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When I was 15 and the other girls were gossiping about cute boys and 90210, I was pulling out a pen and pad and scribbling my romance novel during recess, breaks, and study hall.

Today, I write historical, paranormal, and sensual romance. I'm a sucker for a good historical, particularly ones with dark, sexy highlanders! I also enjoy time travel and paranormal romances. I think romance is a little hotter when there is magic involved.

Currently, I'm writing a Victorian erotic novella about an American widow visiting England in search of her father who is thwarted at every attempt by a sinfully sexy earl with a very bad reputation. Fortunately for her, and for my readers, this reputation is well-deserved!

My Interests

writing, reading, romance, astrology, tarot, reiki, runes, british history

I'd like to meet:

Amanda Quick/Jayne Ann Krentz, Karen Marie Moning, Anya Bast, Elizabeth Lowell, Jaid Black.

Music:

Sarah McLachlan, Fiona Apple, Maxwell, Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake, Sara Bareilles, Evanescence, Shakira, Chris Brown

Movies:

Pirates of the Caribbean (one and three because the only good thing about Dead Man's Chest was the eye candy), Pride & Prejudice (BBC version), Practical Magic, Robin Hood Prince of Theives, X Men (except for The Last Stand which ruined the franchise), Lord of the Rings, Hope Floats, Love Actually, Bridget Jones' Diary

Television:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel (except for season 4), Women's Murder Club, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty. When I was younger, I loved Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Books:

KMM: Dark Highlander, Spell of the Highlander, Kiss of the Highlander
AB: Witch Fire
EL: Enchanted, Only His, Untamed, Forbidden
JKR: Harry Potter 1-7
AQ: Desire, Mistress, Seduction, Mystique
SC: The Dark Queen

Heroes:

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick and Elizabeth Lowell for really inspiring me and helping me find my career path

Belle Scarlett for always keeping me on my game and motivated and for listening to me whine when I don't know how to finish my chapters!

Jaid Black for giving back to the community, inspiring women, and starting Ellora's Cave

SARK for making creativity fun and reminding me that it's okay to be right brained and to take life one day at a time

My Blog

Myers Briggs, LARA and more

Today I attended my first chapter meeting and met with some wonderful ladies who write romance. The speaker was TJ Bennett and she taught us about the Myers Briggs Personality Indicator and how to use...
Posted by Vivienne Westlake on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:06:00 PST

The Novella is Done

My novella, Secrets Uncovered is finished. I completed the manuscript last Monday and then I did the edits this weekend. I will submit it to a potential publisher today for a contest. This was a huge ...
Posted by Vivienne Westlake on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:55:00 PST

20,000 words in 13 days

I have been working on my Victorian erotic novella for a contest on March 31st. Unfortunately, I didn’t find out about the contest until March 11th. I only had around 7,600 words written. Though...
Posted by Vivienne Westlake on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:06:00 PST

College all over again?

This year, for the first time, I will be attending the Romance Writers of America Conference. It's a huge event with thousands of writers who all descend upon a hotel and network like crazy.It's a gre...
Posted by Vivienne Westlake on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:42:00 PST