Look and Listen

Biography

Ann Tracy Marr gets so wrapped up in the Regency era that she forgets people want to know something about her. She admits to being fiftyish, which puts her firmly on the Dowager’s bench at Almack’s. There is a husband entailed to her estate and two unmarried daughters old enough to have made their curtseys to the queen but not so aged as to be considered on the shelf. To put syllabub on the table and keep her daughters in the highest kick of fashion Marr tinkers with the devil’s invention, computers.

Inspiration

Inspiration comes in different ways to different writers. Mine comes under different words. Motivation: Neccessity is the mother of invention and I'm the mother of college students. There is no stronger motivator than an invoice for a semester of school. Boredom: I got so tired of the same old plot. I love the Regency period, but there are only so many ways for a man or woman to nobly stand aside for the sake of their honor. After years of reading Regencies, I had to write one with a plot of a different color. Compulsion: So, while my success has been with Regencies, the story closest to my heart is my great-grandmother's two brothers. Railroaded into prison for murder; I had to write the story from their point of view. Perhaps I will find an interested publisher someday.