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Love Is the Key

I’ve made this my motto. Actually, the full quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. is “Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear. I believe this. I just like to focus on happiness or the journey to happiness in…
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Regency Romance Letters

How I came to be writing an epistolary novel One of my college professors once said she wanted to write romances because she thought it would be easy. She described her imagined process like this: write a list of common scenes on 3 x 5 cards, shuffle them, and write the scenes in that order.…
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New Book Release Day

It’s live! A new Regency Romance Novel just for you. I played with a little bit of a reverse Pygmalion story here. Lady Cecily must “refine” Mr. Hatton. If you like My Fair Lady, you’ll love this novel. Mr. Hatton may not be considered a gentleman, but he has an honorable heart. I think he’s…
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Halloween Historical Romances?

Have you read a scary romance? (I’m not talking dark romance, because I wouldn’t know where to start to do that. I write clean/sweet/closed door historical romances, after all). In the spirit of the season, can we include gothic romances as scary romance? I think we must. Last year in October, I accepted a challenge…
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Authoring Updated–More Romance For You

For years I thought I could write a book, and that someday I would. Off and on through the years, I thought about it, even wrote down a few ideas. Then, I turned fifty. That was a shock! I realized that if I kept telling myself that “someday” I would and not actually doing something…
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New on YouTube–Regency Romance

Introducing my new novel writing adventure Your suggestions are guiding the story When an author, in any genre, writes a first draft, it often starts with messy, half-formed ideas, and the outcome needs a lot of work. To write that draft with an audience is terrifying, but that’s what I’m doing? I’m not only writing…
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Doing Something Scary

I did it. I made a YouTube video. I told the world that I am going to be writing a novel based on your feedback. Week by week, I will write a new installment, or episode. This is scary enough, but I will be reading it aloud on my YouTube. Look for: Gigi Lynn For…
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Would You Like To Collaborate On An Epistolary Romance?

Recently I played a game. I asked followers on social media to choose the romance trope of my next novel. (You chose unrequited love). I began writing right away, even though I’m working on another Romance, Under a Honeyed Moon, as well. Yes, it is a challenge to write two novels concurrently, but I’m excited…
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Writing Two Romance Novels At Once

Am I Crazy? Romance readers! Three new romance novels coming in the next few months! My latest finished novel, An Honorable Man is still with the editor. It is taking longer than anticipated because she had a family tragedy. It is terrible for her, and sadly, I think this will push back the release of…
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Blurb For My New Regency Romance

A new regency romance for you to read, An Honorable Man is with the editor! After that, it will spend a couple of weeks with ARC readers. ARC readers, as you probably know, receive a free copy of the novel with the understanding that they will read it in a timely manner and leave an…
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