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A little about me...
I’m new to blogging here and haven’t figured out how to use all the functions, so no pics today! Plus, I’ve been deep in NaNoWriMo (an annual, month-long international writing challenge), so my mind’s just a bit consumed with the next scene of the story I’m working on.
But I wanted to come by, introduce myself, and promise you I’ll get this all figured out so that we have some fun here in the future!
I’m Delilah Devlin. I have two books published so far with Samhain and two more coming shortly. Three contemporary westerns and one paranormal (gargoyles and gods) story. Over the course of my career I’ve published over fifty stories, many of them in paperback now. Be sure to check out my website to get a feel for what I do.
Being an author is the last career I intend to have. I’ve been an army officer, a project manager, a comptroller, a teacher. I was raised an Air Force brat and continued to travel all over the world when I disappointed my dad with my choice of branch of service. So, I don’t really have any place I call home, although I lived in Texas a total of fourteen years and Germany for seven.
All that traveling, all those varied experiences have fed my imagination. And until I started writing, I lived in two worlds. The real world and my imagination.
Imagine my relief when I started writing and could blend the two!
Now, when I talk to myself I can shrug my shoulders and say I’m working out a character’s dialogue while I argue with the hero. When my daughter nudges me because I’ve zoned out during a conversation, she doesn’t think I’m nuts. She knows I’m in my other world, tearing down a mountainside with a shapeshifting dragon on my heels.
I have the best job in the world and I’m grateful for the talent the “powers that be” have blessed me with.
I blog nearly every day and have an active chat loop. I make time to connect with readers, so don’t be shy about contacting me. And pretty often I go to my readers to ask them what they’d like to see next.
That’s it. Again, I promise to get this thing figured out and then we’re gonna play!
Delilah Devlin
www.DelilahDevlin.com
Welcome to the Samhain blog. It’s good to see you branching out and I’m happy to come along for the ride.
You know I adore your writing and your cowboys are to die for. I hope everyone takes the chance on you and gets to love your writing as much as I do.
Hi, Delilah! Great intro! LOL at the mental image of you racing down a mountain with the dragon in hot pursuit—as long as it’s a hot shifter dragon ;)
Brandy! Thanks for the support!!
Fedora! Yeah, me and my imagination. It would have to be a very handsome, very bad dragon.
Hey Delilah,
Just wanted to stop by and say Hello and show my support. You know I love your books.
Are they still planning on having that writer’s thing at B&N with you and Stacy and Shayla, etc? If so, do you know when?
Hey there Delilah! How has the military affected your writing?
DD its nice to see you expanding your playing field. Your books are the best and I would encourage all to try them out. You will get hucked, guaranteed.
Heather B! Thanks for stopping by. Yes! November 14th we will be at a Barnes & Noble in Little Rock. Check the right hand column on my blog for the details!
Deidre! For one thing, I think my time in the military gave me discipline. And a writer has to have a lot of that to keep plugging away. I learned what it feels like to push your body beyond endurance, what it feels like to be really afraid. And I learned how men think. VERY important for a romance writer.
Rasha! Thanks, dear, for the plug! :)
Way to go Delilah! I was just wondering if I could use your excuse when I zone out while talking with my daughter? I’ll just tell her “No sweetie, Mommy wasn’t ignoring you. I was just in another world watching DELILAH tear down a mountainside with a dragon on her heals.” Yeah, I think that will work just fine. Can’t wait for the 11th!!!
Connie! Bet she rolls her eyes like my daughter does! LOL