historical & paranormal fiction
A few months ago I sat in a movie theater, behaving myself, until a One for the Money preview came on. Katherine Heigl said, “They blew up my car!” in a Jersey accent, and I cheered. Grandma Mazur shot the dinner turkey, Joe Morelli called Stephanie Plum “cupcake” – I laughed and shouted “Yesss!” I understand it’s generally thought uncouth […]
Do you have a story churning in your head, and it wants out? Does it play in your imagination like a movie? Then you might be a plotter. Or a screenplay writer. Either way, you’ll need an outline. Or, if you have characters talking in your head, you could be A) schizophrenic, B) a writer who should start […]
I hear complaints that Pinterest is addicting. Over the weekend I investigated these claims for myself. I got sucked in too. Can I just say, as someone old enough to remember researching through gargantuan multi-volumed encyclopedias at the library, I love the internet! The wealth of information, images, music, and videos . . . and […]
I couldn’t put it down. I stayed up all night reading, and I didn’t mind being tired the next day, it was that awesome. At the beginning, I couldn’t believe the author’s lifelike detail about military operations. A few pages later, and I wondered if the author was not a she. Yes, dear readers, M.L. Buchman is […]
So, you want to write. Have a cool idea rattling around in the back of your mind, keeping you up at night? Trying to start the next book in your series, or is this your first? Either way, you’re surfing the internet instead of writing, so you’re not sure how to get started, right? Writers are often asked where they […]
Ready for more kid humor? Today I have a new list for you, taken from the “Kids Log” I’ve kept since 2005 to capture the crazy goings-on at my house. You can catch up if you missed On Filial Cannibalism – and- Weird Stuff Kids Say, Part 1. Sometimes the humor comes from my music students or my friends’ […]
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. […]
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 