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Hello, dear readers! Did you miss us? We missed you. Were have we been? Well, 2020. That about says it all, but we don’t come back empty handed. Melva and I (Anna) are thrilled to announce we have completed the first draft of Drama King (at long last!) and are starting laying the groundwork for the third book in the Love By The Book series, Queen of Hearts. Once Drama King gets to the end of draft two (much easier now, since 2020 is behind us) we will be sending it off for editorial perusal.

We have some fun stuff coming up sooner than that, as February will see us giving our first online workshop with Charter Oak Readers and Writers. In the spring, we get the full book club treatment as Chasing With Prince Charming will be the book of the month in a regional book club, details to follow. This will be new for both of us, and we can’t wait to share the experience with you.

For those wondering where things are going after the first three Love By The Book installments, may we invite you to a small town on the New England coast, with a storied past and a present that proves love can be found in the most unlikely of places?

Also on the agenda is a holiday collection (anthology? ) with solo and collaborative stories. Of course the priority right now is Drama King, and our own solo creations, but it’s always fun to look a little bit down the road. For right now, we will poll the room. What’s your preference, small towns or holiday stories? Small town holidays are also an acceptable compromise.

Thanks for your patience, your questions, and interest. Talk to you soon!

Anna

Two authors, with a single mind. Wait, that came out wrong. Or did it? Hi. We’re Melva and Anna, two writers who have written in genres as diverse as romantic suspense, cozy mystery, memoir, poetry, women’s fiction, historical romance, fanfiction, humor, nonfiction, and blogging for sites including Buried Under Romance, Heroes and Heartbreakers, and Unusual Historicals. Together, we write fun, smart contemporary romance on the sophisticated side of sexy.

Believe it or not, we’ve been friends for mumblecough years (it’s in double digits) ever since we met at a writers’ group, before it even occurred to us to write something together. Chasing Prince Charming was conceived at a writer’s conference (much like the one where Meg and Dominic meet in Chasing Prince Charming) gestated on multiple road trips and Skype conversations, and finally found its home at The Wild Rose Press – and hopefully in readers’ hearts. Individually, we are:

Melva Michaelian

A former high school English teacher, Melva Michaelian has taught English composition and various literature courses at Springfield College and other area colleges and universities, was past president of Charter Oak Romance Writers, and is a current member of the New England Chapter of Romance Writers of America. When she is not teaching or traveling, she works on her novels and memoirs. She has also contributed short stories to such anthologies as Love Free or Die. Her poetry and humorous articles have appeared in several New England and national publications, and she has written two books, A Walk on the Wide Side and Testing the Heart, with co-author, Lorene Morin. As a solo, she has also penned romantic suspense novels and two upcoming non-fiction books and maintains a blog, Writing Food; Eating Words.  Melva is excited to be partnered with published author and friend Anna Bowling in a romance trilogy, the first of which, Chasing Prince Charming, is now available.  She resides in Massachusetts with her husband and enjoys having her four children living nearby, where they can both aggravate and inspire her.

Anna Carrasco Bowling

Anna Carrasco Bowling stole her first historical romance novel from her mother’s nightstand, at the far too tender age of eleven. Within the first few pages, she knew she had found what she wanted to read and write for the rest of her life. So far, so good. Anna is currently doing the happily ever after thing with her Real Life Romance Hero, in New York’s Capitol Region, where she is a hospitality co-chair of Capitol Region Romance Writers. She is usually wearing at least one piece of jewelry with a skull on it, and can be easily bribed with tea, notebooks, or fountain pens. Readers interested in her solo historical romance novels can try one of her novellas, Never Too Late, or Queen of the Ocean, which are not related, and may be read in any order.