Women’s voices are essential #StrongHeroines #RomanceNovels #AmWriting #Equality

I’ve been alive for over four decades. In that time, I’ve seen some truths I can’t unsee. My kindness and ability to empathize has grown but my tolerance for the superficial has dramatically decreased, as has my desire to conform to unnecessary and unrealistic expectations. Some people call this stage of the life the beginning of the “I don’t care” era. I’m embracing that concept, because of what it truly means.

I didn’t stop caring about everything and everyone. I didn’t lose my capacity to love or to want others to be safe and happy. Instead, I am discovering what actually matters and nurturing the things that make live feel worthwhile, the things that make my soul thrive. In order to begin that journey, I had to be done with a few things.

I am done being patient and gentle with adults who should have gone to therapy to learn how to regulate their emotions. I raised my own children, and I will not be parenting lazy, whiny adults who refuse to put in the work to learn how to communicate like rational, compassionate human beings. I no longer politely agree about anything simply for the sake of harmony. While arguing with someone who doesn’t want to see reason is absolutely futile, I’ve been spreading around lines like “bless your heart,” “I don’t agree but I’m not going to argue with you,” “if you say so,” and my recent favorite, “oh my, that certainly is an opinion.”

Women’s voices are essential to the world and I want to make sure I raise my voice to draw attention to our experiences, to talk about the things we want and need from life, and to use my writing to reflect on women’s strength and incredible courge. I started writing fiction about ten years ago and was immediately drawn to the romance genre. Relationship dynamics have changed over the last several decades and women now expect better from their romantic partners, as we should. I write women who won’t settle for being an afterthought in their love lives. They demand a partner who is present, attentive, and who treats them well. The heroines in my stories are imperfect and struggling to adapt after life has thrown a wrench into their carefully curated existence. Despite getting knocked back, they find the courage to keep fighting and the strength to love, all the while standing firm in what behaviors they will not accept.

 

What I’m currently working on:

These past couple of weeks, I’ve been writing the last few chapters of steamy, paranormal romance, Hawk’s Heart. This will be Jordan and Luke’s story, and the very last book in my Stranger Creatures series. Each book in the series features a different couple in their fight for a happily-ever-after. I’ve also been working on a couple of romantasy novellas featuring women in their forties navigating unexpected new paths in life, as well as writing poetry and learning the how to write flash fiction.

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