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A Little Bit About Linda
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Linda and her hero Brad
in The Lion In Winter, 1982 |
I started on the winding road to romance writing in 1972 with
an overcooked Thanksgiving turkey and my nose buried in a
delicious copy of Kathleen Woodiwiss's first novel. Reading has
always been one of my favorite obsessions, but The Flame and
the Flower fused the passion of history with the enchantment
of romance, and from then on, I was hooked. Nearly twenty-five
years and thousands of romances later, my own first novel--For
My Lady's Kiss--was released by Avon Books in February 1997.
For My Lady's Kiss won the 1995 Romance Writers of
America's Golden Heart for Long Historical, after winning first
place in six other romance writing competitions and taking
second and third places in six other competitions. The book sold
to Avon, along with a one-line proposal for a second book, in
September, 1995. I attribute much of my writing success to the
unflagging support and encouragement of Romance Writers of
America and from my fellow romance writers.
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| Before I started writing romance, I earned my bachelor's
degree in theatre from California State University, Dominguez
Hills, and I credit my understanding of character development,
dialogue, scene-shaping and plotting techniques to my theatrical
training. I am also a playwright, one of the lucky ones who have
actually had full productions of their works--two dinner theatre
revues and two full-length plays. My most recent work, Postdated,
premiered in Monterey, California, in January 1997.
I write full time from my home office in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Working at home is rarely a distraction for me--not even the
tallest pile of laundry can ever tempt me from my desk. However,
our new 5-acre woodland paradise sometimes does, and summertime
will probably find me raking and planting, as well as sitting on
the deck, sipping iced tea and tapping out stories on my laptop.
My ever-patient hero-husband and collegiate son, James,
have grown used to improvised dinners and restaurant meals,
especially when a deadline lurks.
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