First, introductions! Â
Let me start off by saying hello. I’m Lisa Marie Wilkinson, and I write award-winning historical romance novels. My first book, “Fire at Midnight†is being released by Medallion Press on March 1, and my second historical romance, “Stolen Promise,†will be released in March 2010.Â
I’ve been a writer for almost as long as I can remember, from writing bad poetry as a child to being a lyricist/music critic to writing very dry, boring technical material. I’m an avid reader, too, and I enjoy many different genres, although I have to admit I’m partial to romance, particularly romances with bad-boy heroes and the women who tame them.Â
My debut novel, “Fire at Midnight” currently holds the highest number of contest wins in the Romance Writers of America world of chapter contests. I am officially a tiara-wearing Diva.Â
I have a trailer for “Fire at Midnight.” Click on the link if you’d like to play it: Trailer for Fire at Midnight.
You may read excerpts from “Fire at Midnight” and advance reviewer comments on my website.
I also write book and film reviews on my blog, “The View from the Eddystone Light.â€
Since I write romance, I thought a good ice-breaker for my first CTR blog might be to share a few of my favorite quotes about love and romance and ask you to either share your thoughts on the quotes or your own favorite quotes on the subject of love and romance.
Here we go!!
“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.â€Â
-Victor Hugo
“Immature love says:  ‘I love you because I need you. ‘Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you.'”
–Erich Fromm
“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: Â That word is love.”
–Sophocles
“He who love touches walks not in darkness.â€
–Plato
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.â€
–Emily Bronte
â€Love is… born with the pleasure of looking at each other; it is fed with the necessity of seeing each other; it is concluded with the impossibility of separation!´
-Anonymous
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“Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.â€
–Charlie Brown
 Your turn! Please leave a comment!Â
I’ll select the most interesting comment of the day and the winner will receive an autographed copy of my debut novel, “Fire at Midnight.â€
- About the Author
- Posts in the Past
I began my writing career as a lyricist, working in collaboration with composer Marti Schwartz. We received a number of awards for songwriting, including finalist status in the prestigious American Song Festival international competition.
I also acted as a music critic for Los Angeles based magazine, The Music Connection, and wrote reviews and articles for other music industry publications, including Songwriter Magazine.
I’ve always been a voracious reader of all types of fiction, especially historical romance. My debut novel, “Fire At Midnight,” will be published by Medallion Press in March 2009. My second historical romance novel titled “Stolen Promise” will follow in March 2010. I am currently working on my third historical romance, “The Red Parrot.”
My fiction has been honored with awards from over 60 writing contests, including the Maryland Writer’s Association Novel Contest, the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest, and the Daphne du Maurier award for unpublished writers.
I have also served as a judge in a number of contests, including the RWA Golden Heart.
My favorite quote here is the one by Charlie Brown: “Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.†Is that wrong of me?
Margay
Not at all! That’s one of my favorites, too. I love the light humor and the fact that it really says a great deal. My other favorite is the quote from Wuthering Heights, but that’s because I tend to be a bit of a drama queen.
Thanks for commenting!!
Lisa Marie
I love the Emily Bronte quote. The whole notion of soulmates is incredibly romantic to me. Congrats on your upcoming release, Lisa Marie! Best wishes, Catherine
This is my favorite quote. The last line simply gives me shivers. 🙂
“There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not. The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.”
Proverbs 30:19
Congratulations on your books, Lisa. I also write historical romance, though my latest release is a contemporary romantic suspense.
It’s nice to meet you. 🙂
MM
My favorite quote is from a song by the Rolling Stones (Mother’s Little Helper): What a drag it is getting old! 😆
Cheryl, who just had a significant birthday
Cheryl,
I think everyone can relate to that quote! Happy (belated) Birthday!
I don’t mind birthdays…when you consider the alternative.
This is a little off-topic, but I just read this review of Fire at Midnight, and I was completely bowled over by it. If you have any interest in reading a review that will give you a great synopsis of the storyline of “Fire at Midnight,” please read the review entitled, “Fanning the Flames” on the Romance Roundtable website:
http://www.romanceroundtable.com/
I knew a review was scheduled to be published today, but I didn’t have any idea of the content, and reviews always make me anxious. 😉
A baby is born with a need to be loved – and never outgrows it.
Frank A. Clark
This quote is particularly important to me right now as I (impatiently) await the birth of my third grandchildren. His due date is March 4.
It’s not been an easy pregnancy for my son’s girlfriend. With all the nasty colds and viruses this winter, she’s had some rough times. But she’s determined and the baby is healthy. He’s also a real go-getter and I can’t wait to see him!
😀 I love Charlie Brown…he just brings a smile to my face…
Congrats on the great review. Good luck with the book. I know you’ll be a great success. I can’t wait to read it.
Kelly
Hi LIsa,
Saw your email notification and hopped on over. Congratulations on your upcoming release. 🙂
There are two love quotes I’ve always liked. When I was a teen, i had a poster with this saying on it, which is a take off from Proverbs:
If you love something, set it free. If it doesn’t come back to you, it wasn’t meant to be yours; if it does, then love it forever.
The other quote, which after 20 years of marriage I have found to be true, is:
Love is not two pair of eyes looking into each other; love is two pair of eyes looking in the same direction.
I’m not sure where it came from. I think it’s an old Chinese quote—but don’t quote me on that!
Julie
Miss Mae:
Great quote! And it’s so nice to meet you, too.
Luann:
A very basic truth–that the need to be loved is inherent. I hope all goes well with the new grandbaby. March 4 is just around the corner and you’ll be holding that little bundle in your arms before you know it.
Hi Lisa, I love your quotes. This is one of my favorites of yours: Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you. ‘Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you.’â€
–Erich Fromm
Here is one I ran into on a blog and I love it, but its not quite about romance!
Let books be your dining table,
And you shall be full of delights
Let them be your mattress
And you shall sleep restful nights.
~Author Unknown
Congrats on your debut novel. I love a good historical so I am very interested in your new book. I love trying new authors and I have put you on my wish list! So bring on those historicals for us reader! I am looking forward to your book!
Hi Lisa zapped over to visit, congrats on the book. I think my most inspiring thoughts come from the old Disney movie Polyanna, in it Polyanna talked with the town preacher, and he makes the statement if you look for the bad in people you will surely find it and changes his whole fire and brimstone sermons to the bibles “glad” passages. No matter how nasty or unpleasant a person was Polyanna always found something good about them, she changed an entire town into a happy place. I have tried to live my life this way.
An though not a love quote I do like to say this… Sometimes it’s fun to be the fly on the wall of friends; unless that friend is a frog… 😆
Those comments says it all. True love outshines anything else and maybe even can redeem a person headed for disaster.
Julie,
“Love is not two pair of eyes looking into each other; love is two pair of eyes looking in the same direction.”
I don’t recall ever having heard this one, but I like it! Thanks for sharing it.
I love the Erich Fromm quote. So true. And congrats on the great review!
I like Julie’s quote about the two pair of eyes. I love your book cover, Lisa. I’m sure lighthouses would not be really comfortable places to live with the wind and storms but there’s something so romantic about them. Good luck with your release.
AND THE WINNER IS….
I want to first thank you all for participating! There would have been no discussion if you hadn’t been willing to give of your time and share your thoughts.
Since it’s my contest and I can decide to give away two books if I want, I’m going to declare two winners: LuAnn Morgan and Julie Robinson. If you lovely ladies would please send your snail mail address to me at lisamarie@lisamariewilkinson.com, I will send an autographed copy of “Fire at Midnight” to each of you. Thanks!
One of my favorite love quotes is: “Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the sky” -H. Jackson Brown JR….it also goes with “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, there is really someone beautiful out there for each of us.
Julie and LuAnn-
I have your snail mail information (you ladies had entered my website contest so I have your snail mail address from your entry). I will have your autographed copies of “Fire at Midnight” in the mail to you asap!
My favorite quote is from Oscar Wilde: The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.
Added your books to my TBR list!
Woohoo ,Lisa! Thank you! so much!!! ❗
I can’t wait to read Fire at Midnight, and I am so glad I will have an autographed copy of it.
I’m going to have to keep the cover picture facing outward because it is so beautiful.
😛
Julie
And thank you Coffee Time Romance for having Lisa on your site.
Julie
Thank you Lisa Marie ❗
I got Fire at Midnight in the mail.
The cover is even more beautiful than it looked on the computer.
Thanks for the personalized autograph. 😀
Julie