About Danica ...
I'm going to write what?
I'm obsessed with well-rounded fictional characters. Love to read about them. Live to write about them. When characters and their stories pop into my head, I never really finish exploring the what ifs ... the qualities and limits that make my characters who they are. For a while, I was content to keep those particulars that were unnecessary to mention in my stories in my head. Unfortunately, when I ran into Ren Hayden and Galen Zabriese, I arrived at an impasse: If those two didn't have sex 'on screen,' the reader (not to mention the writer) just wasn't going to feel them. Their pasts sort of demanded it. So I had to either ditch the story or ditch the idea that writing steamy love scenes was taboo for me.
I'm glad I chose the latter. And I learned something in the process: If writing is about exploring what makes us human, how can we limit what we write about?
I'm glad I chose the latter. And I learned something in the process: If writing is about exploring what makes us human, how can we limit what we write about?
Who am I, anyway?
I write a variety of fiction, non-fiction as a freelancer, am currently torn between going vegan or paleo--arriving at something called pegan (I kid you not), am married to my best friend (it's the only way to go--but that doesn't mean you don't want to short their sheets or worse on occasion), and have children who make me insanely happy 95% of the time. If I could, I would take the lot of them and live in upstate New York with a cat named Magic and golden retriever name Daystar. Although ... I recently met an Irish Wolfhound puppy that was the size of a small pony and wondered how amazing it would be to mother one of those. Might be too much dog, though. (Photo left is not mine, but shows the size compared to a normal (albeit small) dog. The one I met had an owner who was trying to pass him off as a reindeer. No joke.
Do I do anything but write?
Actually, yes. I read--although, not as much as I would like. The thing about writing and producing your own work is that it is sooo time consuming. My TBR list is growing too fast to keep up with, which is why I truly appreciate it when someone reads my work. We're all so busy these days, aren't we? So I wind up reading at odd times--including at midnight in my closet so I don't wake the hubster with a light. I'm thinking about putting a bean bag chair in there. I read a variety of fiction, including romance, fantasy, and sci-fi. On the non-fiction side, I like books about astronomy, among other topics, even though little of the physics stuff actually sticks in my head. I'm also big into movies--most types--although war and crime dramas generally aren't my thing.
I tend to be a very private person. I do, however, love to communicate with readers and other writers about romance and the literary world. Feel free to email me at: danica.raimz(at)gmail(dot)com