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Laura Mills-Alcott

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Cleveland, OH, The United States

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http://www.facebook.com/lmalcott2

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Romance, Historical Fiction

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Laura Mills-Alcott’s first love was music, and she began her writing career at the age of eleven, when she wrote her first song. After graduating high school, she moved to Nashville, and some of her music was published.

Though she wrote her share of love songs, Laura’s favorite was the story songs—the modern day equivalent of the old ballads. However, she often found herself frustrated when attempting to fit a single title novel into three verses, a bridge, and a chorus. So one day she decided she’d try her hand at writing a book. “After writing the first paragraph,” she says, “I was hooked.”

In The Briar and the Rose, she combines her love of music with her love for romantic novels and history.

Laura and her work have been featured in Romant ...more

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Hi! Thank you for giving me an opportunity to read your wonderful book. Will you be publishing any more books any time soon? Do you have a newsletter available for me to sign up for? Thank you!

Laura Mills-Alcott Hi Sanam :)

Thank you! Yes, my second book comes out next year (which starts tomorrow! Happy New Year!) We are starting a newsletter for multiple histo…moreHi Sanam :)

Thank you! Yes, my second book comes out next year (which starts tomorrow! Happy New Year!) We are starting a newsletter for multiple historical authors. You can join at historicalromancerra@googlegroups.com. My newsletter is LaurasBooks@googlegroups.com.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Laura Mills-Alcott I really don't. I had an extended case of writer's block during a period of my life that was very difficult, and I could not find the words to write. …moreI really don't. I had an extended case of writer's block during a period of my life that was very difficult, and I could not find the words to write. Anywhere. And I couldn't get my head into any story I'd started enough to keep writing. To me, that's absolute writer's block.

Otherwise, if I'm having a hard time continuing with a story, I find the most emotional classical music I own, and I begin reading whatever it is I want to work on - to get myself really into the story. It might be only a chapter or so before the place where I'm having the block, or it might be the start of the manuscript, depending on how stubborn the block. That *usually* helps.(less)

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Valentine's Day Contests

If any holiday is the perfect holiday for Romance lovers, it's Valentine's Day.

Our Facebook group for Historical Romance Readers, Reviewers and Authors https://www.facebook.com/groups/histo... will be holding a Valentine's Day event.

I will be holding a big Valentine's Day contest on my own FB page https://www.facebook.com/lmalcott2 as well, to celebrate the release of the print edition of THE BRIA Read more of this blog post »

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“There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace.”
― M.J. Rose , Lying In Bed

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