JANUARY & ANOTHER NEW START

The New Year's eve parties are a memory, and the holiday decorations are nearly boxed away. I cannot find a single gingerbread cookie in this house! The cat still plays with a satin gift bow. We experienced an unseasonally heavy snow on Dec. 26th which had us North Carolinians wondering what happenned to global warming?



Lori Keizer-Jenn Harrington-Me!

 Everyone is making and posting New Year's resolutions. I prefer to look back on the year and see how far I've come. I weigh less. That in itself is a miracle. I feel better. I decided to start getting my eyebrows waxed. (Hey...took me 50 years to decide to get my ears pierced!) I survived my first year as Vice President of my local Romance Writers of America chapter. I believe I did a good job. I enjoyed the annual Romance Writers of America conference held in Orlando this past summer.




Richard & his MacBean tartan

 I traveled with my husband and enjoyed watching one son graduate from military training, and the other sons enjoying their first new home together. I gathered research while my husband strutted around two Scottish Highland Games in his kilt.

Health issues for immediate family members gve us a scare or three, the worst being my Dad, Robert Beegle. Multiple visits to Florida ensued as he was in and out of the hospital, but he now looks great. Others are slowly returning to normal, but the threat of permanent illness loomed for awhile. We all lived through it and are closer because of it. Unfortunately, I lost two Aunts and one cousin lost her husband this year. There are others for whom a look back at 2010 is painful.



Rodin bronzes at NCMA

 I relished the feeling of having my first four novels published...two in June, one in September, and one in December. I reached my goal to be a published author and I am looking forward to my next goal. A resolution? Well, I cannot force an agent to represent me. I cannot twist an editor's mind into publishing me. But...I will write the best damn book I can.

I am currently editing my paranormal which starts and ends at the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC. My characters also run to the Blue Ridge Mountains and then the Outer Banks. It is different, quirky, sexy, dark, and uplifting and I hope to sell the series. With my family's encouragement I will succeed in this endeavor.

So, back to writing! Again, since everyone is asking you your resolutions for the New Year, TELL ME and my readers how 2010 changed your life!

My Interview in the News & Observer

Alex Granados
Reporter for the News & Observer
Raleigh, North Carloina

Last week was another ‘first’ for me…I was interviewed by a reporter with our local paper who wanted to talk to me about my fledgling writing career. Hopes and dreams are coming true for me at the ripe old age of 57, and Alex Granados was kind enough to listen and put on paper what it has taken to get me to this point. Here is a short excerpt from the article…


"My plans right now are to get in print," she said. "And in order to do that I have to come up with the best book." To that end, she has enlisted the help of her family. Her two adult sons, 25 and 29, have both read her work. Badger says they don't feel weird about reading her romantic writing. In fact, her son Eric - the one who served in Iraq - helped her with military details for one of her e-books. Even her mother joins in by being what Badger calls her "best editor." The latest book Badger is working on is the first set in her new hometown. In fact, the book begins at the North Carolina Museum of Art. "A big adage that I believe in is write what you know," she said. "I'm not in New Hampshire anymore, so I like to incorporate the local area."

Please remember that I write under TWO names: Nancy Lee Badger and Nancy Lennea

Read the Raleigh News & Observer article in its entirety at http://www.northraleighnews.com/2010/12/26/5884/granados-local-writer-loves-allure.html