Hey! I'm New Here!

Hey, Everyone!

I'm Deelylah Mullin, and I'm new to Romance Books 4 Us...and I am absolutely THRILLED to be part of this fabulous group of authors.

I've been part of the writing community since 2010 or 2011 when I started reviewing for That's What I'm Talking About. Then, in 2012, I responded to a Tweet from an author looking for Beta readers. After volunteering, I asked if I could send back edits b/c they were going to drive me nuts. Thusly, I broke into editing. It really wasn't much of a stretch--I have a BA in Music and English, along with expired teaching certification in Michigan for those subjects as well as special education, in which I hold a master's degree. I edited for a few small houses until they closed while building up my client list. I still edit for select authors, though I don't take as many manuscripts as I once did.

I currently have a #dayjob and work-from-home most of the time. As a developmental editor for a literacy nonprofit, I get to play with words all day--mostly in the area of research. This is the work of my heart--I always wanted to work with a literacy nonprofit, and after retiring from teaching after 26 years in the classroom, it was time.

Hubby, Mr. VampBard, and I will be full-blown empty nesters as of July 1; our youngest graduates from high school in a few days and she will begin her journey in the Navy. We have three in some stage of college: a sophomore, a recent graduate doing a year of research prior to applying to graduate schools for psychology, and one with another year of medical school to go. We also have a computer wizard, and the best damn welder in this part of Michigan (I may be biased...) as well as a daughter-in-law, two absolutely DARLING grandsons, and a spectacular son-in-law. In actuality, we're a modern-day Brady Bunch...except Alice never showed up.

As we're entering a new phase in our lives, I am super excited that Mr. VampBard is so supportive of my writing. We even recently switched cell phone providers because we wanted a hotspot so I would be able to work ANYWHERE, and our former service wanted ENTIRELY too much to add on a hotspot I wouldn't necessarily use a lot because I am pretty much a hermit.

As an author, I have contemporary romance published--but it's not for everyone. My characters have real-world issues to overcome which, I've heard, isn't the way everyone likes their romance. I write paranormal romance as Marilyn Harlow--and I am LOVING writing PNR! Thus far, they're much lighter than my contemporary romances.

I am always open for an informal chat about the writing world--I keep an ear-to-the-ground about what's going on, but I'm unapologetically in the Indie-published camp. I'm also happy to guest post when I have something to say--likely about a new release :-)

I look forward to being your blog host on the 26th of every month! In June, you can look forward to my Birthday Month post!

Until then,

Much love--

Deelylah