Once Upon A Time

 

By: Marcia King-Gamble

www.lovemarcia.com 

So, August is romance awareness month, and I thought a trip down memory lane might be warranted. It seems just yesterday that my first romance was published, when in fact it’s been almost thirty years. Where did the time go? Even now still remember the excitement of receiving my first multi-book contract from Kensington Publishing.

Here is a pic of my very first published book. I had so much fun writing Remembrance. Who doesn’t like a story about a second chance at love? It wasn’t the best written book but it sure as heck came from my heart.

Since then, I have been fortunate to write for the now defunct BET books, St. Martin’s Press and Harlequin. In recent years I joined the Indie world. This allows me to write the many stories in my head.  Here is my last Indie project which made the USA Best Sellers list. I was part of anthology titled Holiday Fake-Out.

Of all the publishers, I enjoyed writing for Harlequin because of the distribution possibilities. It’s always nice to hear from foreign readers, especially when your books are distributed abroad and translated into several languages.  

Since romance is our topic this month, I thought I would share one of my favorite series written for Harlequin. It is part of my backlist.         

The Flamingo Beach series was based on a fictitious beach town in Nowhere Florida.  Over time, this little fishing village grew, and developers came in wanting to build macmansions. Soon the locals were struggling to just hang onto their homes. Flamingo Place was the first in the series of four.  It set the stage for the reader to meet the usual neighborhood suspects. The town gossip being one of them.

First came Flamingo Place, followed by Down and out on Flamingo Beach, then Sex on Flamingo Beach, and the fourth and last, an editor’s error (no Flamingo in the title), All About Me. All four books were fun writes, and it was hard saying goodbye to these characters.     

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For me, writing romance is like Calgon taking me away.  It’s a relaxing way to escape and who doesn’t like a happily ever after.

 I sure do. Don’t you?

About Marcia King-Gamble

USA bestselling romance writer, Marcia King-Gamble originally hails from a sunny Caribbean Island where the sky and ocean are the same mesmerizing shade of blue. This former travel industry executive has spent most of life in the United States. A National Bestselling author, Marcia has penned over 34 books and 8 novellas. She has contributed to Michael Fiore’s DigitalRomanceInc and served as a moderator on the now defunct eHarmony advice boards.  Having witnessed the bad, the ugly, and the not so good in relationships, she still prefers to write about happily ever after. Caring for her animal family keeps her grounded and sane.

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