It’s a week for anniversaries. On January 25, 2009, I interviewed Leah Braemel, my 
first critique partner, on the almost eve of her first published book, Private Property, which released on January 27th with Samhain Publishing. We met through a Margie Lawson online workshop on Deep Editing and became fast, long-distance friends. She lives in Ontario while I’m in bayou country – Louisiana. Back then she was working on a paranormal shapeshifter story, and I was working on a romantic suspense with paranormal elements. My how things change!
An anniversary interview with Leah Braemel
by Livia Quinn January 27th, 2012
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Big Boys Don’t Spy
by Sharon Wray January 20th, 2012 
Today at Blame it on the Muse, I’m pleased to introduce Karen E. M. Johnston.
Karen, an award-winning British author, was born in Gibraltar, studied Business and International Marketing in the UK, and worked in advertising and marketing in London’s Covent Garden before moving to the US. She is widely published in children’s, parent, and business magazines. Karen also writes Women’s Fiction and Young Adult novels. She lives in Chantilly, Virginia, on the outskirts of Washington D.C. with her British husband and three American sons who have not the slightest trace of a British accent. Read the rest of this entry »
THE VOICES GET LOUDER EVERY DAY
by Abigail Sharpe January 13th, 2012 
Kathryn J. Bain has been writing for over ten years now. 
She has two daughters, one a professional photographer, the other a student the University of West Florida. She is the former President of Florida Sisters in Crime and the Public Relations Director and Membership Director for Ancient City Romance Authors. She also enjoys critiquing for the new members of American Christian Fiction Writers.
To survive and pay bills, she has been a paralegal for approximately twenty years and works for an attorney who specializes in guardianships, probate, and estate planning. She moved from Idaho to Jacksonville, Florida in 1983 and has lived in the sunshine since.
A Friday Visit with Joanna Chambers
by Alix Rickloff December 30th, 2011 
Today the Musers are happy to welcome Joanna Chambers for a visit in our guest chair to talk about her latest book, The Lady’s Secret just out from Carina Press. Joanna is a fellow Carina author, and I’m delighted she could take time to sit down with us.
A little bit about her before we begin:
Joanna always wanted to write. She spent over 20 years staring at blank sheets of paper and despairing of ever writing a single word. In between staring at blank sheets of paper, she studied law, met her husband and had two children. Whilst nursing her first child, she rediscovered her love of romance and found her muse. Joanna lives in Scotland with her family and finds time to write by eschewing sleep and popular culture.
So, with no further ado, pull up a chair, have some leftover Christmas fudge and a cup of your beverage of choice, and we’ll let Joanna take it away! Read the rest of this entry »
A Friday Visit With Ruth A. Casie
by Alix Rickloff December 9th, 2011 
For twenty-five years Ruth A. Casie has been writing for corporate America. Encouraged by her family and friends this ballroom dancing, Sudoku playing, aspiring gourmet cook gave way to her inner muse, let her creative juices flow, and started writing a series of historical time travel romance stories. Her debut novel, Knight of Runes published by Carina Press is now available. Today she is here visiting the Muse to talk with us about her new release and letting go, so without further ado today’s fabulous Friday guest … Ruth A. Casie
