I devoured everything either of those two authors ever wrote, and went on to Janelle Taylor, Jude Deveruaux, Johanna Lindsey, Francine Rivers, Catherine Cookson, and Kathleen Woodiwiss. Imagine that out of all the books available, I chose those two classic romances for my first taste of romance! Needless to say, I was hooked from that day forward. On a whim one day, while browsing the store shelves, I bought Lisa Gregory’s The Rainbow Season and LaVyrle Spencer’s Hummingbird. I used to read only horror, mystery and mainstream novels, but then I read a few Victoria Holt books I received from the book club and found them appealing, yet somewhat unsatisfactory in some way I couldn’t define my discontent at the time. For years I pretty much dedicated myself to my family, and raised my four kids. I wrote longhand off and on after that, occasionally typing a story on a manual typewriter my grandmother gave me. My first rejection came at age fourteen when I submitted a romantic short story to Redbook Magazine. As a child I wrote stories, drew the covers, and stapled them into mini-books. I’ve always written in one form or another. Can you tell us a bit about your background as a writer?Įven as a young girl I was an avid reader. You are on Wikipedia as a best-selling author of romance fiction. Hi, Cheryl! Welcome to Susan Finlay Writes blog site. I’d like to introduce you to the seventy-ninth interviewee in my ‘Meet the Author’ series.

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