Hey, romance addicts. Today, author Samantha Wilde tells us a little about herself and shares her latest read, Bound, book one of her Blood Brothers romantic suspense series. She also has a great giveaway.

Welcome, Samantha!

Can you, for those who don’t know you already, tell something about yourself and how you became an author?

Becoming an author was a very organic experience for me. I started reading at a young age and was always writing short stories as a child. For me, writing was just part of who I was. It wasn’t until my late teenage years that I actually thought I could make a career out of writing. All of those old, unfinished and messy manuscripts were the stepping stones to my goal.

Hey, romance addicts. Amber Daulton is back with another great book and interview. She joins us to share her writing process and a new Valentine’s adventure romance, My Valentine’s Adventure.

Amber Daulton is the author of the romantic-suspense series Arresting Onyx and several
standalone novellas. Her books are published through The Wild Rose Press, Books to Go Now,
and Daulton Publishing, and are available in e-book, print on demand, audio, and foreign language
formats. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and demanding cats.

Welcome, Amber.

How did publishing your first book change your writing process?
Boy, is that a loaded question! I’d modeled my style after what I was reading, only to learn with my first publisher that passive voice and head hopping are now frowned upon. I would love to go back in time and tell myself to do more research into grammar and writing style, and not to read so many romance books written in the 1990s and earlier. The writing and publishing guidelines have changed over the years, and what was accepted back then is no longer accepted now, as least for beginners without a huge following.

Hey, romance addicts! I am excited to have author Amber Daulton on the Layla Writes Love blog. She is one that likes to keep readers on their toes.

Amber is the author of the romantic-suspense series Arresting Onyx and several standalone novellas. Her books are published through The Wild Rose Press, Books to Go Now, and Daulton Publishing, and are available in e-book, print on demand, audio, and foreign language formats. 

She lives in North Carolina with her husband and demanding cats.

Amber is going to share a little about herself as a writer and her latest book, Harmony’s Embrace. Welcome, Amber.

Does writing energize or exhaust you?
It depends. If I’m in the mood to write and my muse is flowing, I feel energized as I’m burning up the keyboard. I just can’t stop the words or keep back my smile.
Other times, I feel brain dead and exhausted as I’m trying to force out a complete, cohesive sentence. When I have writer’s block, nothing seems to go right, even in my personal life. It’s like a huge weight is on my shoulders, and the only thing I can do is step away from the project to find my zone. I usually have to play video games, read books, or work in the garden to get my creative juices flowing again.

Hey, romance addicts. Today, romance author, Alexandria Lee shares a little about herself and her contemporary romance, Dancing with Sin.

Thank you for joining us, Alexandria!

Tell us something really interesting that’s happened to you. 

Hey, romance addicts. Author Tina Holland joins us to share a little about herself, writing process and her steampunk romance, The Courtesan of Constantinople. Welcome, Tina!

Greetings, romance addicts. Today, author, D.V. Stone joins us to share a little about herself and the characters and cover of her book, Rock House. She also has a giveaway, so don’t stop scrolling!

Hey, romance addicts. I am excited to connect you guys with Ruby Carter. She has a series featuring a group of hot alpha males.

I am thrilled that Ruby shared her experience in writing Dagger, her latest book in the Devil’s Reaper MC series.

Thank you for joining us, Ruby.

Hey romance addicts. I had the chance to connect with fantasy YA author, Ally Aldridge and talk about writing, and her new book, Ocean Heart.

Ally and I talked about creating lovable characters, connecting with readers and finishing a book.

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Greetings, romance addicts. Today, author, Megan J. Parker will share a little about herself and the characters of her book, New Moon.

Welcome, Megan.

Can you, for those who don’t know you already, tell something about yourself and how you became an author?

Hey, romance addicts! I am excited to have author Anna M. Taylor on my blog this week. Anna is a gothic romance and women’s fiction writer. She is a retired United Church of Christ and Presbyterian Church USA minister and has been writing seriously since joining Romance Writers of America in 2003.

Anna’s first published work appeared in 2008 under her inspirational romance pen name, Anna Taylor. She published her first erotic romance in 2016 with The Wild Rose Press as Michal Scott.

Anna shares her experience and motivation as an author, common pitfalls writers fall into and her favorite trope.

What are common traps for aspiring writers?
Comparing themselves to other authors. Our journeys are unique and therefore we should focus our energies on what we are bringing to the literary world’s table, not what’s already there that we wished we had brought first.

Hello, beauteous readers! I am thrilled to introduce author Marianne Rice. Marianne authored more than nineteen small-town romance novels set in rural New England towns. She loves high heels, reading romance, scarfing down dark chocolate, gulping wine, and Chris Hemsworth. Oh, and her husband and three children.

Marianne’s new book, Something More (book six in the Well Paired series) features Mia and Ryan, two people who find each other while searching for equilibrium. Check out the blurb.

A Well Paired

Available at Amazon

Mia Parker needs to reassess her wild lifestyle, get back to her lost passion for writing and drawing. At a quiet beach, she gathers inspiration, finding it in a stranger with mischievous dark chocolate eyes and a quirky passion for marine life. But the more time they spend together the more stoic and mysterious he becomes.

Continue reading “LWL #Interview: Marianne Rice Shares Her Writer’s Perspective” →

Okay, Layla Writes Love peeps. Let’s welcome romance author Barbara Combs Williams. She is a Georgia native, now residing in Villa Rica. She is a rising moon in the night sky. Her inspiration comes from her husband of over forty years, who once told her, “Why not just write it down if you can’t say it out loud?” Barbara has been writing it down for the past twelve years.

Barbara writes fiction novels, poetry and short stories. She published Soul Catcher, a Gothic epic set in rhyme. Her novel,  The Color of Your Tears is about Jackie, a woman who has spent years raising her family and living for everyone else. Check out the blurb.

Blurb

On this particular Friday night in June, Jackie Mattock was having the big one! A major meltdown was in progress, even though she should be joyous. Even though her son was getting married tomorrow, she had lost herself; her heart, her brain was all frozen in time. She could not enjoy the present nor see a future for herself because she was locked in the past. For the last twenty-five years, she had lived a lie so terrible that she used all of her “get out of jail free” cards. Jackie is a desperate woman willing to do desperate acts to protect her secrets. She had nowhere to turn to, no one to help her. There was no one there to dry her colored tears. 

Barbara shared her perspective on writing. Continue reading “LWL Interview: Barbara Combs Williams, Multifaceted Writer” →