Before
I started writing full length fiction, I loved to read historical, especially
those set in the privateer days of the colonies, and yet my first completed
novel, which was historical, was set in Montana on a cattle ranch. From that
moment, I learned to listen to my muse and do as she advised.
Since
then, I have written several historical and time travel romances. I suppose the
time travel romances could also be considered historical because I love
combining a thoroughly modern heroine with a definitely alpha male from the
1800s. The differences in attitudes and behaviors spark quite the dialogue. My
first time travel was called “Indigo Bay” and is still available in print and eBook
through Amazon. If you like historical, but
with a twist, you might try “Spinning through Time”, “Lost Knight of Arabia” or “Prospecting for
Love”. Just in case you’re not sure, did I mention that “Prospecting
for Love” is FREE on kindle until April 16?
I never thought I would write
contemporary because I liked the slower pace of the past, where the hero
couldn’t dial 911 and speed him and the heroine away from danger in his truck.
But again, I found myself writing several contemporaries, because the story
idea, and the characters who asserted themselves into my subconscious,
definitely belonged in the present. What started out as a trilogy “Anywhere,
Anytime, Anyway” ended up being a four book series because… Well, the brothers
in the stories had a sibling who was not yet happily married, and all the
sisters-in-law just couldn’t stand it.
Now, my latest contemporary “A Game
of Love”, is out from Books We Love, and on Amazon countdown from April 18
through 25. (This means a great low price!) It's also available in print.
Many
authors write in one genre and it definitely works for them. It’s just not for
me. When an idea for a story comes to me, it nicely tells me into what genre it
would like to be placed. For example, when I visited the Steamboat Arabia
museum, I immediately knew there was a story to be written. Since it paddled
along the Missouri River in the 1800’s, it was a perfect setting for an
historical and yet, as I wandered through the museum that was created from the
excavated artifacts, I realized it was meant to be a time travel, combining
both the present and the past. Thus, “Lost Knight of Arabia” was born.
So I
guess it’s really not what and why “I” write. There are stories to be told and
my characters seem to know better than I to what century they belong. All I can
do is relay their wishes, and their search for romance, to you in the best way
I am able.
To help
you enjoy my books, many of them will be on Amazon Countdown during April and
May. That means even more savings to those of you who read on Kindle. (Did you know you can download the kindle ap
to your computer or phone and use that for kindle books?) And, for those who
still like the feel of print in their hands, many are also available in print. Visit
my website at http://www.authorsden.com/barbarajbaldwin or my Amazon author site at https://www.amazon.com/author/barbarabaldwin
for all my listings.
If you
enjoy my stories as much as I enjoy writing them for you, I would love for you
to leave a review on Amazon. It might entice someone else to take a peek.
Amazon Countdown deals from Books We Love:
Prospecting
for Love -- April 12-16 – FREE
Always
Believe – April 16-23 (Seasonal)
The Game of
Love – April 18-25
If Wishes
Were Magic – May 10-17 (Seasonal)
Spinning
Through Time – May 10-17
Lost Knight
of Arabia – May 25 – June 1
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