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Sep 22

The Ecstasy of the Mature Heroine

by Maxine Davis My grandparents were in their late 70’s when they had their last formal picture made (and probably the only one in a studio). Having farmed all their life and being parents of 12, they had the gray hair, overalls, and cotton dresses that you would imagine. Well this last picture showed them smiling and looking truly happy. I asked Grandmother one time why they had such big smiles and looked so happy. Expecting to hear the wisdom of the ages, she got a far-away look, smiled and said, “T.W. pinched my butt.” I have never forgotten that. [...]

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Sep 21

Your Story

We’ve been discussing the mature heroine this month, and quite frankly, I’m not sure what’s left to be said. We all agree that life doesn’t end at 30. That notion of the brimming eagerness of anything-is-possible youth aside, I firmly believe that most of us our just hitting our stride in our 30’s and 40’s. We’ve finally grown into our shoes, so to speak. We’ve had the chance to make some mistakes, learn from them and move on, smarter and better armed to weather the next storm life may throw at us. (One reason I think so many romance writers [...]

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Sep 20

Will the Real Heroine Please Stand Up?

A few weeks ago, my daughter got married—at the ripe old age of twenty-nine. Not so long ago in history, she would probably have remained a spinster if she hadn’t found herself a husband before the age of say, twenty-three. Unless of course, she got desperate and married some old geez in his forties with a passel of children in need of a female influence in their lives. If my daughter were a character in a novel, she’d be described as a mature heroine. A Cinderella who, for one reason or another, didn’t find her Prince Charming until she had [...]

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Sep 19

Aging with Grace for Another Week

Here’s who’ll be blogging next week. Hope everyone can join us! Monday, September 21: Cynthia Hamer-Omey –Tuesday, September 22: Darcy Crowder – Wednesday, September 23: Maxine Davis – The Ecstasy of the Mature HeroineThursday, September 24: Tamara DeStefano – Friday, September 25 Guest Chef: Natasha Moore, Jenna Ives and Skylar Kade

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Sep 19

Winner for Jennifer Haymore’s A HINT OF WICKED

After a short conversation with www.randomizer.org, we have a winner. Congratulations to JOYE Joye, email me @ dlkaufman@bellsouth.net and we’ll get you hooked up with your book! Thanks to Jennifer Haymore for taking the time out of her busy schedule to blog with us. Visit Jennifer at www.jenniferhaymore.com

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Sep 17

Jennifer Haymore – Guest Chef

JENNIFER HAYMORE’s first historical romance, A HINT OF WICKED, was released in June, 2009. Jennifer grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii, where she surfed, learned how to fly airplanes, raced bicycles, and developed a love for sailing. Jennifer holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree in Education from UCLA. Before she became a full-time writer she held various jobs from bookselling to teaching inner-city children to playing bit roles in soap operas. You can find Jennifer in Southern California trying to talk her husband into yet another trip to England, helping [...]

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Sep 16

Dreaming of Time

At a workshop a couple of weeks ago, a woman admitted that she can’t find the time to write because she has a full-time job. This didn’t sit well with me, and I know there are others out there who suffer from the same excuse. Most writers do not have the time to sit down for a few solid hours at the computer to write their stories. They have to fit in the words where they can.Now I understand as mature women we all have responsibilities that cannot be ignored. I get that. There are times in a person’s life [...]

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