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Why Write About a Ranch?

I visited Wyoming for about a day a long time ago, and I liked the looks of the state. When I decided to write a romance about a rich but entirely too self-confident man, I set it in Wyoming and made him a rancher. In real life, ranches have boundary…

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Irene Vartanoff November 10, 2019 December 29, 2021Books, Romance, Writing

Using My Real Name as My Author Name

Discussions about pen names versus real names keep coming up. I use my real name, not merely because it is unique in this country, but also because my name has a history in the comics biz. So why not let people who know me learn about my novels? I’ve used…

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Irene Vartanoff September 19, 2018 September 19, 2018Me, Writing

Wishing for the Real Jane Austen

Such is the love modern readers have for Jane Austen’s witty and romantic novels that many authors have dared to write alternate Jane Austen novels, novellas, short stories, and so on. In fact, there has been in recent years a large outpouring of fiction that attempts to satisfy the fantasy…

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Irene Vartanoff January 4, 2018 January 4, 2018Writing

A Tale of Many Cowgirls

In 2016, I wrote the first draft of Cowgirl Rescue and then found a lovely cover for it and bought it. That was in July. I didn’t know for sure what the title of the third Selkirk Family Ranch book would be, so I had the cover designer dummy up…

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Irene Vartanoff April 17, 2017 July 1, 2017Books, Romance, Writing

Read the Blog Post, Take the Survey

In my newest guest blog post talking about writing, I discuss writing series books. As you may know, I’ve been writing the Selkirk Family Ranch series for a while, and I’m currently finishing up Book 3. At the end of the post, I mention that I’m looking for opinions and…

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Irene Vartanoff January 31, 2017 January 31, 2017Books, Romance, Writing

Where to find my articles on writing

I acquired, edited, and wrote stories for MyRomanceStory.com and most of the posts on its blog for a number of years. In addition, I wrote a series of articles under the heading of Writer’s Resources. Surprisingly, they still contain some useful advice for the would-be published author of romance. Writer’s…

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Irene Vartanoff January 6, 2017 January 6, 2017Romance, Writing

Women’s Fiction versus Romance

I write both romance and women’s fiction novels. They are very different even though they may contain many of the same elements. A romance has to focus on one key romantic relationship above all. A women’s fiction novel can be about multiple relationships and characters. My women’s fiction novel, Summer…

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Irene Vartanoff April 22, 2016 April 22, 2016Hoarding, Romance, Writing

A Daughter’s a Daughter visuals

These visuals were made in my Canva class, but as you can see, their legibility is a work in progress.

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Irene Vartanoff February 21, 2016 February 25, 2016Romance, Writing

Where Do I Get My Ideas?

From this and that I was in Valparaiso, Chile, walking down a narrow street filled with flowers with a lovely young woman who was acting as a personal guide, when she asked me how I got my ideas. I answered, “From this and that,” which was the exact truth. One…

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Irene Vartanoff February 5, 2016 July 1, 2017Comics, Romance, Writing

Why I Published RUSSIA UNDER THREE TSARS

Michael N. Kalantar’s book, Russia Under Three Tsars, has been a project for me ever since I discovered the typed manuscript in the wall of books on Russian history at my mother’s house four years ago. Sadly, this was after her death, so I couldn’t ask her about a literary…

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Irene Vartanoff September 3, 2015 July 20, 2016Family, Writing
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