Guest blog: Stranger in strange lands

I didn't think the varied countries in which I spent my life had much of an impact on my writing.

Partly because I didn't think of those countries... much. I spent years trying to get out of the Middle East, and am now spending years more trying to earn Canadian citizenship. When it came to where I lived, I looked to the future rather than the past, and only just realized how much influence the one had on the other.

That occurred when I read a post on Jess Dee's blog. That's called Dee-liciously Sexy Romance, and more than lives up to its title... the excerpts alone are a surfeit of heat. And Jess is a wonderful fellow writer who not only agreed to host a guest blog and contest but gave me a lot of guidance, this being my first time.

In print, I mean.

So, without further ado, here it is. Read and comment for a chance to win!