My story ideas appear in the strangest ways sometimes! Usually I'm working on a different story, or I'm driving, or washing dishes and all of a sudden new characters show up in my mind. They only appear as a teaser, almost like a movie preview, so then I have to figure out what happens next!

This story came about when some unrelated ideas bumped into each other in my brain. The Greek goddess of love decides to play matchmaker in Regency London, and the hero is late to his own wedding. The story just took off from there!

I love watching the characters banter with each other. It's always a surprise to me. Half the time--no, make that 95% of the time--I feel like I'm a court stenographer, just copying down what happens while the characters are interacting. It's fun for me to see what they say and do, and it's what keeps me coming back to the keyboard each day.

I adore them! I love when they say they are laughing so hard they can't breathe. :) I love when they love my characters the way I do. I want readers to have fun while reading my stories, and to have a break from everyday life. So when they tell me I've given them that, I'm thrilled.

I'm finishing up LORD WASTREL, which is the next in this Curse of True Love series. Originally it was supposed to be the first book in the series, but the hero and heroine in LORD RAKEHELL'S LOVE convinced me they should start things off. So now I'm getting LORD WASTREL ready, and hopefully it will be published in the near future.

Coffee! I'm a coffee fiend. It gets me out of bed, but once the caffeine is surging through my veins, I'm ready to get to work on the latest work-in-progress.

I work full-time, and think about writing, and wish I was writing, or I feel guilty that I'm not writing. :) Or I'm spending time on Twitter, trying to convince everyone it counts as writing.

I do! But I'm hoping I'll forget it pretty soon. It was in the 5th grade, and a bit of a disaster, since I spent the whole time describing what everyone wore -- since we were told to be descriptive! It was horribly boring. But, the next story, I decided to go with humor, and the class loved it, and I knew I'd found my niche.

My process is different with each story, so it pretty much involves showing up and seeing what the story wants to do. I never know exactly what's going to happen -- other than the beginning or the end -- but even those can appear at different times during the process.

I guess my writing process is sit down at the keyboard, ponder, type, come to a screeching halt, and then go on Twitter and goof off. :) Rinse and repeat.

I don't read as much as I used to, and I don't usually read the same genre when I'm writing it. So I typically read romantic suspense. I keep adding books to my Nook all the time though. Just in case I find myself with a couple of decades with nothing to do!