Resolutions. Promises made to oneself for the coming year. Everyone makes them occasionally, but only a few live them to the fullest.
Reviews for Resolutions
Romantic Times 4.5 Stars, Top Pick
"All four of these authors are a treat to read separately and together they are pure pleasure." - Vikky, ARR
"I loved how these four authors combined their talent and left you wanting more. I would definitely recommend this story to others." - Jill, Fallen Angel Reviews
Read an excerpt from "That Scottish Spring"
Visit Dee S.Knight's web site
About Dee S. Knight
Prior to writing her first fiction only a few years ago, Dee S. Knight lived a varied lifestyle. After college she married her high school sweetheart and they became house parents at a home for wards of the court. Thus, she went from newlywed to "mother" of a dozen teenage boys, in a month. Two years of living in one city proved to be enough, and she and her husband spent the next eight years as long-distance truckers. Swiftly following their trucking years, she became a computer consultant, high school and adult ed teacher, technical writer and novelist. More than thirty years later, she's still married to her own hero and finds life infinitely interesting. They currently reside in the Midwest.
Backlist
Impatient Passion
It's All Relative
The Man of Her Dreams
The Cinderella Curse
Passionate Destiny
Baer and the Three Goldilocks
The Nature of Nature
"R. A. Punzel Lets Down Her Hair" in Ain't Your Mama's Bedtime Stories
"That Scottish Spring" in Resolutions
"Awards Night" in Your Desire
"Safe Sex" in The Zodiac Series: Taurus
"Candy Hearts and Flours" in I'm No Saint, Valentine
"Coming Home"
"Second Wind"
"If Only For a Night"
Non-erotic romance:
Burning Bridges (as Anne Krist)
A note from Dee...
Francis Drake and I are joint hosting a contest to say thanks to our readers-what better time than the month of Thanksgiving? Check out our Contest pages for details. http://www.deesknight.com/contest.html
An Interview with Dee S. Knight
By Holly Hewson for The Romance Studio
HH: Dee, thank you for talking with us at TRS BLUE. Please tell us about your featured book, the anthology Resolutions.DSK: Holly, it's always a pleasure to be featured in TRS BLUE -- thanks for having me here.
Resolutions is a book written years ago, a collaboration between very dear friends, Vanessa Hart, Leigh Wyndfield and JB Skully (who also writes erotic romances as Jasmine Haynes). I love this book and bring it out every year at holiday time because it's so fitting.
It's about four friends who get together every year on New Years Eve to tell over dinner how they've fulfilled the previous year's resolution. This year, they each find love-and have a few sexy adventures. The stories are all so different, yet mix very well. The four of us took on Resolutions the first year we were together at Liquid Silver Books, and-like our characters-we've been good friends ever since. This book and these friendships are part of what's made writing the joy it has been for me.
HH: How did you come to be part of this wonderful project? DSK: I had the idea of writing an anthology-two actually. I wrote Skully and asked what she thought of the ideas and she liked them, so I approached Raven (Liquid Silver's owner) and then posted on the Liquid Silver authors' loop to see if anyone else would be interested. One of those books became the award-winning Ain't Your Mama's Bedtime Stories (with the Resolutions four and three others), and the other became a Romantic Times 4.5 Stars, Top Pick, Resolutions. I was lucky to be associated with wonderful writers in both books.
HH: Where did you get the idea for your story, That Scottish Spring? DSK: Gosh, I have no idea at this point, lol. I just remember wanting to write something about one of my most favorite places, Scotland, and thought it would be fun to write about a woman who was so organized, she had to "plan to be impulsive." I had her take a trip to Scotland but have an unexpected change in roommates-from a woman to a man. And a very attractive, younger man, at that. He falls for her immediately, but it takes Spring a bit longer to accept an impulsive love affair and take the plunge.
HH: So what did you think of the anthology all together once you'd had the opportunity to read it? DSK: I love this book!!! Actually, because the four of us are so different, the stories are, too. There's something for everyone. Nessie's story is about an overweight woman trying to lose a few pounds and find herself, Skully's deals with finding adventure outside the structured job she has, and Leigh's tells of a woman striking out to buy her first home-and finding a surprise.
Honestly, I would love to see this made into a movie. Is that reaching, lol? Even with all the sex, it would be perfect for cable. Know anyone I could approach??
HH: What are you working on at the moment? DSK: I just finished a novella I submitted to Liquid Silver for a new series they have going, Hearts Afire. Each of the stories are built around firemen. Mine, The Fireman and the Ice Queen, is about union contract talks and how they could be upset if the fiery relationship between the two negotiators comes to light. Please keep your fingers crossed that the story is accepted!
HH: What's your favorite genre to write in and why? DSK: I just told someone last week that I'm caught in between right now. When I'm writing erotic romance, I have a hard time finding ways to get the characters together. When I'm writing non-erotic (as Anne Krist) I keep wanting to do and say nasty things. *g* I like writing in both genre, though.
As for sub-genre, I really enjoy ghosts and supernatural happenings, but except for Touching the Stars, my (still) unfinished time travel and a new historical idea I have in mind, contemporary is my favored writing "setting."
HH: With so many talented authors out there and so many great stories, how does an author come up with new, refreshing ideas?
DSK: You know what? I've never talked to an author who has a hard time coming up with ideas. If anything we generally have too many! I don't know how anyone could have trouble-ideas are all around, in a falling leaf, a rushing stream, two old people walking hand-in-hand along the road. The trick is finding new ways to tell the story. Fortunately, we're all blessed with unique views on the world and imaginations.
HH: What do you see in the future for ebooks?
DSK: I see a real future in ebooks-more now than when I started writing a few years ago. Major publishers are also seeing the light since most of them now include e-rights in their contracts. I don't mean that paper books will cease to exist in the next few years, but I do see a time when a person will walk into a bookstore and find a wall of book covers and blurbs. They'll select a book and download it to their reading device. Or because printing itself is changing, they'll submit their choice to a machine, go have a cup of coffee and the book will be printed and waiting for them in a few minutes. No more returns for bookstores to worry about, no more warehouses of books waiting to be shipped. It could be the best of all reading worlds-and drop the costs of publishing dramatically.
HH: What do you enjoy reading? Do you read ebooks? <g> DSK: I love reading all romance (*g* bet that's a surprise, huh?), thrillers, mysteries-almost everything! And I have had an ebook reader since 1999 when RCA put out their unit. I've since bought an eBookwise reader and love it as I did the RCA. I read lots and lots of ebooks, finding I read paperback mostly after conferences when I get them for free. (Yes, I am cheap and proud of it.)
HH: Any special plans for the holidays this year? DSK: My mom and aunt are coming for Thanksgiving, and I can't wait! They'll be here two weeks. After their dynamic, busy visit-they're like tornados!-the house will seem blessedly quiet. We're planning to be here for Christmas, but we'll probably drive into Chicago to see Jack's brother and sister-in-law. We're lucky to live so close.
I'm having big holiday contests for Thanksgiving and Christmas as a way to say thanks to friends and readers, so please check my website! One of the prizes will be a beautiful, handmade necklace and earring set made by a friend of mine!! E-mail me your thoughts when you see it-probably in the Christmas contest.
Thanks very much for having me as a guest on TRS BLUE, Holly. I always love being here.
HH: Thank you!
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