Inspiration Archives - Regina Kammer https://reginakammer.com/category/inspiration/ Provocative historical romance and contemporary romance with a touch of history Sat, 23 Aug 2025 06:05:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/reginakammer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/GenWifeCrop500x500.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Inspiration Archives - Regina Kammer https://reginakammer.com/category/inspiration/ 32 32 46495023 Inspiration: Antiquities, Accents, and Together Alone https://reginakammer.com/antiquities-accents-alone/ Wed, 14 Aug 2024 06:12:17 +0000 https://reginakammer.com/?p=9431 This is my Discovering Her Delight inspiration post. Warning! There are spoilers ahead for the book. If you don’t mind spoilers, read on. If you don’t like your romance spoiled, read Discovering Her Delight first! An Initial Inspiration I started … Continue reading →

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]]> 9431 Inspiration: Romance in the Interstices https://reginakammer.com/romance-in-the-interstices/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:16:48 +0000 https://reginakammer.com/?p=9017 Interstice (noun) in·​ter·​stice plural — interstices 1a: a space that intervenes between things, especially one between closely spaced things b: a gap or break in something generally continuous 2: a short space of time between events Have you ever seen … Continue reading →

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]]> 9017 Romancing the Throne, Part 2: The Eunuch’s Submission https://reginakammer.com/romancing-throne-2/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 02:05:22 +0000 https://reginakammer.com?p=5057 In the opulent palace of Ctesiphon, the capital of ancient Parthia, lives a princess who searches for the stolen throne of her kingdom, the sella regia. She engages the services of a palace eunuch in her quest, a handsome and … Continue reading →

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]]> 5057 Writing Inspiration: One Island, Two Stories https://reginakammer.com/writing-inspiration-island/ Fri, 04 Nov 2016 22:33:52 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=3862 Undamaged: A Dallas Fire & Rescue Kindle World Novella, released in October, and my upcoming novelette Disputed Boundaries, appearing in the Naughty Flames: Eleven Fiery Romances boxed set, form part of my Stories from The San Juan Islands collection. Both … Continue reading →

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]]> 3862 I Met My Cover Model https://reginakammer.com/met-my-cover-model/ Wed, 03 Aug 2016 08:30:33 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=3592 In July, I went to San Diego for the annual conference of the Romance Writers of America. I attended sessions on the craft of writing, the business of promotion, and opportunities in publishing. I hung out with friends at the … Continue reading →

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]]> 3592 The Death of a Fan https://reginakammer.com/the-death-of-a-fan/ Wed, 03 Feb 2016 10:00:20 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=2902 January was a difficult month. A few people I know lost loved ones. The Naughty Literati lost one of our own authors. And I lost my biggest fan. That may seem self-serving, perhaps a little trivial. Except my biggest fan … Continue reading →

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]]> 2902 The Card Never Arrived https://reginakammer.com/the-card-never-arrived/ Sun, 24 Jan 2016 02:55:02 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=2863 I got a card today. I had wondered about that card because I had sent it out myself. I had sent it the moment I heard a colleague was very sick and dying. I had sent it to the hospital. … Continue reading →

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]]> 2863 Mature Romance https://reginakammer.com/mature-romance/ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 08:15:28 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=2644 It happens to the best of us. It happens to the worst of us. But we’re lucky if it happens to us at all. Getting older. As we tally off the years, we get a little soft around the middle, … Continue reading →

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]]> 2644 A Naked Guy in Zurich https://reginakammer.com/a-naked-guy-in-zurich/ Mon, 03 Aug 2015 07:15:53 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=2468 Hi everyone! I’m over at the Naughty Literati blog today talking about the inspiration for my Naughty Escapes story. The post is copied below. Enjoy! In my story “Window Display” in Naughty Escapes, the heroine, Laurie, an American Ph.D. student, … Continue reading →

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]]> 2468 Vikings in Byzantium https://reginakammer.com/vikings-in-byzantium/ Wed, 08 Jul 2015 07:15:35 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=2254 Hi everyone! I’m over at the blog for Conquests: An Anthology of Smoldering Viking Romance today talking about my story in that anthology. I’ve posted it below, as well. [UPDATE: “Protecting Her” has been re-issued in Imperial Warriors: Two Scorching … Continue reading →

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