historical & paranormal fiction
Welcome to Part 2 of Men Speak Out: What They Love and Hate About Women. On Monday in Part 1, our anonymous panel of Manly Men discussed what makes them respect a woman, what women get wrong about men, and what turns them on or off. If you want to catch up, read that article here. […]
I have results from the six-question survey about what men really think about women, in response to a related article, In Praise of the Modern Gentleman. An encouraging number of Manly Men responded, and I was astounded by their feedback. Some of their answers I expected (What would you say to all the women in the world? “Show us your ____!”), but mostly I […]
Sometimes dialogue doesn’t work, but why does it fail? A reader can become confused or skeptical because of any number of issues with the writing, but I think questions in dialogue are the most common problem area. This is probably as true in real-life dialogue as it is in fiction. Questions are more about the motive than the one-dimensional wording. […]
Unlike other species in the wild, human parents don’t eat their young. Sometimes I wonder why. For example, I remember the time I came downstairs after a five-minute shower and stepped in Vaseline. Lots of it. The entire kitchen floor looked unusually reflective, in fact. I found the two-year-old twins, naked and shiny, covered in petroleum jelly – it was a big, big […]
CALLING ALL MANLY MEN: Tell the world what you really think about women, and you could have dinner on me at Outback Steakhouse. Be a part of my next blog article, “Men Speak Out: What They Love and Hate About Women,” part 2 of a series launched last weekend with In Praise of the Modern […]
Chivalry is not dead. It’s just rare. Perhaps confused by widespread poor manners or cowed by extreme feminism, the modern gentleman can be a tentative creature. Should he hold the door open for a girl and risk being berated for assuming she’s incapable of doing it herself? It’s risky business, and it shouldn’t be. I’m crazy about a gentleman, whether he’s eight years old […]
Musicians are a sensual, moody and brilliant bunch. Often eccentric or intense types, they make great characters in fiction. Music as a topic provides a rich sensory palette. I get excited about musician characters. Sometimes. At my day job I’m a violinist–master’s degree, eighteen years experience teaching and “gigging”–so I usually notice when musician characters in a novel screw […]
Moriah Densley loves writing about Victorians, assassins, and nerds. Once upon a time she was a violin teacher, then a 911 EMT, and now she’s an ER nurse, proving she has career ADHD. On days off you’ll find her somewhere on a mountain, trying to keep up with her four grown children and Belgian Malinois, or deep in a pile of rubble you might generously call a DIY project. Published in historical and paranormal romance, Moriah has a Master’s degree in music, is a 2012 RWA Golden Heart finalist, 2012 National Reader’s Choice Award winner in Historical Romance, and 2012 NRCA Best First Book finalist.
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2012 RWA Golden Heart Finalist
Moriah Densley 