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Dana Marton

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About Me

I'm a writer with over a dozen published romantic suspense novels for Harlequin Intrigue. When I asked a very successful writer friend of mine how she manages a career in something as crazy as writing, she told me to think of the swan--serene on top of the water, paddling like crazy underneath. I'm trying for that, but mostly I'm more like the migrating wildebeest you see on the National Geographic Channel, thrashing its way across a crocodile infested river, struggling to keep its head above the water.

My Interests

writing, reading, gardening, puppies, painting, antiques (especially antique china)

I'd like to meet:

Other writers, readers, gardening fans, people with Beagle friends etc

Music:

Everything!

Movies:

Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones, Love Actually, Iris, The Mission, Ghandi, all action flicks

Television:

LOST, Desperate Housewives, all contest reality shows

Books:

Nora Roberts, Suz Brockmann, Suzanne Forster, Robin D. Owens, Kat Martin, Maria Snyder, Barbara Kingsolver, Clive Cussler, Dan Brown, Suzan Mallery, Patricia Gaffney, Anne Stuart, etc. etc. And here are some of mine if you'd like to check them out: ..
Watch the trailer

Heroes:

Favorite fictional hero is Roark from J.D. Robb

My Blog

Susan Mallery

SWEET TALK is finally out from Susan Mallery, which makes this summer now officially great. This is the first of three connected books about sisters who own a bakery together. This family is so messed...
Posted by Dana Marton on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:13:00 PST

FREE BOOK

So MySpace is back to thinking that I'm South-American. Every time I type in MySpace.com, I get the Spanish version. Dare I hope plane tickets will be coming in the mail soon? Maybe I won a trip in so...
Posted by Dana Marton on Wed, 28 May 2008 05:13:00 PST

Romance Writers Revenge

While I was playing hookie here yesterday, I was blogging over at http://romancewritersrevenge.com/ . What a fun group!!! I love their site. Pirate aficionados, you better see this place. I got i...
Posted by Dana Marton on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:44:00 PST

Honorary South American

So this morning when I signed into MySpace, the SouthAmerican MySpace page came up, all in Spanish. (Which I don’t speak.) http://www.myspace.com in the URL and all. For a moment I was baffled, ...
Posted by Dana Marton on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:28:00 PST

catching up

I just finished and sent in Tall, Dark & Lethal. Yay! Finishing a manuscript is a great feeling. The only one better is when I’m starting something new. Which I’ve done already. I got ...
Posted by Dana Marton on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:12:00 PST

new book out

It's been a while since I blogged. I've been rushing to meet a deadline. TALL, DARK & LETHAL, my new romantic thriller for Harlequin Intrigue is due on April 1st. I'm so excited about this book! I...
Posted by Dana Marton on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:55:00 PST

Very strange titles

OK, so apparently The Bookseller has announced this year's nominees for the oddest book title of the year. I didn't know such contest existed until just now, but I'm excited about everything...
Posted by Dana Marton on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:36:00 PST

book idea

So I blogged before about where book ideas come from. Everywhere. And since I just had one today, I thought I'd share. Did you see the news item on Yahoo.com about two skiers rescued near Lake Tahoe? ...
Posted by Dana Marton on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:57:00 PST

random musings

I'm still in Europe. As I was mopping the floor today, I noticed that Mr. Clean is called Mr. Proper here. (Same stuff, same bald guy.) Some marketing executive sitting in a corner office somewhere ha...
Posted by Dana Marton on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:38:00 PST

Win Your Wish List

To celebrate my new release, SHEIK SEDUCTION, I'm going to raffle off some books. I have 2 contests on my web site right now. www.danamarton.com. In the first, you enter a drawing to win the...
Posted by Dana Marton on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:42:00 PST