Denise N. Wheatley is a lover of happy endings and the art of storytelling. She’s written over 20 romance novels and has been featured in Woman’s World , BuzzFeed , and Publishers Weekly , among other notable publications. A native of the Windy City, she earned a BA in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Get to know more about Denise and her stories at www.denisenwheatley.com . 1.    How did you become a writer?   I’ve always been passionate about books and st

Ralph grew up in southeastern Tennessee, writing short stories and working part-time at his father’s funeral home. After earning his Ph.D. in English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, he moved to Quincy, Illinois where he teaches creative writing and young adult literature at Culver-Stockton College.   1.        How did you become a writer? For as long as I can remember. I've enjoyed telling stories. As a child, I used to write fanfiction About the video games that

How did you become a writer? For as long as I can remember, I've had my nose buried in books and my head in the clouds where I imagined characters, quests, and magical worlds. Even though I longed to be a writer, I ended up pursuing a career in law and got my law degree. While I loved the practice of law, the dream of writing never left me. For years my husband kept encouraging me to write, but it was Stephenie Meyer and the Twilight series that really catapulted me into acti

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