Karla Darcy
Karla Darcy lives with her husband, several tame geckos and an occasional friendly snake on the Treasure Coast on the east side of Florida. She has always felt she lived in the Regency period in a past life. Her early writings were musical comedies and humor columns so it was an easy transition to the romantic and humorous style of Regencies. Lovely dresses, masked balls and witty conversations which contained saucy double entendres were the perfect cup of tea for this author.
Karla discovered years ago that you don’t have to be a bitch to write a Regency but it helps. Tone is everything in the era of witty repartee. Dialogue has to have that snap that makes Regency conversations sparkle.
Seven Things you might like to know about me:
- I can count to ten in five languages. My father loved to learn funny sayings in other languages but the only thing I can remember is how to count.
- I can recite all of the presidents in order from memory. My family had a friend who took a Dale Carnegie memory course. One night at dinner he taught us how to memorize the presidents. I got an A in high school History class when the teacher challenged the class to recite them in order.
- My secret guilty pleasure is watching the Ninja Warrior TV show. Not the American version but the Japanese version. Even though it has English subtitles, the constant screaming in Japanese of the announcer just adds to the whole experience. When you talk about real men, doing impossible feats of strength and not being muscle bound, it doesn’t get any better than this. I’d prefer it if a few more of them ran the course shirtless.
- If I couldn’t be a writer I’d want to be a radio announcer. I worked in an advertising agency for years and did a couple of voice over commercials and really got a kick out of it. I have a raspy deep voice which sounds great on the radio and in the dark.
- I am the world’s worst procrastinator especially when I’m on deadline. Unfortunately I do my best work when I’m up against a really short deadline. Adrenaline kicks in and somehow I get it done because I have a built in barometer that tells me just how much time I need to get something done.
- I’m highly competitive at games. I love Jeopardy, golf, bridge and trivia games and I hate losing. I watch the game show network and my favorite show is the old Dick Clark Twenty-five Thousand Dollar Pyramid game. The sad thing is I’ve watched those shows so much that I can look at the clothes the contestants are wearing and know whether I’ve seen the show recently.
- I used to be a bow hunter. My husband is an avid outdoorsman and since I didn’t want to be a sport’s widow I took up whatever activity he was interested in at the time. Sadly I was terrified in the woods but no deer were in any danger from me since I’m the worst possible shot. My favorite of the sports was trout fishing. Trout aren’t big and probably won’t attack you.
