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Lillian Marek

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When she retired after too many years in journalism, Lillian felt a longing for happy endings and stories where the good guys win and the bad guys get their just deserts. Having exhausted her library’s supply of non-gory mystery stories, she started reading romance novels, especially historical romance. This was so much fun that she thought she’d like to try her hand at writing one.
So it was that she took her keyboard in hand, slipped back into the 19th century, and began. She was right—writing romance novels is as much fun as reading them. Her first book was published in 2014, and her list of story ideas now numbers more than 80.
She may be spinning tales for quite while.

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Lillian Marek Daphne and Rupert Carsington from Loretta Chase's Mr. Impossible. This may be partly because that book was the first Romance I read, and the glow stil…m´Ç°ù±ðDaphne and Rupert Carsington from Loretta Chase's Mr. Impossible. This may be partly because that book was the first Romance I read, and the glow still lingers, but mainly because she's intelligent and self-reliant and honest and he's humorous and protective and brave and honest.
I don't mind if the couples in Romance are gorgeous, but I don't actually think about that when I'm reading. It's their non-physical qualities that attract me. I sometimes wonder if other readers react the same way.(less)
Lillian Marek I apologize for taking so long to answer, but I’ve been thinking about your question. Now for the first part, the only way anyone gets to be a writer …m´Ç°ù±ðI apologize for taking so long to answer, but I’ve been thinking about your question. Now for the first part, the only way anyone gets to be a writer is by writing. Being a writer may sound easy and glamorous to people who don’t write, but we all know the sheer slog of sitting there staring at the blank page when you can’t think what the next sentence should be. We do it because every now and then comes the euphoria of seeing exactly what should come next.
As for all those rejections—forget about them. Yes, there are people who accumulate enough rejection letters to paper the wall, and there are famous authors like Stephen King or Margaret Mitchell who keep going despite that.
Never worry about the market. If you try to write whatever is selling at the moment, it will be dead in the water by the time you finish your manuscript. Write the stories you want to tell. That’s the only way you will write anything good.
If you are having trouble getting ideas, write anyway simply as an exercise. Describe your living room from the point of view of your Aunt Matilda, who thinks you have lousy taste. Then describe it from the point of view of your father, who is glad to be home after a brutal day at work. Look online for writers� prompts.
Join a writers� group. If there aren’t any convenient for you to get to in person, join an online group. You will benefit from having your work critiqued and you will benefit from having other people’s work critiqued. Most of all, you will be energized by being in a group of people who write.
Good luck to you.(less)
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“More than two thousand five hundred years ago. We have no way of knowing who painted this wall, but he speaks to us across all those centuries. Veii may have been defeated, but the spirit of these people speaks to us and triumphs over time.”
Lillian Marek, Lady Elinor's Wicked Adventures

“She’s very young yet, barely twenty-one. I’m grateful she hasn’t wanted to rush into an engagement but is taking her time to look about her.”
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“That is the kind of people they knew, Marguerite and her father—artists, writers, musicians.â€� She gave a dismissive sniff.”
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