Diane Taylor: Romance Writer
September 15th, 2006 by misterseo
Lucynda Storey interviewed paranormal romance writer Diane Taylor for her newsletter and reposted it at Realms of Love. Diane’s been published by several houses over the years. She shares some of her history, writing tips and little bit about NaNoWriMo.
LS: Diane, how did you come to be in this crazy writing business:
DT: Oh, I wouldn’t exactly call it crazy… okay, it is. How I came about doing what I do now is actually my husband’s fault. He came home from work and said, “You have to check out this website. You’ll enjoy this.”
He knew I had been writing adult fan fiction at a freebie site and figured this would be fun. The website? NaNoWriMo . Otherwise known as National Novel Writing Month. These insane people put pen to paper… or fingers to keyboard.. At Midnight on November 1st and their goal is to write a 50 K word novel by November 30th.
That’s where Shadow Demon came from. That was actually 4 years ago. So I’m DEFINITELY crazy about writing. Oh yeah, and I still write adult fan fiction for that freebie site Literotica.com under the handle of BardsLady.
LS: What book did you read as a child that you’ve never forgotten? Why was it so memorable?
DT: Hmmm. I think the most memorable book I read when I was a kid was White Fang by Jack London. Not the movie version, the book was a first edition original print. The reason it was so memorable is because it was the very first book I ever read that didn’t have pictures in it. It awakened my imagination and took me away from the present day and into the life of a Wolf named White Fang. I never regretted not having the pictures to go with it because my brain supplied all the imagery I needed.
LS: What is your favorite genre to write? Why?
DT: Paranormal Romance. This is my favorite genre to write because the only restrictions you have is your own imagination. There’s a lot you can do with Paranormals. No matter what I’m writing, I find myself adding that touch of mystery and unknown.
You can take almost anything and turn it into a paranormal object. I like to go beyond the usual Vampires, Werewolves, Ghosts, etc. When an idea hits, I go running through the Internet for the most oddball tidbit of information I can get. Sometimes it’s hilarious, sometimes it’s really strange, but it fits. And that’s the beauty of it.
Read the rest of the Diane Taylor interview at Realms of Love.
tags: romance, writing, erotic, paranormal, erotica, fan fiction, writing tips, eBooks
tags: romance, writing, erotic, paranormal, erotica, fan fiction, writing tips, eBooks