Unfortunately,
for my pocketbook, but fortunately for me because I have access to so much variety in
choosing romance books, I have a WAY too long list of favorite authors. So,
I’ll name a few of my automatic buys: RaeAnne Thayne, Jill Shalvis,
Maisey Yates, Cindy Kirk, Nancy Herkness, Peggy Jaeger, Vicki Lewis Thompson,
Jen Gilroy… if I sit here long enough, I’ll keep adding to the list, which in
reality is endless.
Believe me when I say I have met many authors at writer’s conferences, and as a result bought and found new works to love. So, my list of go-to authors grows and grows.
I take a
lot of chances on reading books on sale by unknown-to-me authors. Often, I end
up adding that new author to my “want to read more” list. I rarely set aside a
book in the midst of the story. However, there have been a few times when I did.
I try hard to give each book I purchase a chance, because I always learn from
reading, whether it is an idea on how to move the story forward, or a warning
to myself on what doesn’t work for me personally, and therefore what not to do when
I write a story.
Needless to say, I spend many nights in bed reading into the wee hours of the night, er…morning. Thank goodness for e-readers that balance on my lap.
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What I do like about the stories of each of these authors named, is their style of writing—each unique in their own way. Reading these authors usually provides me with AHA moments throughout their stories. The kind of AHA, that gives me ideas for my own writing. I don’t mean having my characters do the same thing. What I mean is what their characters are up against gives me AHA ideas on how to progress my own story with moments appropriate to my character’s lives and personalities, and the story I tell about them.
INSPIRATION!
I also learn what to cut in my own writing. I tend to over-explain, in my first
drafts, So, by reading authors who are good at showing a story as it moves
along quickly, teaches me or reminds me to make every word count. In other words,
short and sweet, and move on to the next action in the manuscript.
INSPIRATION
If nothing
else, I know when I read my favorite authors, I can sit back against my pillow
in bed or cuddled up on the couch on a stormy day, and just get lost, away from
the troubles of the world, enjoying the moments in someone else’s life—the
characters, the locations, and the elements that bring each of these stories to
life in so many different ways.
I know
what to expect. And… I am never disappointed!
Who are your favorite authors? And why?
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Overprotective big brother and ranch owner, Carter Peters, draws the short straw at a family meeting to buy his stepmom her sixtieth birthday present, never imagining he’ll get zapped with cupid’s arrow by a feisty southern belle, single mom, and lingerie shop owner who is so wrong for him and has off-limits written all over her.
Amazon
(also in print)
https://www.amazon.com/Rancher-Needs-Cowboys-Mineral-Springs-ebook/dp/B07YXB5C4W/
Books2Read
books2read.com/u/bxv56d
~ cottages to cabins ~ keep the
home fires burning ~
Author of the Starlight Grille series, Serenity Harbor Maine novellas, and the Cowboys of Mineral Springs series, Lowe has also authored short romances for Woman’s World magazine (most recently, an Easter romance in the April 1, 2024 edition.) The Love Left Behind is a Hartford Estates, R.I. wedding novella with Book 2 on the way. A Christmas novel (The Inn at Gooseneck Lane) and novella (Holiday Hitchhiker – the youngest brother of the Mineral Spring’s ranching family) were the most recent releases. Look for book 3 of the cowboy’s series, as well as book 2 of the Hartford Estates series, to be released in 2025.
4 comments:
Delsora, I am amazed at the amount of reading you do at night. Of course, because I changed a "reading in bed habit" to deal with insomnia, if I read at night I get up, go downstairs and sit in a chair albeit a recliner. And thus, I seldom read at night once I'm in bed.
Since you read so many different authors, do you ever reread books?
Judith, reading in bed actually makes me sleepy. Otherwise, I tend to stare at the ceiling, sometimes for hours. I have a bit of insomnia. So, if I wake up in the middle of the night, I grab my Kindle (which I have the backlight turned down very low) and usually fall back to sleep pretty quickly. At times, I get an idea for the story I am working on, so I get on Kindle email and send myself notes. Pre-Kindle, I read books in bed, but you have to have a light on for that, so I wasn't as successful at falling asleep. I don't often read books more than once. But sometimes, I forget I read a book, so I may start to read it again, and then decide to keep on reading. If I had a recliner, I would probably read in that and still fall asleep :-)
One of my favorite authors is Natalie Cox, a British Romantic Comedy Author who writes stand alone novels full of humor, dogs, and fresh ideas. Thanks for the author recommendations! I will look into them.
Sarah, I just looked up Natalie Cox and bought a book for Kindle. I look forward to reading her book. Thanks for the recommendation. Always fun to try new authors.
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