Hi! Thank you We Write Romance for letting me visit. My name is Teryl Cartwright and my book is called A Sensible Match which is a Regency romance about the sometimes disastrous and sometimes wonderful results of matchmaking. Abby and Edwin, my fantastic and witty combatants, fight each other, their meddling families and fate itself. The big question for the reluctantly thrown together couple is simply this–can you choose whom to love?
Matchmaking is relevant today—not because of those annoying websites, but because we pick and choose everything from our schools to churches to home address. The internet has even given us freedom to choose relationships without the limits of geography, age or background. You just can’t get away from all the matchmaking we have around us! So I guess I wanted to write about matchmaking because it has a lot to do with the idea of whether we choose our destiny or it chooses us.
Why my enormous interest in matchmaking? I had it done to me (and it failed) until my husband and I decided to see why we were so “perfect for each other”. Some other neat facts about me—I have a horse which I snuck into the story, my favorite authors, Georgette Heyer and M.C. Beaton, were also “included” in this romance along with some inside jokes about being a pastor’s wife (which I know well).
I have several writing samples at my website to help readers learn more about me and to get in touch with me. The blogs I’ve included (Myspace, Bebo and Facebook) are designed as follows Myspace—commentary on current events, Bebo–writing advice and Redroom–writing reflections.
My homepage: www.terylcartwright.com
Blogs: http://blogs.myspace.com/271246421, http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4947146892, http://www.redroom.com/blog/teryl-s-cartwright
Other links
Amazon: Buy A Sensible Match today!
Barnes and Noble: Buy A Sensible Match today!
Publisher: www.vrpublishing.com
Romance Rules: A Bit of Extra Fun for You Blog Readers
You must have read enough romances to predict what will happen. Sometimes you can see it coming and love the story all the more because of it and sometimes that same predictability can be so downright annoying that you want to write your own much better book.
Romance writers won’t tell you this, but we generally follow some unwritten rules to keep you turning the pages. These rules are what make you sigh when we finally (after teasing you for over a hundred pages) at last let the hero and heroine have their special moment together. Here they are, for the first time in one place and all written down, our once (but no longer) TOP SECRET rules:
Romance Rule #1: If you say something really, really stupid, the wrong person is going to hear you.
Romance Rule #2: Matchmakers….shouldn’t.
Romance Rule #3: No matter how handsome or nice he is, the lady always resists the irresistible man.
Romance Rule #4: No matter how clever or mysterious she is, the man always sees right through the lady.
Romance Rule #5: If you change your mind about someone, that person usually doesn’t believe you.
Romance Rule #6: The one time you both really get along is the one time something bad happens to drive you apart again.
Romance Rule #7: The person who fights hardest to keep you two apart usually has the opposite effect.
Romance Rule #8: The most logical solution to a problem is the last one you try.
Romance Rule #9: No good deed goes unpunished.
Romance Rule #10: Love wins out in the end…unless there is a sequel.
Don’t forget—Romance Rules because we love to love our love stories! And, yes, my novel, A Sensible Match, is a Perfect 10 because it uses every single one of these rules!
