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FAQs Q: What's your background? Were you an English major? A: No, I actually started out as a computer programmer when I enlisted in the Air Force. Two years later, they sent me to Auburn University where I obtained a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and my commission as an officer. Six years later, I left active duty and worked for ten more years as an IE in Air Force civil service. Now I work for the US Army civil service. Q: How did you get started writing? A: I have no clue. Seriously, I've always loved to read, and was a "wannabe" writer for a long time. I wrote a little when I was about ten years old—a horrible mish-mash of the Bobbsey Twins and Nancy Drew, but didn't do any more fiction writing until I after I went through a bad time in my life many years later. Reading wonderful novels helped me through that hard time and I decided then that I wanted to write books that would do the same thing for other people. Q: How did you sell your first book? A: It took me two and a half years to write my first book, Golden Prophecies, but I was learning the entire time I was writing it: joining writing organizations, attending classes and conferences, reading writing books, analyzing the market, getting feedback from a critique group, and writing. Luckily, Leisure Love Spell was buying futuristic romances and they bought my first book in April 1994 after it had been rejected by three other publishers. Q: Where do you get your ideas? A: From a strange little man in Peoria.... In other words, I don't know! They attack anytime, from everywhere—when I'm watching movies, reading books, listening to conversations, taking a bath (my best ideas strike when I'm soaking wet), whenever. I just open my mind and let them come. Q: Why do you write under more than one name? A: I established my romance writing career as Pam McCutcheon, and most of those books are romantic comedies with a very light tone. When I decided to write fantasy, some of those stories are very different. So as not to disappoint Pam McCutcheon readers who are looking for an amusing romantic read, I use my maiden name, Pamela Luzier, for the fantasies. And now that I'm writing Young Adult urban fantasy which is quite different from the other two, I have a third name—Parker Blue. Debra Dixon came up with it to reflect my writing, and I love it.
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About Pam
I've been a reader all my life, starting out with fairy tales and graduating to reading everything in the house when I grew older, including my parents' romances, mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, and action / adventure. If a writer can combine romance and humor with a fantasy, science fiction, or paranormal element, I'm hooked. Add action / adventure, and it's even better! Since I couldn't find quite enough books that combine these elements, I sat down to write some of my own. The result is the books you'll see on this website. I now live in Colorado with my terrier Mo, where I work as an industrial engineer.
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Contact Pam E-mail pammc @ pcisys . net |
Organizations The Wyrd Sisters started as a group of writers brought together by a common goal: a passion for writing. At first, geography played a role in uniting us into a cohesive critique group. But as we worked together, we found we shared more than a respect for their craft; we'd formed a strong friendship. "Wyrd" means that which is unusual or different, and also means fate or destiny—a fitting appellation for our group. So, whether we live in Colorado Springs or somewhere else, we still keep in daily contact by email. nt members: Jodi Anderson/Jodi Dawson, Karen Fox, Paula Gill, Laura Hayden, Yvonne Jocks/Evelyn Vaughn, Maureen McKade, Angel Smits, Deb Stover, and me.
The Wyrd Sisters at Mary Ellen's Victorian Tea, Mo's Farewell Party, 2005. Top row, left to right: Karen Fox, Deb Stover, Angel Smits, and Paula Gill. Bottom row, left to right: Maureen Webster, Laura Hayden, and Pam McCutcheon (yes, I'm the one looking like the Madam of a bordello)
RomVets.com is home to women who serve(d) proudly in the military and are now putting pen to paper (figuratively speaking!). |
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