Unhappily, those years were also
marked by losses in our families.
Both my parents died over those
seven years. And so did Gege’s
mother, and finally Gege herself,
just months before we put out our
final issue in 2006.
That last issue marked a turning
point for Hubby, who’d written
a book about the history of early
romance fiction, Old School
Romance, which was published in
2005 by Vintage Romance
Publishing of South Carolina.
(www.vrpublishing.com) He now
wanted to continue writing books
on his own, but couldn’t handle
that and promote the magazine at
the same time. Likewise, our
Daughter had grown up and was
now moving into college. We
figured it was time to put
Romances With Attitude to rest.
I myself didn’t give much thought
to the stories I produced for the
magazine. I’d gotten into the
project more for fun than anything
else. Yet over the years Hubby
kept trying to talk me into
submitting one of my old stories to
professional publishers. I was
skeptical that anyone other than
him would be interested in my
work. But my husband
was persistent, and finally he
convinced me to submit what he
considered my best work—
Liberation—to Lavender Isis
Press, an e-book company he’d
come across through his My
Space site.
As he pointed out to me, “What
have you got to lose?”
It’s an old saying, but a true one. I
replied with another old saying:
“The worst they can do is say no.”
But they didn’t say no. In fact they
said yes!
And now my book coming out in
July of thisyear (2007). Needless
to say I’m thrilled for myself, and
grateful to Lavender Isis for giving
me this chance. But there’s no
doubt in my mind that the one
person that’s the most excited of
all is the man who got me into this
writing game in the first place:
The true romantic in our family, my
Hubby.
marked by losses in our families.
Both my parents died over those
seven years. And so did Gege’s
mother, and finally Gege herself,
just months before we put out our
final issue in 2006.
That last issue marked a turning
point for Hubby, who’d written
a book about the history of early
romance fiction, Old School
Romance, which was published in
2005 by Vintage Romance
Publishing of South Carolina.
(www.vrpublishing.com) He now
wanted to continue writing books
on his own, but couldn’t handle
that and promote the magazine at
the same time. Likewise, our
Daughter had grown up and was
now moving into college. We
figured it was time to put
Romances With Attitude to rest.
I myself didn’t give much thought
to the stories I produced for the
magazine. I’d gotten into the
project more for fun than anything
else. Yet over the years Hubby
kept trying to talk me into
submitting one of my old stories to
professional publishers. I was
skeptical that anyone other than
him would be interested in my
work. But my husband
was persistent, and finally he
convinced me to submit what he
considered my best work—
Liberation—to Lavender Isis
Press, an e-book company he’d
come across through his My
Space site.
As he pointed out to me, “What
have you got to lose?”
It’s an old saying, but a true one. I
replied with another old saying:
“The worst they can do is say no.”
But they didn’t say no. In fact they
said yes!
And now my book coming out in
July of thisyear (2007). Needless
to say I’m thrilled for myself, and
grateful to Lavender Isis for giving
me this chance. But there’s no
doubt in my mind that the one
person that’s the most excited of
all is the man who got me into this
writing game in the first place:
The true romantic in our family, my
Hubby.
PG. 2 ROMANTICS ON THE MOVE
Bio:
Born and raised in Detroit , I only left
Michigan once, when I toured Europe as
a singer in the 1973 Denby High
Chorus. In the early eighties, met the
man I was to marry when he walked into
the gas station where I worked to buy a
bottle of pop. I’m the proud parent of
four children, all grown with one in the
Navy, and am now an equally proud
grandmother.
You can find Linda on the
web at:
Liberation novel MySpace page
Author Linda Ambrosia's website
Linda's Author's Den page
Liberation Page at Author's Den
Born and raised in Detroit , I only left
Michigan once, when I toured Europe as
a singer in the 1973 Denby High
Chorus. In the early eighties, met the
man I was to marry when he walked into
the gas station where I worked to buy a
bottle of pop. I’m the proud parent of
four children, all grown with one in the
Navy, and am now an equally proud
grandmother.
You can find Linda on the
web at:
Liberation novel MySpace page
Author Linda Ambrosia's website
Linda's Author's Den page
Liberation Page at Author's Den
Copyright © 2007 Lavender Isis. All Rights Reserved.
In the months ahead Hubby wrote
to Romantic Times, who did a
half-page story on Romances
With Attitude in their October
2001 issue, even
including a photo of our
daughter! Liberation and other
stories in our magazine were
reviewed by the Love Romances
review site in 2003, and we had
some coverage about us in such
on-line magazines as Suite and
The Pulp Net.
Through the seven years we kept
the magazine running, we
recruited a number of writers to
do stories for us. Among these
were award winning short story
writer Elva R. Jones of Hawaii,
and a seasoned pro novelist,
Rachael Carrington. I myself
would write three sequels to
Liberation for the zine.
Our most successful issue,
however, featured New Age
Outlaws. This sassy suspense
comedy romance was by a young
lady from Chicago, Lucy Weir,
who went on to write short stories
under the pseudonym Sunny
Sabella. And it contained
illustrations by a then-teenage
Alaskan, Nicole Plastino, who
became our chief artist for several
years before enrolling in a Seattle
art school.
I’d like to say we got swelled
heads from such activities, but
the truth is we all knew we weren’
t going to “make the big time”
from publishing a fanzine. Such
projects aren’t even intended to
make money. They’re labors of
love produced by people who are
enraptured by a certain form of
fiction.
And the truth is we never made a
dime out of Romances With
Attitude. The cost of selling such
a magazine far outweighed any
money we made from it. Travel
expenses to conventions in
Chicago alone ate up revenues
faster than we made them. What
made our experiences worthwhile
were the people we met and the
fun we had. Hubby still talks
about meeting such famed science-
fiction and horror writers as
Frederick Pohl and Hugh Cave at
such conventions.
to Romantic Times, who did a
half-page story on Romances
With Attitude in their October
2001 issue, even
including a photo of our
daughter! Liberation and other
stories in our magazine were
reviewed by the Love Romances
review site in 2003, and we had
some coverage about us in such
on-line magazines as Suite and
The Pulp Net.
Through the seven years we kept
the magazine running, we
recruited a number of writers to
do stories for us. Among these
were award winning short story
writer Elva R. Jones of Hawaii,
and a seasoned pro novelist,
Rachael Carrington. I myself
would write three sequels to
Liberation for the zine.
Our most successful issue,
however, featured New Age
Outlaws. This sassy suspense
comedy romance was by a young
lady from Chicago, Lucy Weir,
who went on to write short stories
under the pseudonym Sunny
Sabella. And it contained
illustrations by a then-teenage
Alaskan, Nicole Plastino, who
became our chief artist for several
years before enrolling in a Seattle
art school.
I’d like to say we got swelled
heads from such activities, but
the truth is we all knew we weren’
t going to “make the big time”
from publishing a fanzine. Such
projects aren’t even intended to
make money. They’re labors of
love produced by people who are
enraptured by a certain form of
fiction.
And the truth is we never made a
dime out of Romances With
Attitude. The cost of selling such
a magazine far outweighed any
money we made from it. Travel
expenses to conventions in
Chicago alone ate up revenues
faster than we made them. What
made our experiences worthwhile
were the people we met and the
fun we had. Hubby still talks
about meeting such famed science-
fiction and horror writers as
Frederick Pohl and Hugh Cave at
such conventions.
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