Howdy! I’m posting this as I count down the days left in the school year–2 weeks from today, WOOT! Summer to me means reading and writing, and has since I was nine years old. One of the first things I did when I graduated college was pick up a historical romance that sounded good, by Karen Robards, called Dark of the Moon. I devoured that book, my first romance, which started a hunger for more. I can’t believe there was…
When Delilah Devlin put out a call for sexy Viking stories, I thought, “Finally! One I can let slide by.” For some reason, I always feel like I have to rise to the challenge for her story calls. See, she was the one who got me writing erotic romance in the first place, because she challenged me. This time, I was like, “Vikings? Nah, I don’t have a Viking story in me.” I hadn’t even read a Viking story in…
The Highlander from Boy to Man Like so many who are inspired to write highlanders, I LOVE Jamie Fraser from Outlander. He is my second-favorite red-haired, oversized Scot (the first being William of Dunashie from Anita Mills’s Winter Roses). I have been SO EXCITED about the Starz series, especially once I heard Ron Moore was involved (Loved the Battlestar Galactica reboot.) And I’ve enjoyed the show, and been listening to the audiobook, so I know the show is faithful to…
I’m Emma Jay and I’ve been writing for about five years, after Delilah challenged me to try my hand at some spicier writing, and I found it extremely liberating. I’ve written 17 novellas since, cowboys, firefighters and groomsmen. I’m a teacher, which means secrets. It also means lots of testing. I was thumbing through a book while the kids were testing and read about this woman who was a rancher in Texas back in the day. Her cattle were rustled…