" A story from my own family gave me the inspiration for the novel I’m currently writing. My parents met when my mother was sixteen and my father two years older. They both lived in London, my mother in Acton and my father next door in…"
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Isabelle Goddard replied to Natalie James - Tors's discussion How do you use your life to shape your writing? in the group Aspiring Authors Group (the AA)
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For all Aspiring Authors out there - our very own AA group! Lets help each other through the lows and share in the highs...
Isabelle Goddard replied to Kate Allan's discussion Birdsong (on TV)
"I agree with you about the romance aspect, Kate. It didn't ring true to me. The 'hero' was a 20 year old boy in 1910 and from a privileged background. I'm doubtful whether he would have ever acted so - the sex scenes…"
Isabelle Goddard commented on Romantic Fiction News's blog post US writer declares romance novels deserve no respect
"Romance is such a wide ranging genre that McCaskey's criticism may well apply to some titles - I don't know the US market well enough - but it also encompasses gems such as du Maurier's Rebecca which is often taught as part of a uni…"
Isabelle Goddard commented on Pamela Strange's blog post Kindle versus Smashwords
"I agree, I tried both Kindle and Smashwords and gave up with the latter - I thought I'd cracked it, only to have a message saying this or that wasn't up to scratch and try again. I found Kindle hard…"
Isabelle Goddard commented on Francine Howarth's group Self-Pubbing/Indie group!
"Thanks for the tips on Kindle tagging and reviews. I shall need to round people up I know have read my book and sit on them until they've written a review - but 36! I think I'll be lucky to get 6. Still every little helps…"
Isabelle Goddard commented on Isabelle Goddard's blog post Romantic Times
"The POD is with Lulu. I've managed to get as far as ordering a sample copy but found that the font looked too large in the book, though fine on screen. Also there was an issue of a lot of white space here and there, so I'm…"
Debbie Viggiano commented on Isabelle Goddard's blog post Romantic Times
"Gosh, I didn't know you could sign up as an Associate of Amazon...food for thought. And the POD - is that with Amazon too?"
Isabelle Goddard commented on Isabelle Goddard's blog post Romantic Times
"I mustn't exaggerate the difficulties with Kindle. I'm fairly hopeless around technology so I was always going to find it hard. It's the other things that I need to do which I find so tiresome - for instance, I should…"
Isabelle Goddard left a comment for Julie
"Thanks for the good wishes, Julie. I've quoted an extract from your lovely review on my website at www.isabellegoddard.com. ; It's great to know that you're on Festival of Romance!"
Julie commented on Isabelle Goddard's blog post Romantic Times
"Congratulations, Isabelle! I read and reviewed this book for Cataromance and absolutely loved it! I'm not surprised that it got shortlisted for the RT award as it was a wonderful story."
Debbie Viggiano commented on Isabelle Goddard's blog post Romantic Times
"I'm on the threshold of self-publishing on Kindle with my second novel...no takers as my two close encounters with publishers/agents have declared it 'too frothy'. I'll put it to bed on the Kindle and inject some darkness…"
Isabelle Goddard commented on Isabelle Goddard's blog post Romantic Times
"Thanks Debbie. I'm not expecting to get much further than the nomination but it might just spark some interest in my other books. Hopefully in my self publishing venture - somehow I've managed to upload my Victorian timeslip…"
Debbie Viggiano commented on Isabelle Goddard's blog post Romantic Times
"That's absolutely wonderful Isabelle, congratulations and well done x
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- What are you?
- Author
- About me
- It took me a long time to try my hand at writing a novel but I'm very glad I did. I've now had two Regency romances published and a third accepted. Over the years I've enjoyed a variety of careers - secretary, air stewardess, university lecturer - but being a writer is by far the best!
- Favourite quote
- Carpe Diem - Sieze the Day
- Favourite romantic books
- Persuasion - Jane Austen; The Grand Sophy - Georgette Heyer; Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
- Favourite romantic movies
- Falling in Love with Meryl Streep and Robert de Niro
- Favourite romantic heroes
- Colin Firth as Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice
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Posted on November 15, 2011 at 14:56 14 Comments 0 Likes
I've just heard that my first novel Reprobate Lord, Runaway Lady, has been nominated for an award in the US by Romantic Times. As a relative newcomer to romance writing, actually any writing, I haven't a clue as to how important or otherwise this is but my editor tells me that it's definitely a Good Thing!
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- At 9:23 on October 16, 2011,
Francine Howarth said… Hi Isabelle,
Happy Birthday!
Good to see another Georgette Heyer fan.
best
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