Amanda Quick is the pseudonym for romance novelist Jayne Castle, the author’s birth name. She also currently writes under her married name Jayne Ann Krentz. Amanda Quick is the name she adapted for her body of work classified as historical romances which is always set in England, though the time frame varies from the Medieval ...
There are so many books being published these days. It is easy to miss some of the better ones that have been around for awhile because they seem to get forgotten in the hype of the mega-favorites of the moment. I’m the type of reader who prefers reading everything an author wrote. Some years ago ...
Believe it or not there are churches that still sing old fashioned hymns such as “Blessed Assurance”. Whenever I sing a hymn, I like to pay attention to the writer. I think because I myself write poetry and songs, it interests me to know who wrote my favorite songs. For a long time I have ...
Lately there has been some backlash about pen names. Suite101 announced that all of their writers that use pen names or other pseudonyms must change their account and write under their real names. This is supposed to increase the professionalism of Suite101. Personally I think that just alienated many writers. Many, many professional writers use ...
