historical fiction

Kathy Steffen, author interview

Kathy is one of my best and "real" friends--meaning we actually get together face-to-face and do fun things like lunch and whine. Her debut novel, First There is a River, came out this fall from Medallion Press and she agreed to stop by here and chat with us a bit....

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Interview with Michelle Ann Young

Welcome to Michelle Ann Young! Michelle stopped by my blog a few months ago when she was a finalist in Dorchester's American Title contest. This month she's here to talk about her new release Pistols at Dawn along with a few other topics. Q.) First tell us about your...

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Pirates….

Cont'd... Q- Why not MORE pirates? With the popularity of Pirates of the Caribbean and the whole bad boy appeal, why do you think the romance genre seems to be skipping by them right now? Or do you think the romance genre isn’t skipping them? Darlene Marshall- "I...

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Pirates cont’d….

My interviews with Darlene Marshall and Jennifer Ashley about pirates continues... LD: So, what attracted you as an author to pirates? JA: "The bad-boy factor and the independence mentioned above. I wanted to write a Regency but without the rules. Well, a pirate...

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Back to the pirates…

Diving right in. :) LD: Why pirates? What attracts us to them? Jennifer Ashley: Who can resist a bad boy?I think pirates are always fascinating because they live life on their own terms, obeying no one's rules but their own carefully adhered to pirate code. Pirate...

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