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Where Magic Begins: Delilah Devlin (Contest)

Where Magic Begins: Delilah Devlin (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Ellen Wulf! *~*~* Well, despite the photo of my very cluttered desk, the “magic” doesn’t always come when I’m sitting there. Usually, I’ve already gotten the inspiration for what I write while I’m doing something else. Something brainless. Because, hey, my mind has to be a little blank for the muses (a psychic told me I have three—and actually, more than one psychic!) to shout loud enough to be heard. I know that makes me sound weirder…

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Where Magic Begins: Melanie Jayne (Contest)

Where Magic Begins: Melanie Jayne (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…ButtonsMom2003! *~*~* Hello from the hot and humid farmlands of central Indiana! Although the corn loves this weather, I am not a fan. Duncan Keith (my mastiff) and I are spending as much time as possible in front of the fan. I know that the heat comes every year, and yet, I detest it. I’m asked often about where I write. I’m very lucky, I can create almost anywhere. I like a little background noise, and if…

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8 Days: Wicked by Susannah Chapin

8 Days: Wicked by Susannah Chapin

I GET KNOCKED DOWN…BUT I GET UP AGAIN Semi-obnoxious 90’s song stuck in your head? You can thank me later. 😉 So, about a year ago, life knocked me down pretty hard. (Okay, let’s do a synchronized “Awww.” It’ll be the “Awww” of communal misery. Ready? One, two, three…”Awww.” Excellent, thanks y’all. Now we can move on.) There was some serious personal stuff going down that wasn’t pretty or fun, and most days it was an accomplishment just to get…

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13 Days: The Promise of Memory by Regina Kammer

13 Days: The Promise of Memory by Regina Kammer

My Inspiration I had just written a novel set in ancient Rome when I saw Delilah Devlin’s call for submissions for an anthology on knights, Hot Highlanders and Wild Knights (yep, that was the original call). As Delilah always does, she encouraged authors to think beyond the tropes of courtly medieval English knights, and in the call mentioned Crusaders, Normans, Saxons, Vikings, Huns… But not Romans. Sigh. I write historical erotic romance and at the time was revising two novels,…

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