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I write sexy romance with a comic twist, inspired by the work of some of my favourite authors:
How do writers imagine their characters? My heroines usually arrive in my imagination fully formed, and I work out their personalities as I get deeper into the book. Coming up with a hero is different. I cast TV and movie men first, and then as the story unfolds they take on their own personalities, and their faces morph into the men they're supposed to be. In Her Private Eye, the hero is a P.I. based on Callum Keith Rennie of Due South fame. A retired NYPD lieutenant who is now a P.I. was my research contact for the life of a private investigator.
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The shape and texture of words have fascinated me since I learned to read. I got my first positive review at the age of eight on a school composition (it was about a ghost in a graveyard, if I remember), and completed my first novel at seventeen. It was a shameless Nancy Drew ripoff, but the editor said I could tell a story, so that was all I needed. I have an Honors B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of California, and an M.A. in writing from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania. I started writing romance in 1991, and got serious in 1994 when I joined the Romance Writers of America. I belong to the San Francisco Area Chapter and the Vancouver Island Chapter. When I'm not writing, I love to make historical costumes for dances and cons, beachcomb, play piano and harp, and other incredibly useful pursuits. Take a stroll through my historical costuming page and my Diary of a Ballgown. |
