MRS LIEUTENANT: A SHARON GOLD NOVEL has a two-part “story behind the book.” The first part took place 38 years ago when I was a new Mrs. Lieutenant at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, learning how to be a proper army officer’s wife. The young women who were part of the same experience had secrets even at…
With a pretty cool track record of profitable self-publishing under my belt (52,000 copies in print and a full-time income for five-plus years) with my first two books, The Well-Fed Writer and TWFW: Back For Seconds (www.wellfedwriter.com), I saw a juicy opportunity with my third title, The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into…
I love romance! When did my love affair begin with the genre? I would like to say during my teenage years when I picked up my first Harlequin novel. Suddenly the adventures of Nancy Drew were no longer holding my interest. However, if one believes that we as fetuses interact and have awareness of our…
From the time I learned to read, I always had a book in my hands. However, becoming a writer was never something I was particularly interested in or ever considered doing. In the fall of 1979, I read my first romance novel, The Flame in the Flower by the late Kathleen Woodiwiss and was hooked.…
When I started writing this book it was intended to be more of a journal to make sure my children understood the family history and who I was. I wanted them to know because I have always believed that the truth can heal you. Putting my life in print for the world to read came…
I guess I have always wanted to be a princess…I have always been interested in Princess Stories and watched all the movies and read all the books I could. Every movie I saw, every book I read, I asked myself. What happens after the wedding? I knew, as a therapist, that Happily Ever After does…
Steve: What inspired me to write from Crayons to Condoms is the incredible amount of frustration I sensed among parents. As chairman of the California State Assembly Education Committee, I was bombarded with letters from parents about the dismal state of their public schools and the refusal of school bureacrats to listen to their concerns.…
Love’s Magic came about because I love reading historical romances that have a plot, a few ghosts, a couple who just don’t see how perfect they really are for one another, and a loving if sometimes interfering family. I chose this time period because there was so much going on, and readers can relate to…
A few years ago I was reading a women’s magazine and came across an article written by two adult women—sisters—who’d been raised by a mother suffering with Bipolar Disorder. They related how when they were as young as six and eight years of age, they were responsible for getting dressed and fed and finding their…
The seed or inspiration for Belly of the Whale, came from a character in the book, his name is Willy Wu. I have long had a fascination with heroes; the idea of heroism in the pure sense of the word, the selfless act of giving your life to save another without thought of anything else…
The Story Behind the Book 