Vurlee A Toomey

Romance Author

I am an aspiring romance author living in Southern California, transplanted from West Central Nebraska.  Recently I've had a short story, "The 'Muse'-ings of an Author's Cat" accepted for the anthology "Crumbs In The Keyboard", due out June 2002 from Echelon Press.  Also, I've had another short story, "There is Always a Beyond" accepted for the "Romancing the Soul" anthology due out soon.  Last year, I finaled in my first RWA Chapter contest, Central Ohio's "Ignite the Flame" contest, with my Time Travel, "Whispers Through Time."

Currently, I'm working on an anthology of veterans' stories titled "Let Us Not Forget: A Tribute to America's 20th Century Veterans" as a fund raiser for the America's 20th Century Veterans Memorial being built in my hometown of North Platte, Nebraska. Also, I'm working on two WWII love stories, "A Pair of Wings" set in England before D-Day and in Europe during the Battle of the Bulge, with an Army nurse and a P-51 pilot, and my epic love story, "...In Love & War," also set in England and Europe, as well as North Africa, with a flight nurse and a B-17 pilot.  Excerpts from these can be seen in "My Writings".

I recently married my own knight in shinning armor and couldn't have a sexier hero!  Several of my fictional heroes have taken on the traits and mannerisms of my husband, though some characters were written before I even met Troy!  So, see, wishes do come true!

We currently live in Southern California with my son, Thomas, and our menagerie of animals.  We have a female red-Doberman, Sadie (who thinks she's a lap dog and is the biggest baby I know), and three cats: Bear (a Persian/Maine-Coon cross who is as wide as he is long), Socks (who thinks she's my muse), and "Stink" (our little fireball of a Persian Kitten who thinks she runs the joint).

Thank you for visiting my website, and I hope you enjoy the writings and maybe learn a few things from the different resources available.  Feel free to sign my guest book and let me know what you find useful or useless.  Thanks and enjoy!