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NTRWA
September 2003 Spotlight On...
GERALYN
DAWSON
by Juliet Burns
“Kate Hudson
often thought that living the good life was like putting on a pair of
panty hose. Just when she finally wiggled her way to a comfortable fit,
she’d invariably get a runner.”
So
starts Geralyn Dawson’s new release, MY BIG OLD TEXAS HEARTACHE. Inspired
by her aging father’s refusal to give up his driver’s license, this witty
contemporary is set in Cedar Dell, and just hit bookstores this week.
When
I think of Texas Romance, I think Geralyn Dawson, one of NT’s most
prolific author’s. Born in Wichita Falls, she’s lived in Fort Worth since earning her business
degree from A&M.
Geralyn
never thought of being a writer until she was almost thirty. As a stay at
home mom with three small children underfoot, she needed something for
herself. She’d always been a big reader and decided to take a creative
writing class at TCJC. That year she began writing.
Four
years later, after joining Trinity Arts Writers, and then North Texas, she finally finished her
manuscript. “In those days there weren’t all these conferences like they
have now,” she said. But she attended a Golden Triangle Writers
Conference, interviewed with an agent, and within six months had sold her
first book, THE TEXAN’S BRIDE.
That
was followed by such heart-warming stories as CAPTURE THE NIGHT, and
TEMPTING MORALITY. And Geralyn still managed to raise her children and
serve as NT’s president. Geralyn gains her inspiration from Christina
Dodd’s work ethic, the need to pay college tuition for her two sons, or
just a day of writing well. She is currently working on the next book in
her “Cedar Dell” series, due out in August 2004.
And
she’s just signed a contract with the new Harlequin single title line,
HQN for 3 new Historicals where we’ll finally get to read about the 3
daughters from the BAD LUCK WEDDING DRESS all grown up. I can’t wait.
Pretty
good for someone who never considered a career in writing!
Visit
Geralyn’s
website.
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