by Karen Muir | Oct 21, 2015 | Family Life, Writing
Sometimes I think I was placed on this earth just to amuse my children! Being a mother to two young adult men can be somewhat challenging. It seems that when my children turned twenty-one, they suddenly knew everything! No matter what I do they tend to find something...
by Karen Muir | Oct 10, 2015 | Historical Romances, Romance, Self-Publishing, Writing
Yahoo! I just received great news. A few months ago, I entered The Indiana Golden Opportunity writing contest put on by Indiana RWA chapter. I sent in the first 50 pages of my manuscript, ‘Dagger’s Destiny’. The entry was picked as a finalist and...
by Karen Muir | Sep 23, 2015 | Family Life, Romance
Love can be found in the most unexpected places. I would like to share with you, a beautiful photo of my grand puppies. They are German Short-haired Pointers. This picture was taken about a week after the little black and white puppy came into our lives. The two dogs...
by Karen Muir | Sep 22, 2015 | Family Life, Self-Publishing
A few months ago, I decided it was time to self-publish my Medieval Romance, Dagger’s Destiny. In order to do that, I’ve spent most of my free-time learning about self-publishing and getting my social media up and running. During this period, I’ve...
by Karen Muir | Sep 5, 2015 | Historical Romances
I’m very excited. I entered IRWA IGO’s writing contest this year and my entry, the first 50 pages of Dagger’s Destiny, was nominated as a finalist in their Historical category. They’ve sent my entry to two judges, one from Penguin and the other...
by Karen Muir | Aug 29, 2015 | Historical Romances, Romance, Self-Publishing, Writing
I never imagined I would one day be an aspiring Historical Romance writer. If you asked me years ago what I saw in my future, I would never have said, “I see myself as a writer.”. Writing is hard. It takes a lot of thought. It’s time consuming. And,...
