Classical (mainly Baroque), Rock, Salsa, Pop/ Dance, Jazz, World Music. Artists: Sting, Santana, Marvin Gaye, Josh Groban, Keane, Coldplay, Madonna, Claudio Baglioni, Michele Zarrillo, Stevie Wonder, James Blunt, Queen, Depeche Mode, Mango.
Movies
Dangerous Beauty, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Crow, Firelight, The Man Who Cried, Pride and Prejudice, First Knight, Tristan and Isolde, Secretary, Vanity Fair, The Golden Bowl, Jane Eyre, A Room with a View, Passage to India, Dead Poet's Society, The Illusionist, Lord of the Rings, Bridget Jone's Diary, Mansfield Park, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Lady Oscar, The Libertine, Valmont, The Name of the Rose, The Prestige, Rose Red...most action and period movies...too many to mention :-)
Television
Stand Up Comedy, HBO movies, Frasier, Dog The Bounty Hunter, House, CSI, Charmed, Sex and The City, Friends, Stanford and Son, The Jeffersons, The Dead Zone, Hitchcock stuff.
Books
The Children of Men, Crime and Punishment, The Prophet, The Historian, The Da Vinci Code, The Genesis Code, The Physician, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Oliver Twist. Authors - Agatha Christie, Oscar Wilde, Stephen Fry, Helen Fielding, Umberto Eco, Anne Perry. Romance/ Erotic romance authors - Robin Schone, Lisa Valdez (Patience, where are you?), Lisa Kleypas, Sylvia Day, Sabrina Jeffries, Stephanie Laurens, Liz Carlyle, Susan Johnson, Emma Holly ... among others.
Heroes
My husband, my late grandmother Carmelina, my family (you know who you are).
When I write, I love creating strong, interesting, complex characters who take me through all kinds of places and emotions in my imagination. My first two contemporary short stories were released on September 3 by Aphrodite's Apples. Sadly, this publisher closed down in February 2008. However, I'm proud to say that both books were accepted for publication by WHISKEY CREEK PRESS. (Below, in the slideshow, you can see the old book covers, which I'll always remember fondly as my first :-D). Release dates will be announced when available.
Besides thinking up my own stories, I am also a professional ghostwriter and editor. In a past life, before becoming a full-time writer and editor, I was an IT/ Entertainment attorney for several years. I won my first literary award at the age of 20 in a national poetry writing contest - and haven't stopped writing since!
I hope that my readers will find delight and inspiration when reading my stories. I welcome all feedback and friend requests. I would also like to know WHAT YOU LOOK FOR first and foremost in a romance novel. What attracts you to a particular story or book? The plot? The characters? The genre? Please send me your comments and suggestions because I'd love to learn more about you.
MEMBERSHIPS:
Romance Writers of America
Georgia Romance Writers Association
Who I'd like to meet: If I were given the opportunity to transcend time and space - Anais Nin, Jane Austen, Queen Marie Antoinette, William Shakespeare, Socrates, Charles Dickens, Martin Luther King, my grandfather Vincent (who died when I was only 1 year old).
In the present - All writers and readers!!! Some specific authors I'd love to have a cozy chat with over coffee and eclairs - Lisa Valdez, Robin Schone.
Thank you for accepting our friend invitation. Check out our blog. We’ve just posted something exciting. And we’d love to hear from you. Hope you’re having a wonderful week! Diana Kay
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“This story starts out hot and gets hotter and hotter… it has a great friendship that could develop into something much more and the strawberries just might make you want to try a few of your own” Fallen Angel Review
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LOL... I saw on the front page about POV changes. You have that problem too? Gah. I'm so caught up on POV now I can hardly write! Good look with your edits.
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