I am so happy to be back and, even more, to be staying! I visited in June as a Jaunty Guest blogger and have now been invited back to join the Sisterhood.  So, I’ll be posting a couple times a month and sharing news, info, ideas and opinions about life, love and romance writing with all of you. You are so very lucky! LOL!

    Now, while I wait to get the key to the Ladies’ Room and to learn the secret handshake of the Sisterhood, I thought I’d introduce myself officially to everyone.

    As my bio says, I am the wife of one, mother of three boys (and m-i-l of one daughter) and the dental hygienist to hundreds in the southern NJ suburbs. I’ve lived in small towns outside of Philly my whole life and after am still there. I began writing in high school, but tried my hand at short stories and poetry. That all went by the wayside until about fifteen years ago when I got the first inkling of a story for something that would turn into my first romance novel.

    It was at the same time that I also discovered the online romance writing-reading community and jumped in with both feet — gushing like a fan-girl when my favorite authors posted and learning everything I could from the various boards and workshops — until I had the first draft of my first romance novel completed and ready to submit. And, I met other romance writers and began learning the market and the industry.  I attended my first romance writers conference and met others who heard voices and saw things that weren’t there – a true revelation to me! (I still feel sorry for those people who don’t….)

    That first book was ‘well’ rejected and remains under the bed, but my second book caught the eye of an editor and was published — woohooo – I was a published romance author! Now, I’ve had 20 romance novels, novellas and short stories published with 6 more projects under contract…it’s all beginning to feel real now!

    Now for the nitty gritty info you really need to know — Aquarious, purple or teal(depending on the day), Gerard Butler(always), English Breakfast Tea, s**t, Keeper of the Dream by Penelope Williamson and Isle of Skye.

     If you can guess what all those are and post a comment with the correct questions (ala Jeopardy), I have a couple of books to give away along with an advanced reading copy of my first BRAVA historical romance, A Storm of Passion, coming out in December.

      Thanks to the other Jaunty Quills for inviting me and I hope I’ll get to know all of those who frequent the blog/site much better in the coming months!

 

Terri’s latest Harlequin Historical, The Conqueror’s Lady, is still available in stores and online, and it launches her ‘Knights of Brittany’ series. Her next release, A Storm of Passion, is a tradesized paperback and will hit the shelves in early December 2009. It is the first of a trilogy set in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Visit her website – www.terribrisbin.com – for more info about her books and events.