I was in fourth grade the first time I ever got a book that had been signed by the author. Children’s author Barbara M. Joosse had come to visit our school to talk about writing (and I even got to work with her on my own story). At the end of her visit, I was […]
Being the Light
This past weekend, I attended RomFest with The Smoky Mountain Romance Writers. This was my second romance-writer centered convention/fest/con. Both (though they were scaled differently) had similar themes, atmosphere, and workshops. Male cover models mingled (often shirtless) among the readers and writers in attendance. Over the years, romance writing has evolved from the standard “boy […]