Tag: Express Desire

Ever Thought of Riding the Pony Express?

I sure did…probably obsessed on riding the Pony Express, too, when I was a little girl riding out in the hills around La Honda, California. Maybe that’s why my first novel, A Long Trail Rolling, ended up being about the Pony Express…and a girl rider. Many have asked why I wrote about this for my first …

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Blogging Today at The Romance Studio!

Hi All, I’m blogging today over at The Romance Studio! Come on over to The Romance Studio hear a little about the Secession Menace in California in the 1860’s, A Long Trail Rolling and The Hills of Gold Unchanging! See you there! XXX Lizzi

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Hi All! Come on over to Cynthia Woolfe's Blog, we're over there today!

Hi everyone! I was invited to an interview with Cynthia Wolf, Historical Romance author extraordinaire! Click Here! Here’s the header on her lovely page! Come on by and learn a little about where I got interested in writing, how the series began, and some things about me you might not have known! Leave a comment …

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What Draws us to History?

Here’s a post I wrote for Bethanne Strasser’s Through the Heart Shaped Glasses blog earlier this month. I thought some of you might appreciate it! What draws us to history? Is it the romance of a different time from our own? Is it what history can show us about ourselves? How we’re different from or …

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NaNoWriMo has Begun!

Hello All! Well, first day, I didn’t make my goal of 1700 words on the new novel I began on 1 November, A Sea of Green Unfolding, the sequel to Express Desired, wherein Aleksandra and Xavier are still reeling from the death of their first newborn child when they discover that they have lost Rancho …

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A Sea of Green

A new signature, thanks to my son Elliot and his awesome skills with Photoshop!   For NaNoWriMo! The new short synopsis… This sequel to Express Desired is about a young couple’s journey to adventure in the turbulent wilderness of 1861 New Zealand. Tragedy strikes in Aleksandra and Xavier’s newly found paradise on their California Rancho …

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A Sea of Green Unfolding

Today I began planning my new novel… It will be entitled….   A Sea of Green Unfolding   A sequel to Express Desired, it will be about Aleksandra and Xavier’s journey to a new life and adventure in the turbulent wilderness of 1861 New Zealand.   Plotting has begun today and the first 50K words …

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Express Desired Holding Fire!

Hello All, Sorry for the silence! I’ve been madly editing. Currently waiting to hear from the Agent and Editors regarding Express Desired. Final edits (those before the Editors and Agent deal to it!) are done and today started on the next… Thanks Patrick, for your ongoing support and help! My son and I had a …

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Express Desire Chapters and Synopses have been SENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I sent my submissions off to an agent (Jessica Faust of Bookends, NJ) who heard the first three pages in a Cold Read session at conference two years ago (when there was a total of three pages written…) and said she wanted to see it when it was done…  now!  Also sent to three editors …

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Manuscript is DONE! A little teaser from the story, especially for you horsey-types!

Hello all, I am very pleased to announce that the manuscript for Express Desired is done! Hmmm… Let’s just say it it nice to see that I’m making progress in my writing skills… and finally implementing my new skills…. especially incorporating ‘showing’ vs ‘telling’, (and my critique partner will be so PLEASED) . It’s good to …

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The Pony Express Mochila is Headed for Ft. Laramie!

June 20, 3:54pm PDT (today in the States, for those of you in NZ!) “The mail just left Lingle,WY at 4:45 pm, mountain time, headed towards Ft Laramie.” Patrick Hearty & Joseph Hatch The Pony Express Stations in Utah Well done to all of you out there riding!  You might get a bit tired, but …

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The Pony Express Re-Ride Continues!

Yesterday’s post detailed the Pony Express 20th Anniversary Re-Ride. I have posted some handy links for you to follow the ride’s progress! Thanks to Pony Express History –18253400.nhd.weebly.com The  Re-Ride continues! The “mochila,” (the leather pad with the mail pockets, below), which is transferred between riders on the  Pony Express) has made it from Elwood, …

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Guest Speaker: Jenny Argante, Editor in Chief!

Yesterday, the RWNZ C2C (Coast to Coast!) Chapter  was lucky enough to have Jenny Argante, the Editor in Chief at Oceanbooks as our guest speaker. Oceanbooks is a cooperative publishing company in Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, NZ. We met at Deryn’s (writing as Virginnia De Parte) home in Papamoa for a fantastic shared luncheon followed …

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Por qué Xavier tenía que ser español, or Why Xavier had to be Spanish….

Español….   …  ranks behind only China in total number of language speakers, and far ahead of English speakers.. One good reason to include it in my nearly-completed novel… Another one… it is the language of love… Xavier, born of his Spanish Californio family is, despite his challenges, able to speak this language of love… In …

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Utah and California, Here We Come!

Looking forward to our trip to the States in July! We will be visiting many sites from the novel Express Desire, soon to be completed! First, the Rancho de las Pulgas, which was the old 1795 Spanish land grant which belonged to the family of my novel hero Xavier Arguello, which today comprises most of …

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