http://accessromance.com/telltale Access Romance Authors Tell a Tale Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:10:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Dianne Castell I loooove Christmas! Okay, sometimes it can be a total pain in the neck getting there with gifts to buy, things to decorate and baking and cards to mail. But even with all that going on there’s that hint of magic. Everyone has that glow, something special’s going ... http://accessromance.com/telltale/2007/10/two-christmas-anthologies/ by Tessa Radley One of the motifs I wanted to explore in my Silhouette Desire miniseries, Billionaire Heirs, was the idea that men and women can sometimes be trapped in situations which they never saw coming…and once they become lost in the labyrinth the actions they take to free themselves often ... http://accessromance.com/telltale/2007/09/bound-by-desire/ by Denise A. Agnew As we head into fall, it’s still warm…uh…hot in the desert southwest. Yet not so long from now, I’ll be enjoying my favorite month of the year. October. During this month I always remember the far off places I’ve had the good fortune to ... http://accessromance.com/telltale/2007/09/greatest-writing-inspirations-travels-in-the-world/ by Elizabeth Hoyt I believe that fairytales can be windows into our collective psyche. They’re storytelling at its most basic. In a fairytale there is no room for character development. Dialogue, setting, and description are all very sketchy. What remains are stories in which the fat has been removed; underneath are ... http://accessromance.com/telltale/2007/08/the-fairytale-within-the-story/ by Jennifer LaBrecque When I first heard that Harlequin had teamed up with NASCAR to cover romances, I thought it was a very savvy business move – I just didn’t realize I’d be one of the writers involved. I was invited to write one of the books and while I ... http://accessromance.com/telltale/2007/08/the-making-of-a-harlequin-nascar-romance%e2%80%a6/ by Julie Leto There are so many tales to tell with this book! I mean, let’s start first with the series, The Bad Girls Club. I wrote my first BGC book back in...2003? Yikes! I can’t remember. I remember the book, though. It was the ... http://accessromance.com/telltale/2007/07/stripped/ by HelenKay Dimon Walk through the romance section at any bookstore and you'll see cover after cover featuring vampires, werewolves, ghosts and shapeshifters of all sorts. The trends is, and has been, for paranormal or otherworldly reads. The undead and their hunters, helpers and lovers fill the shelves. ... http://accessromance.com/telltale/2007/07/why-contemporary-romance-and-why-kauai/ by Vivi Anna I love to be inspired. And I am almost every day. Everything around me inspires me in one form or another. I don’t think there’s been a day that goes by that I haven’t gotten a new idea for a story from something that happened ... http://accessromance.com/telltale/2007/06/inspiration/ by Karen Kendall “Can you write another half-Latin guy, like Alejandro in MIDNIGHT TOUCH?” asked my editor, when she conceived MEN AT WORK (Harlequin Blaze, July 2007). “Sure!” I said, despite the fact that I am not half-Latin myself. Heh, heh, heh. Another opportunity to observe my friend’s husband and his ... http://accessromance.com/telltale/2007/05/through-the-roof/ by Stephanie Tyler “Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you ... http://accessromance.com/telltale/2007/05/risking-it-all/