Join me in romancing the past.

I love history!  My passion probably stems from a high school Humanities class in Frankfurt, Germany, which gave me access to cathedrals, castles, and ramparts, and helped me imagine those who had tred across the very same ground.  Traveling across America, and exploring Italy and Europe, I have always wanted to live in another time and place.  Movies like, The Time Machine, helped me imagine I could.  Books by authors Kathleen Woodiwiss, Julie Garwood, Joanna Lindsay, Madeline Baker, and Louis L'Amour became my mode of transportation.  Actors like Johnny Depp, Gerard Butler, Clark Gable and Errol Flynn, and actresses like Ann Hathaway, Kate Winslet, Vivian Leigh, Maureen O'Hara, and Gene Tierney, brought characters to life.  Each source helped me envision my own stories of swashbuckling adventure, love, and the ever glorious happy ending. Isn't that what we all want, to live happily ever after? I've chosen to write romance novels because their endings never disappoint and, after all, love is the most honest emotion of all.

I'm blogging at: http://www.okaylistenhere.blogspot.com . Okay, Listen Here is a blog by four southern writers, Jean Hovey and Stephanie Jones, writing as Alicia Pace, Cheryl Crisona and myself, who have their say. I'll be blogging every Wednesday. Come join us under the Tulip Tree.

I'll be pitching LOVE NEVER DIES to Kevan Lyon from the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency and Sally Harding from The Cooke Agency in Orlando, in July. Wish me luck!

SQUEEE! I received a full request from Carly Corcoran at Harlequin Mills & Boon for PIRATE BY NIGHT! The full is in London now and the waiting begins.

PIRATE BY NIGHT is a 2010 Finalist in the Romance Through The Ages contest! Winners will be announced at the RWA Conference in Orlando at the Dolphin & Swan, in July.

Congratulations to RWA's 2010 Rita and Golden Heart Finalists. Good luck in Orlando!

Events

July 2010- Romance Writers of America National Conference in Orlando, FL.

You can contact Katherine with questions or comments at: kathy@katherinebone.com.