Ruth Ann Nordin

I live in a small town which is pretty much in the middle of the United States.   My husband is in the Air Force and we have four children--all boys from ages 5 to 9!  Since I am surrounded by boys, I have long forgotten the art of being a woman.  I say that in partial jest and partial truth.  Let's just put it this way:  when there is a dead rodent in the garage, I no longer get up on the chair and scream.  I actually put on a glove and throw the thing in the garbage bin.  Bugs no longer terrify me either.  And yes, my boys love to bring bugs to me and show off their bug catching skills--sometimes I wonder if they think they are cats.

When I am not playing wife and mother, I am a writer.  So how do I have time to write?  If I don't write, I can't sleep since the story ideas will keep me awake.  I have written outside the romance genre, but that was before I took writing seriously.  I try not to think of those books, though they have opened the door to where I am today.  My recommendation is to stick with the books on this site.  That way, you get my best work. 

As for romance, I do define my stories as romance, but it's not the romance that the traditional publishing houses like, which is the reason I kept getting rejected by them.  They actually said that they didn't like the fact that I have themes in my books.  My romances are more of the "rubber meets the road" type of romance.  That means I don't focus so much on the lust factor.  I do have rated R romances, so a good sex life between the married couples in my books is important--as it is in real life.  However, the key to the romances is in how the man and woman treat each other and how they overcome struggles in order to solidify their relationship.  So yes, I do write romances.  Mine are just not the typical romance formula because the book's theme and secondary characters play a prominent role.