Mariposa's Musings

What inspired you to become a writer? I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a writer. I've always liked to tell stories. When I was sixteen I decided to start submitting my work for publication. It took ten years before I had a story accepted. Who are your favorite romance characters (besides your own?) Wow, that's a hard question because there are so many great characters. I love Charlotte Boyett-Compo's Kamerone Cree from Bloodwind , Jude Deveraux's Alexander Montgomery from The Raider , Jack Greene's Jordan from News at Eleven , Sean Michael's Rose and Thorne from the series of the same name, Gabriel Belthir's Evie Johns from Lily of the Wastelands , all the heroes from the Men of Valor series by Kiru Taye, Vance and Victor from the Cirque Caprice series by Julia Talbot. The list could go on. Tell me what inspired this story. Though St. Augustine's Silhouettes is short, there was a lot I wanted to do with it. Li...

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Blues at 11: Kimberly Delagarza is a familiar face in Los Angeles as she can be seen nightly on the evening news. She drives a fancy car, lives in a house on the beach and wears designer clothes. But the TV anchorwoman has been accused of murder No one believes she didn’t kill her louse of an ex-boyfriend after he dumped her. Her next picture may be on a wanted poster, and her home may be The Big House and she may soon be wearing an orange prison jumpsuit. Can Kimberly catch a cagey killer who will stop at nothing to bring her down? What inspired you to become a writer? I am not certain what inspired me.  I always just felt like I HAD to write. From the time I was young I was making up stories and as I got older they seemed to keep focusing on romance or adventure. I was a voracious reader so I think if anything inspired me it was reading those books and wanting to make up my own stories. Who are your favorite romance characters (besides your own?) I absolute...