by Collette Cameron | Mar 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Week Three Excerpt His eyes, though, she remembered his eyes. Opening hers, she grinned. The Atlantic Star no longer swayed, and the cabin was blessedly silent. For the first time in weeks, no, it had been months now, her obnoxious cabin mate, Mrs. Pettigrove, wasn’t...
by Collette Cameron | Mar 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Maybe it’s because I have a quirky sense of humor, but the stories I enjoy reading the most, the ones that stick with me long after I’ve put the book down , are ones with a smattering of humor. Okay, maybe a bit more than a smattering....
by Collette Cameron | Mar 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Chapter One London Harbor – Late June, 1817“Nooo…”The strangled cry startled Yvette awake. Chest heaving, she choked on dry, rasping sobs, grasping for the folding dagger beneath her pillow. Gulping against the lump wedged in her throat, she fought...
by Collette Cameron | Mar 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
And The Meaning Is… My recent post about historical accuracy got me to thinking, which isn’t always a good thing. I was peeved because I couldn’t use the word bounder in either “Highlander’s Hope” or “The Viscount’s...
by Collette Cameron | Mar 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
WEEK ONE EXCERPT I’ll be posting a weekly excerpt of HIGHLANDER’S HOPE until it releases in May. Enjoy! ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Prologue Boston, Massachusetts, April 1817 Yvette cautiously stepped...
by Collette Cameron | Mar 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Flawed Characters…Every author knows, perfect characters are boring, unexciting, unrealistic, uninteresting. . . you pick an adverb. Readers can’t relate to a perfect hero/heroine. . . Perfect people don’t exist in real life.. . . I won’t bore you with all the...