| Susan Macatee Historical & Paranomal Romance Writer |
I've been writing ever since I can remember. I started writing for publication after my
youngest started Kindergarten. I took a course in writing for children, wrote a few short
stories for the course, then started submitting them. After many rejections, I managed
to have three of my stories published in small magazines that paid in copies.
I decided I wanted to try writing a novel, since short stories were hard to sell and I liked
the idea of working on one long project rather than having to constantly come up with
a new idea each time I started a new story. The first novel I wrote was a middle grade
ghost story called Laura. I was never able to get that one published and consider it my
practice novel.
The second novel I wrote was Under the Guns. It's a young adult novel centering
around the life of a young woman, her family and friends through the four years of the
Civil War. Under the Guns has recently gone out of print.
Once I decided I wanted to write romantic fiction, I joined Romance Writers of America.
I'm a member of the Hearts Through History and Futuristic, Fantasy & Paranormal
specialized chapters.
My time travel romance set during the Civil War, Erin's Rebel, has been contracted by
The Wild Rose Press. I also have a short vampire story, Eternity Waits, now available
from TWRP. I've completed the first draft of my second romance, Confederate Rose,
a straight historical also set during the Civil War featuring a woman soldier. And I've
started preliminary work on a science fiction romance, as well as two paranormal short
stories set during the Civil War. In the stories I write love always finds a way to win out.
My fascination with the Civil War period began when my husband decided to become a
reenactor and pulled the whole family into the hobby. We became members of the
28th Pennsylvania Regiment, based in Philadelphia.
Below is one of my favorite Civil War photos of me and my husband at a battle
reenactment at Neshaminy State Park in Pennsylvania.
youngest started Kindergarten. I took a course in writing for children, wrote a few short
stories for the course, then started submitting them. After many rejections, I managed
to have three of my stories published in small magazines that paid in copies.
I decided I wanted to try writing a novel, since short stories were hard to sell and I liked
the idea of working on one long project rather than having to constantly come up with
a new idea each time I started a new story. The first novel I wrote was a middle grade
ghost story called Laura. I was never able to get that one published and consider it my
practice novel.
The second novel I wrote was Under the Guns. It's a young adult novel centering
around the life of a young woman, her family and friends through the four years of the
Civil War. Under the Guns has recently gone out of print.
Once I decided I wanted to write romantic fiction, I joined Romance Writers of America.
I'm a member of the Hearts Through History and Futuristic, Fantasy & Paranormal
specialized chapters.
My time travel romance set during the Civil War, Erin's Rebel, has been contracted by
The Wild Rose Press. I also have a short vampire story, Eternity Waits, now available
from TWRP. I've completed the first draft of my second romance, Confederate Rose,
a straight historical also set during the Civil War featuring a woman soldier. And I've
started preliminary work on a science fiction romance, as well as two paranormal short
stories set during the Civil War. In the stories I write love always finds a way to win out.
My fascination with the Civil War period began when my husband decided to become a
reenactor and pulled the whole family into the hobby. We became members of the
28th Pennsylvania Regiment, based in Philadelphia.
Below is one of my favorite Civil War photos of me and my husband at a battle
reenactment at Neshaminy State Park in Pennsylvania.
| Contact me by email at susan@susanmacatee.com or comment at my blog Susan Macatee Romance Writer |
| Copyright 2006 by Susan Macatee |
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