Ask the Author: Barbara James
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Barbara James
I can't say there is any particular place I'd want to travel to. I'm interested mostly in contemporary novels nowadays, and so if I wanted to travel to a location in a book I'm reading, I can't imagine it would be difficult to do.
Barbara James
Jean Oram, the Marriage Pledge, is one I've been looking forward to reading.
Barbara James
He noticed the front door had been left unlocked, when that had never happened before. The opportunity proved too tempting; he walked into the vestibule and kicked down the inside door.
Barbara James
Writing this book was important to me because it helped me explore some topics which had been on my mind for a while. I had been reading stories for a while about the challenges younger women have had in the current world of dating and relationships.
Why were things so much more difficult than in earlier years? What might an ideal dating world look like today for traditional minded young women who prioritize marriage?
The book helped me explore these themes. I hope you enjoy reading it.
Why were things so much more difficult than in earlier years? What might an ideal dating world look like today for traditional minded young women who prioritize marriage?
The book helped me explore these themes. I hope you enjoy reading it.
Barbara James
I work on other things, I look for inspiration, I take a rest.
Barbara James
There are several things: engaging my creativity, having the flexibility to work as I can, and when I can. Through writing, I can explore themes, topics, events, all kinds of things in the fictional world I am creating.
Barbara James
Find as many resources as you can, look especially for those groups that support the interests of writers in your field. For me, that was the Romance Writers Association of America. Not only is there the national group, but there are local chapters as well.
Beyond that, read, read, and read some more!
Beyond that, read, read, and read some more!
Barbara James
The second volume in the series. The protagonists met in the first volume, Starting Over: Rick. They were in Rick and Annelise's bridal party, her younger sister, Denise, and his good friend, Roger. They didn't even think about dating at the time. She was in high school, he was working in a different community. But then she got accepted to college in the town where he works....
Barbara James
Inspiration can come from anywhere: people watching outside my window; walking down a street; reading a newspaper; looking at a movie. I see or hear things that make a connection for me, and out comes the phone or a piece of paper. I then jot down my ideas.
Barbara James
I worked in a college environment for many years. Essays I was reading helped me understand the struggles young women had in a world where there seemed to be no rules about dating and relationships, but they yearned for the certainty that women of older generations had in their dating lives in more conservative times, that dating was for the purpose of establishing a long term relationship leading to marriage..
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