Viking Love
Viking Love: BY LOVE ENSLAVED I flat out love Vikings and always have. The Conn family comes from Scotland, and my mother had French ancestors. The Vikings went far afield doing what they called...
View ArticleSmall Town Living
I grew up in a small town in upstate New York and by upstate I mean two hours north of New York City! It seemed that when I was a teenager I despised my small town life. Generations of my large family,...
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The Wayback Machine
I grew up with The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show on TV. My favorite segment was “Peabody’s Improbable History” featuring Mr. Peabody the genius dog (he graduated wagna cum laude from Harvard) and his boy...
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Note to Writers: Plan Your Sequels Ahead of Time
Getting the day after Thanksgiving blog really gave me pause. What should I write about? Thanksgiving when I was a kid? Wax poetic about autumn? Make fun of the people who actually take part in Black...
View ArticleConflicted by Conflict
In fiction there are two types of conflict, external and internal. External conflict is the plot of the story, the mystery or problem the characters must solve by the end of the book. Internal conflict...
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Why good stories never end
In a couple of weeks, the last of my mail-order bride books for Retro Romance will be re-released, and I’m having the same feelings I had the first time around when I saw the series coming to a close....
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The Story Behind the Story of LAKOTA SURRENDER
Good Morning (or afternoon or evening) and welcome to the Retro Romance Authors’ Blog, Native American Style. LAKOTA SURRENDER was the first book of mine to see “print,” and so I thought you might...
View ArticleThe Perfect Gift
A big part of Christmas is giving and receiving gifts. Some eagerly look forward to this annual ritual, buying or making gifts throughout the year and stashing them until December. Others dread it,...
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Beauty Everywhere
I live in Southern California, where we know it’s winter because it’s 60 degrees and that’s icy cold for us. Obviously I can’t reflect on Winter holiday weather, so I’ll focus on another kind of...
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Time Goes By
The new year always brings on discussions about resolutions and starting over. There is also that whole year in review deal, too, so I’ll be reflective. Don’t worry this isn’t going to be too...
View ArticleNew Year Health Tips for Writers
What I’m about to tell you isn’t rocket science. It’s common sense, things we all know we should do, but don’t always. Writing is a stressful job. Mental and emotional stress effects the body as well...
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Genre hopping
Do you like science fiction? And historical romance? And romantic comedy? And thrillers/horror? Fantasies, spy stories, the works? That’s me – as a reader and a moviegoer – and I suspect 50% of the...
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The Story Behind LAKOTA PRINCESS
I love this cover of LAKOTA PRINCESS,so much so that I have tried to make it nice and big so that you can enjoy the cover, also. LAKOTA PRINCESS, the writing of it — I hope you’ll allow me to tell you...
View ArticleKeeper of the Light
This book was first released in 1998 and is now available once again as an E-Book from Samhain Publishing. It is a tale of ancient Ireland, near the time of the Winter Solstice, and tells the story of...
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Daughter of Gold
Daughter of Gold is an historical/fantasy romance set in ancient Ireland, and is perhaps my favorite of all nine of my Irish historical romances. Why? Because it features one of my favorite characters...
View ArticleShow and Tell
One of the most confusing and misleading pieces of advice writers are given is to show, don’t tell. I would change that to show and tell, because sometimes we do need to tell using narrative summary...
View ArticleI Love Historical Romance by Phoebe Conn
I love writing historical romance. The love stories are passionate, and there are fine stallions to ride, mighty swords to swing and magnificent ships to sail. In other words: action that never quits....
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Day After Valentine’s Day
Hmmmm, the day after Valentine’s Day. What are women thinking about? Possibly that a lot of real guys could use some help with gift giving? Or that too many wait until the last minute? (Thank...
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Time Travel
Some people believe time travel is possible, some don’t. In either case, the subject elicits shockingly strong opinions, as I first discovered when Timeless was released in paperback, and thereafter,...
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