I read everything from classics to trash, never happy without a book at my elbow. Half of my writing takes place in my head while dozing off to sleep at night, and ideas often come to me in my dreams.
I have just published a contemporary romance (love, sexual tension, and laughs), "Jan's Excellent Romance" and the sequel "Jan's Romantic Dilemma" is nearly ready to publish, with a total of 4 "Jan" books planned.
I have also published a historic-gothic-romance "The Mistress of Clifftop Manor" and a modern romance, "Billy and Maeve, in Love Forever" that weaves together the lives of two American families from 1940 to 2040 centered on an erotic 77-year romance between the main characters. This novel had been swimming around in my head for about 4 years but every attempt at writing it it was perfectly awful, and I'd give up. Then I read "The Time Traveler's Wife" and got an idea about telling the story in the voices of the characters, and it suddenly all fell into place.