Readers – Page 16 – Allison M. Azulay

Character names

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:5 February 2019
Post category:Readers

I have been asked how I select the names of characters. Sometimes I look through a phone book or newspaper (the bridal and baby-brag pages provide some interesting contemporary names). …

Paper vs Digital

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:5 February 2019
Post category:Readers

Many people I know prefer to read print books. They like the feel of the paper, some even like the smell of a standard book. I have to admit, I…

Time to read

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:5 February 2019
Post category:Readers

Some of my friends and acquaintances have expressed an inability to “find the time” to read, or a lack of “the motivation” to read, or difficulty recalling the story line…

Reading with a dictionary

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:5 February 2019
Post category:Readers

Do I use too many big words? Some say that writers should choose vocabulary that would be appropriate for someone in grade school. Certainly, those writing non-fiction, and especially how-to’s,…

Fame

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:4 February 2019
Post category:Readers Writers

Some of my friends and acquaintances express a belief that I “could be famous.” Do I want to be famous? Not particularly. But being successful is not necessarily about fame. …

The mystery of romance

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:4 February 2019
Post category:Readers Romance

I suppose I write about love and romance because they are a mystery to me. No doubt that sounds paradoxical. But relationships have long bemused me: Why do people react…

Fiction preferences

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:4 February 2019
Post category:Readers

My tastes are eclectic and experiences varied, and my writing reflects that diversity. True, most of my stories are romances, or at least contain a strong romantic component even if…

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I NOTICED THE SWAGGER FIRST: that arrogant saunter that said, “I’m irresistible and I know it.” He was good-looking, yes—as emphasized by the tight jeans that displayed every muscle and more than hinted at one in particular. And the chambray shirt open to show off a broad chest matted with jet hair that proclaimed his masculinity.

–excerpt from Bad Twin

GINETTE LAY STARING into darkness in the low cot by the grand canopied bed in which Lady Barton snored softly. To her surprise and dismay, the old woman had roused from her fireside dozing when she entered the room and had insisted on regaling her with more tales of the foibles and weaknesses of the aristocracy as Ginette helped her undress.

Thinking back on it, she realized there had been a subtle urgency in the manner of the viscountess. Indeed, now that she recalled her months as maid-cum-companion, she recognized that she had felt yet dismissed a sense of impendence. At first, she had wondered was it she who anticipated something vaguely threatening, or was it Lady Barton who expected some event? Now, a certainty filled her that Lady Barton’s choosing to employ her signified much more than she had guessed.

But what?

–excerpt from Propositions and Proposals