| Py: How did you get your pen name as
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| | craft, I realized how crappy the first MS
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| Maruerite Arotin?
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| | I completed was and decided it wasn't
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| Marguerite: My real name is Dana but when
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| | worth revising. But that first story led
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| I decided to write romance, I always knew
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| | to a sequel, called The Locktender's
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| Dana would be too unisex for the romance
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| | Daughter, and I loved that tale :-). I
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| market. So I thought about my nickname.
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| | knew I didn't have enough experience yet
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| My grandma used to call me Daisy and my
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| | to try a large print publishing house or
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| hubby eventually picked it up too.
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| | even go for an agent, but I submitted my
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| Marguerite is french for Daisy and I'm
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| | tale to a few e-book/POD presses and
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| part French so I loved that ;-). Arotin
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| | TheLocktender's Daughter found a home
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| was my late mother-in-law's maiden name
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| | with Wings.
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| so I took the name in honor of her and
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| | Py: Any tips for romance writers?
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| plus it flowed nicely with Marguerite. I
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| | Marguerite: I've learned that everyone
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| will be marketing all books under my pen
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| | has their own writing techniques and they
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| name of Marguerite Arotin.
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| | have to use what works best for them.
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| Py: When did you start reading romance
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| | Some people just allow the story to roam
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| novels?
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| | freely and other's tend to go all out and
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| Marguerite: It was just after I met my
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| | do full outlines. I do a mixture of both.
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| hubby that I picked up my very first
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| | I want to add here is how important it is
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| romance novel. I think meeting someone so
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| | never to give up on your dream. It took
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| perfect for me taught me that true love
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| | me a good two years of submitting The
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| does exist and that maybe those romance
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| | Locktender's Daughter before I found a
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| novels I always thought were so sappy
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| | home for it. I knew I had a great story,
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| could come true. But then I met Phil and
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| | I knew it my heart. I loved Bethany and
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| the attraction hit me like a ton of
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| | Tyler too much to give up them. Writing
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| bricks. I can't imagine any other guy who
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| | is one of the toughest jobs out there and
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| can fulfill my needs as much as he can
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| | those rejection letters can hurt. But you
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| and I wouldn't want to satisfy any other
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| | have to put it aside and remember that
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| man but him. Since I was a bit of a
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| | people behind those rejection letters,
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| history nut, I picked up a historical by
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| | agents, editors, etc, are not rejecting
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| Linda Lael Miller and then got addicted
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| | you and if you love your story and
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| to the genre.
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| | characters enough, you have to keep
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| Believe it or not, prior to meeting my
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| | trying no matter what. I did and I found
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| husband, Phillip, I was a bit of a young
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| | a great home for Bethany and Tyler :-).
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| cynic when it came to romance and
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| | Py: Your Contact Information and your
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| relationships. I met Phil when I was
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| | giveaways to readers?:
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| nineteen years old and prior to that,
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| | Marguerite: My first historical romance
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| well I seemed to end up with a lot of
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| | novel will be published with Wings Press
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| jerks. At least I had a sense of humor of
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| | ( in May of next year. My site at
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| my unfortunate social life: I kept
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| | As far as giveaways, I have the first
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| telling everyone I might as well adopt a
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| | three unedited chapters of The
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| bunch of cats and become the world's
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| | Locktender's Daughter posted at my
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| youngest spinster.
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| | website @
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| Py: What inspired you to write your
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| | I've really got to update my page because
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| romance story, The Locktender's Daughter?
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| | it says that TLD is still in the hands of
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| Marguerite: It wasn't until the
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| | the editors at Wings and it's already
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| unthinkable happened, when my hubby lost
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| | been contracted. Guess when you spend too
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| his job and I just had a baby, that I
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| | much time writing, you forget about
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| even considered writing my own my romance
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| | simple things like remembering to update
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| novel. I've always loved local Ohio
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| | your site. I'll get it updated before
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| history. I would walk the old towpath
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| | Sunday. I do post free excerpts in my
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| trail wondering what life was like back
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| | myspace blog from time to time and have
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| when the mules pulled the boats through
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| | been posting a lot lately from my teenage
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| the murky canal water. I happened to find
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| | sorceress for my NANOWRIMO YA project.
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| some notes for a story I wanted to write,
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| | Also I will be running a contest around
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| a historical romance set along the Ohio &
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| | May in conjuction with the release of my
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| Erie canal, and decided I would write it.
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| | story, I have no idea of what I'm going
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| By the time my hubby found another job, I
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| | to do yet but it will probably have
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| was too caught up in the story to stop
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| | something to do with canal history :-).
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| writing. As I learned more about my
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