difference came in October of 2006, when I received a phone call, a precious phone call, wherein the lovely person on the other line told me they wanted to buy my manuscript. Was I stunned? You have no idea. I never, ever, thought it would happen. It was something I daydreamed about all the time, so when it came, it felt like an extension of one of my dreams. And yeah, I'm still pinching myself.
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Ultimate Favorite Romance Authors: Jane Austen Julie Garwood Teresa Medeiros Re-reads: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Jane Austen Everything by Teresa Medeiros (A WHISPER OF ROSES, if forced to pick) THE GIFT, CASTLES, Julie Garwood A ROSE IN WINTER, Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
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Some Favorite Romantic Movies: Jane Eyre The Sound of Music Seven Brides for Seven Brothers The Princess Bride Willow (Well, there is a tiny romance in it) All movie adaptations of Jane Austen's works except one or two, which I will not name here. While You Were Sleeping Ever After Practical Magic Overboard Don't Tell Her It's Me Love Actually Haunted Honeymoon (Okay, not terribly romantic, but the lead characters ARE getting married, so that counts) Bridget Jones' s Diary Lake House Moonstruck I'll add more when I think of them . . .
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