tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56132862018559370692011-07-08T19:12:09.236-05:00The blog of Ann Stephens, romance writerAnn Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480708855579813970noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613286201855937069.post-89290946191916053172009-12-15T20:23:00.002-06:002009-12-15T20:25:43.032-06:00

My blog have moved! Here's the link to my new site:http://annstephensromance.wordpress.com/

Ann Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480708855579813970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613286201855937069.post-3056637688597759342009-12-01T22:38:00.004-06:002009-12-02T01:07:59.521-06:00

Not a 'Get' list or even a 'To Do' list.This time of year, families celebrate the holidays by a myriad of traditions: favorite foods and meals, favorite movies and books, favorite activities. Here's some of the things we do at our house each year, with a few reasons why I love them. (Just a heads up...some of them might not match up with the customary images of joy and family togetherness.)

Ann Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480708855579813970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613286201855937069.post-5469205134013030072009-11-24T16:29:00.003-06:002009-11-24T21:20:44.833-06:00

So many things that I'm grateful for...Always first, my husband and daughters. Without them, my world would be a colder and darker place, even on the brightest days of summer. I am thankful for the continued health and safety of those I love most in the world, as well as my own.And I give thanks for the rest of my family -- my parents and my stepmother, my sisters and stepsister, and my in-laws

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While I'm hardly a recluse, the concept of having my book title and name come up in various places on the internet is .... odd. 'Behind the scenes' is where I've always lived and I do well there. So when Maureen Cuddy in Kensington's publicity department emailed and then called me last week to request answers to questions for the Debutante Corner of Romantic Times' February issue, I alternated

Ann Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480708855579813970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613286201855937069.post-61784228000553021702009-11-10T17:50:00.000-06:002009-11-10T17:52:41.019-06:00

Okay, I sit down before the computer, turn it on and pull up my WIP. With any luck, the words I wrote yesterday make sense. Maybe there's an awkward phrase to fix or a common word to replace, but those are just delaying tactics. Any writer knows the real work starts when the words stop scrolling. So I sit and stare at a blank screen.And stare. And think about going back and doing some 'good solid

Ann Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480708855579813970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613286201855937069.post-49019191939413508982009-11-03T12:43:00.005-06:002009-11-09T19:29:02.212-06:00

HEA...one of the basic requirements of romance writing. If the characters don't end up happily united, with the implication they will stay that way for the rest of their lives, it ain't a romance novel. It may be an excellent book -- I've read many moving stories that do not end up with the hero and heroine together, but it's a different genre.Why do we so desperately want the hero and heroine to

Ann Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480708855579813970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613286201855937069.post-28586314485734888552009-07-27T17:41:00.001-05:002009-07-27T17:46:09.463-05:00

Seriously, how did I get here? 'Here' being a pre-published author, terrified at the idea of strange people reading my books. (Okay, yeah, I'm kinda strange myself, but I'm used to me.)Nearly two years ago, I was trying to recharge myself creatively and took an acting class. I was there to see if I wanted to go back onstage at our local community theaters. Another student was there because she

Ann Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480708855579813970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613286201855937069.post-32786463230974247922009-03-09T21:24:00.005-05:002009-03-11T00:19:29.253-05:00

Welcome to Ann Stephens Romance. I'm a romance writer -- my first book is coming out in 2010, from Kensington Books. In To be Seduced, handsome Cavalier Richard Harcourt returns to England with King Charles II only to find his estate ruined.A marriage of convenience...Destitute and desperate, he sets his sights on Puritan heiress Bethany Dallison. As the lady is all but promised to another, he

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