Please welcome historical author Wendy Vella!
Laurie: Hello, Wendy, I hope you’ll be comfortable in the
mist of us paranormal romance lovers. I swear to you some of us here do like
historical romance), besides, we don’t bite hard. LOL. So, please make yourself comfortable and tell
us a bit about yourself.
Wendy: Thanks so much for having me here Laurie and can I
say that paranormal is one of my favorite genres to read, I just have no clue
how to write it! All that world building constantly amazes me, that takes real
talent.
I was born and raised in the North Island of New Zealand in
a small rural town that has since grown considerably. Married for 28 years to a
wonderful man who puts up with a great deal from me and my two children he has
often said that I should harness my ability to talk incessantly for the greater
good! My family is English and from them
came my love of reading. I started on Georgette Heyer ‘These Old Shades,’ and
from there my love of the Regency Era grew. I really didn’t start writing until
I was 18 when I penned my first contemporary which will never be seen by the
naked eye. I then wrote my first historical at 20. I joined RWNZ and started
entering competitions and it was only then that my writing started to develop.
The knowledge in these organizations is invaluable and it was at a conference I
met my editor. She asked for a partial and then the full and then I got the
offer, and yes there was plenty of happy dancing and far too much champagne.
