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"Romance Writing With A Twist!"
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Being a writer means first being a reader. I got my start at the tender age of nine, devouring science fiction short stories and novels. The author who had the most influence on me was Isaac Asimov. As I grew older, I couldn't believe how versatile he was, in non-fiction subjects as well as fiction. Who but Asimov could have written scholarly books on such diverse topics as Shakespeare, the Bible, and chemistry, then switch gears to create his famous Three Laws of Robotics? His presence here on Earth will be greatly missed.
In high school I branched out to reading Regencies, having been metaphysically introduced to the great Georgette Heyer. The tone and the language of the era fascinated me: where else could you refer to a drunken man as someone who was chirping-merry, or three parts disguised, or a bit bosky, to name only a few phrases?
From there, I graduated to writing. I wanted to combine fantasy with my own particular kind of reality. Special Delivery, my fantasy novelette was born because of my preoccupation with the mail. You know, waiting for acceptance letters, contracts, checks, that sort of thing. I started to wonder what would happen if one day, the mail waited for me—or Ralph Dunmeyer, as it were. Special Delivery is the result.
LORD DARVER'S MATCH, my 5 star time-travel Regency novel with LionHearted Publishing, began one morning with me snuggling in bed next to my husband. What would happen, I theorized, if the man next to me was not my husband? This idea germinated into Hillary Logan's plight—transporting her to early nineteenth century England ... and the Marquess of Darver's bed. So you see, by combining reality with fantasy or imagination, you can conceive the most inventive plots!
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2008 DREAM REALM AWARD Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction Romance THE WAKEFIELD DISTURBANCE, 2008 DREAM REALM AWARD Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction Romance COMPETITORS, Awe-Struck Regency Award Winner PAGING MISS GALLOWAY, 2007 Golden Wings Award Winner for A CONTINENTAL MARRIAGE, 2004 DREAM REALM Award Winner for Best Speculative Fiction Romance THE COMING, six time 2003 EPPIE Award Finalist for Best Contemporary, Science Fiction, Historical Romance, and Anthology categories; 2002 Preditors & Editors Winner #1 Best Science Fiction Novel JANUS IS A TWO-HEADED GOD; 2002 P.E.A.R.L Nominee for Best Time-Travel; Three time 2003 Golden Rose Nominee for Best Time-Travel, Regency, and Science Fiction.
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Susanne's bestselling and award-winning Romance Writing with a Twist novels include:
ALIEN HEAT
THE COMING
COMPETITORS!
A CONTINENTAL MARRIAGE
THE CONTRARY CONTESSA
THE CREATIVE WRITING WORKBOOK
FOREVVER
GRAVE FUTURE
HAVE CHRISTMAS CARD... WILL TRAVEL
JANUS IS A TWO-FACED MOON
JANUS IS A TWO-HEADED GOD
LORD DARVER'S MATCH
LOVE AT THE TOP
LUCKY 13
PAGING MISS GALLOWAY
PAST INDISCRETIONS
REGENCY SOCIETY REVISITED
THE RELUCTANT LANDLORD
THE MAGIC TOKEN
SOJOURN THROUGH TIME
TAINTED TEA FOR TWO
TIMELESS DECEPTION
THE WAKEFIELD DISTURBANCE
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