Looking back, though, I wouldn’t change a single thing. Needless to say, our road to romance was nothing like what I thought it would be when I met the man I’d one day marry. And not only that? But he actually wore a dinosaur mask to a booksigning and taught me how to say “bite me” in Saurian. If I had been intrigued by this tall, dark, and handsome man after meeting him at registration and sharing a table at breakfast, now I was fascinated! But imagine this: a hopeful romantic historical romance writer who’d spent nearly 30 years of her life looking for the man of her dreams, and the man turns out to be a scif-fi/fantasy writer, immersed in a fantasy world of alien dinosaurs, who lived 2000 miles away. Finally, she gave up and looked out over everyone gathered, then called out, “Stuart, get up here and read this.”Īs it turns out, he had written his reply in Saurian, a language he had created himself for the characters in his novel series featuring alien dinosaurs in space. When she came to one and started to read it, she stopped, unable to pronounce the words written. But the best part happened in one of the general sessions when our emcee, Brandilyn Collins, read from pieces of paper submitted by attendees that explained why they deserved a free book (donated from various publishers). Later, I’d discover we share the same birthday, one year apart.

The next day, we ended up sitting next to each other at breakfast after I changed the table sign from “25 and under” to “28 and under” and he sat down next to me. We exchanged pleasantries, and he went on his way. And since I worked registration every year, I spotted him right away. So, when a single man approached the registration table, you can bet he’d be noticed. I believe the count went as high as 6, and that included the faculty. In 2004, at their conference in Denver, there weren’t many men in attendance. This led me to joining an organization now called ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) and attending their annual conference. in Education and not my M.R.S., I started my career in teaching and dabbled in some fiction writing on the side. Of course, I didn’t expect HOW God would make it happen.Īfter college and graduating with only a B.S. He had to do a much better job than I could. Having endured my teen years and most of my 20’s as a single with no dates, no prospects, and no one asking me out, I decided I’d leave the finding to the Creator of love. When I met the man who is now my husband, I had pretty much turned the entire search for love over to God. Deadline: Nov 9th, 11:59 pm central time. Comment on any post dated Oct 25 – 28 to to enter the drawing. Shannon here: Historical romance author shares a funny story on the way to romance plus a chance to win her latest release, Antique Dreams.

Antique Dreams by Amber Stockton