Kelly Romo
Behind DEAD DRIFT: My Audiobook is Now Available! Let Me Introduce the Narrators.
Meet the amazing and talented Talon David and Ryan Hougen who narrated my thriller, DEAD DRIFT. I had over 80 auditions for the audiobook...
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Behind the Book
Adventures with my writing and research
Kelly Romo
- May 30, 2022
- 2 min
Behind My Writing: Working in Haunted Hotels
Writing, ghosts, bubble baths, and soaking pools. WRITING Whenever I need to get my head wrapped back around my story or I need to do a...
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Kelly Romo
- May 24, 2022
- 2 min
Behind DEAD DRIFT: The Art of the Fly
How I transitioned from me to HIM...in a fictional sense. Fly Fishing For me, as I'm sure with most people who tie flies, it all started...
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Kelly Romo
- May 15, 2022
- 3 min
Behind DEAD DRIFT: How Many Editors Does it Take to Write a Thriller?
The world may never know...For me, writing is not done in isolation. These amazing people helped me create an accurate and polished...
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Kelly Romo
- May 8, 2022
- 2 min
Behind WHEN SORROW TAKES WING: Farmer Tony and Pearson Ranch
The man, the myth, the citrus. WHEN SORROW TAKES WING and Farmer Tony When I needed help with my research on the citrus industry, Farmer...
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Kelly Romo
- Apr 30, 2022
- 3 min
Behind DEAD DRIFT: Maupin's Real Serial Killer.
Little did I know that Maupin had a serial killer who got his start on the Deschutes River... ISRAEL KEYES Israel Keyes is considered one...
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Kelly Romo
- Apr 25, 2022
- 3 min
Behind WHEN SORROW TAKES WING: A Secret Brigade of 25,000 Women?
Don't mess with a lady's religion. 500 years after the death of Joan of Arc, a brigade of women fighting for their religion called...
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Kelly Romo
- Apr 2, 2022
- 2 min
Behind DEAD DRIFT: Writing on the Fly
Which came first? The fly fishing or the thriller? And how I came up with the title. THE FIRST SPARK I came up with the idea for DEAD...
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Kelly Romo
- Mar 27, 2022
- 2 min
Behind WHEN SORROW TAKES WING: Related to a Saint?
While writing my novel, WHEN SORROW TAKES WING, I discovered my boys may be related to Santo Toribio Romo González.
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Kelly Romo
- Mar 20, 2022
- 2 min
Behind WHISTLING WOMEN: Staying at the Banana Bungalow
By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea. I made many research trips to San Diego while writing WHISTLING WOMEN. As a single mom, I...
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Kelly Romo
- Mar 13, 2022
- 1 min
Behind DEAD DRIFT: Taking the Rapids in a Life Jacket
While writing and researching DEAD DRIFT, I took my kids whitewater rafting. Two of us ended up taking the rapids in our life jackets.
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Kelly Romo
Welcome to my blog. I am an author, educator, outdoorswoman, and mom. I wrote two historical fiction novels and an upcoming thriller.
My finished novels are just the cherry on top of a whole heap of. . .well, that depends on the day.
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