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My mother, Rita, loved reading romance novels. I remember her sharing The Legend of the Seventh Virgin with me when I was fifteen. As I read the story, I became lost in Victoria Holt’s prose, and by the end of the book knew I wanted to be a writer. As with all readers, my mom’sContinue reading “ROMANCE TO MAYHEM”

I used to be a resolutions person, but then I realized I set the same goals every year, my failure to achieve them setting me up for despair by the end of January. Now, amid a pandemic, my older self is thankful I survived 2021, despite not losing any weight or landing a publishing deal.Continue reading “2022’s CLEAN SLATE”

For a writer, typing “The End” is a gratifying feeling … for about 15 minutes. Then the reality of how much work is still left to do between typing “The End” and publishing the book sets in. There’s a quote that says: Write the book you want to read, because you will have to readContinue reading ““THE END””

Hello Readers ~ Today is Women’s Fiction Day and myself, along with some fabulous female writers are offering free books. To review what’s available and learn more about these wonderful writers, go here: https://maggielynch.com/wfday2021/

10! X! Diez! Ten! Ten more chapters and I’ll be finished with the first draft of MALICE IN MAZATLAN. It’s very exciting to know the journey for Katelyn, Christopher, Sarita, and their cast of supporting characters, is coming to an end. I love to read, and I find it interesting that writing a novel forContinue reading “FINISH LINE”

The story idea for Peril in Paradise came after a news story featuring a Portland mother whose daughter had gone missing on her way to school. The mother’s anguish, and hope, as she pleaded for her daughter to be found, moved me. Unfortunately, as the story unfolded, the young girl’s body was found a fewContinue reading “Tragic Inspiration”

Creating character names is one of my favorite processes in writing a novel. Sometimes the name is the product of my imagination and sometimes I borrow from friends and family to create a unique name for a character. Peril in Paradise is sprinkled with names that represent some of my favorite people. In addition toContinue reading “What’s In A Name?”