I started this writing journey many moons ago, mostly for myself. I've always had a brain that was more restless than my body, and creating has been the only way to effectively slow down that gerbil on a wheel that lives in my head.
Theatre was
a major outlet for years, and along with performing, rewriting lyrics for our
annual three-act cabarets was one of my favourite things to do. In the later
years, we had reduced the content of our shows, and I turned to writing novels
as an additional outlet. That was 2008. So, when our troupe wound up in 2010, after
twenty-two wonderful years, it was a natural transition to focus more on my
writing.
It was
during these years that I began to write Regency era romance. It was during
this time that Love Denied was fertilized, warmed and hatched. The final draft
is date stamped 2013. The publishing industry was new to me and I fumbled a few
times with submissions, but then gave up and filed it under Nice Try. I Hope You Learned Something From
It.
After I
left my career and life in Ontario behind to move to the west coast of Canada,
I threw myself into writing. No surprise, after a career in education, teen
voices began to whisper to me. So, I captured their stories. And, I have been
incredibly fortunate to have three of those novels published. I have another
one that needs to be spit-shined, and I hope it sees the world some day too.
Still, Love
Denied pecked at me insistently. History has always been my thing. And romance?
Well, what is life without love? So, I pulled Love Denied out, dusted it off,
spruced it up a bit, and sent it out into the world. And, I guess, this was my
time.
I couldn't
be happier that my journey has led me to this moment, this publisher, and these
strange times where we could all do with a little happy ever after.
Love Denied
enters the world in 2022.
