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Time to get real.

“It is easier to sound inspired and clever than it is to be real.” – Cecil Murphey at the 2012 OCW Summer Conference For years, I’d fallen victim to what happens to many artists, writers and musicians: I let naysayers and critics get to me. I let the opinions of other shape and influence my writing rather than being true to my calling and to my interests. Writing “romance” has long been associated with frivolity and sub-par writing. So when I described my genre of choice to others, I’d label it simply as “Historical fiction.” Though most of my plots do defy the traditional romance elements, love is at the...