DON’T YOU KNOW…THAT I’VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH YOU…who can resist these words?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8DYhhSDNRc Here’s one of my life’s favourite songs…forgot about this song for years and years. Last night as I was putting away the clean laundry, the words “Don’t You Know” flashed into my brain and I started to sing this wonderful song. My poor dog had to listen to it for about three hours before […]

FOOD, LOVE AND HEAVEN

My new short story, “Love, Food and Heaven”, by Vanayssa Somers, is out on Amazon! Where can true romantic love take us? For this mystery woman, lost in dreamy memories of her first romantic love affair, it took her to far, unimagined pavilions of self-development and self-love. Leaving her country home as a naïve young […]

PRESSURE MAKES DIAMONDS…OR NOT…

Sometimes, we need to buckle down and word harder and smarter. But sometimes, we need to stretch out in a favourite chair and lie back and let ourselves fall asleep for an hour or so. Really. In the middle of the day even. There comes a time when we measure the hardship of pushing our […]

ROMANCE AUTHOR BREAKS OUT!

Paranormal Fantasy Romance Author Vanayssa Somers Releases New Contemporary Romance Novel, ‘Sacred Trust’ Somers writes paranormal fantasy romance and contemporary romance that revolves around trusting one’s heart, overcoming challenges and transformation [Wilmington NC June 11, 2015] Paranormal fantasy romance author Vanayssa Somers has announced the release of her latest contemporary romance book, ‘Sacred Trust’. Somers’ […]

WEBSITE CREATION

Writing carries with it so many different kinds of energy. There’s the energy of thinking about a new book, then the resistance against sitting down to plan it out! There is a long process of planning the new book, laying the foundation, choosing a theme, dreaming up the characters and all their personal details, which […]

IS WRITING ADDICTIVE?

As my second novella, SACRED TRUST, moves toward the printer now, a frisson of anxiety is buzzing around my brain. I have planned to take a few weeks off from writing to practice a little oil painting, which I’ve totally neglected while dealing with my first two books since last September when PAGAN FLAMES was […]

LOST: ONE HEART, HARDLY USED AT ALL, IN GOOD CONDITION…

The advantage of falling out of love is that, given a little healing time, a new-found Love is always just around the corner. Hope springs eternal. This is what keeps Romance Authors in business. We never stop believing that the next one will be The One. At the grand age of 71, I have many […]

ROMANCE AUTHOR SHOPS FOR THE RIGHT LIPSTICK

Today I had an adventure with the sparkling energy web, the web that holds the universe in its golden basket. Putting myself together this morning, I applied my favourite lipstick, which happens to be Revlon Super Lustrous Berry Rich lipstick.  I’m not berry rich and I’m not that glamorous, but there’s just something about this […]

NEW ROMANCE BOOK out from Solstice Publishing!

My short story, Food, Love and Heaven has just been published in an anthology from Solstice Publishers…The book is The Food of Love with ten authors and ten great stories. Here’s the link to go look at the Amazon link and admire the gorgeous cover: http://amzn.to/1M45py8