historical & paranormal fiction
Do you know how many times I’ve edited my book? Not enough. It’s never enough. I edit as I write, and edit twice more before sending it to my critique group, then edit each time I get feedback from a member – all the while going over it again myself and revising. I scour every […]
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 […]
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’ […]
You tell your friends about an obscure band you discovered, and they admire how hip you are, right? Unfortunately for classical musicians, the more obscure pieces you know, the bigger geek you are. But it’s a happy sort of nerdiness. Archives (paper and digital) are filled with glorious, delightfully innovative music, and “discovering” a less-known piece feels like finding a rare […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 