Writer's Musings

20 Apr 2017

What was the inspiration for your recent novel, “The Wentworth Legacy”?

I’ve been asked a few times about my inspiration for “The Wentworth Legacy” and so here it is. When we moved to Long Island in 1971, I was exposed to the life of the old money. My mother-in-law had remarried after her husband died to a member of what I considered the upper class of the…

17 Mar 2017

The Green Rose for St. Patrick’s Day

Is there a pot of gold for us lovers of roses? For all the Irish in all of us, we can say we have a green rose, not St. Patrick rose which only has a tint of green, but a real green rose. It is Viridiflora ‘Rosa Monstrosa’ otherwise known as The Green Rose. …

3 Mar 2017

Charleston Kidney Walk for National Kidney Foundation

Help us battle kidney disease. Many Americans know nothing about kidney disease until it is too late. My husband was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) just over a year ago, Feb. 1, 2016 to be exact. He was not feeling good since July the year before but his doctor could not find anything wrong with…

25 Feb 2017

Goodreads Giveaway ends Feb. 28

Goodreads Book Giveaway The Wentworth Legacy by Rosalinda Rosales Morgan Giveaway ends February 28, 2017. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway Don’t miss the chance to win a signed copy of “The Wentworth Legacy” by Rosalinda R Morgan at Goodreads Giveaways. Enter for a chance to win now. Giveaways ends on Feb.…

7 Feb 2017

“The Wentworth Legacy” reviewed by Kirkus

I received this review today from Kirkus Reviews: “This plot-driven, emotionally complex tale effectively details Spencer’s determination to sacrifice his own happiness in favor of his family’s success. . . With harrowing intensity, Morgan also illustrates the pervasive anxiety just before a disastrous era hit. Overall, she delivers an engrossing love story while also depicting surprising…

26 Jan 2017

Women’s March and “The Iron Butterfly”

When I heard about the hullabaloo about the Women’s March, I could not help thinking about my grandmother portrayed in my book called “The Iron Butterfly” Unlike the boisterous women some of the marchers were, my grandmother tackled the equality rights silently some 90 years ago when equality rights were still unheard of. She had…

26 Jan 2017

Wordless Wednesday – Looking up on the way to the Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome

Until next time – Stop and smell the roses. Rosalinda, The Rose Lady Rosalinda Morgan Author & Garden Writer

18 Jan 2017

Kindle Countdown Deal for The Wentworth Legacy – 99 cents

Starting Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 to Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, you can order the kindle copy of The Wentworth Legacy for 99 cents at Amazon.com. In 1927 while on a Grand Tour, Spencer A. Wentworth, a young scion of a wealthy old banking family of Long Island, New York Gold Coast, receives an urgent telegram…

2 Jan 2017

LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT 2017

Happy New Year to my friends and followers! I’m looking forward to a great year in 2017. Last year, I accomplished what I wanted to accomplish. I made all my goals and then some. I made my reading challenge for the year. I published another historical novel, “The Wentworth Legacy” and started a new…

27 Dec 2016

Motivational Monday – Dec. 26, 2016

Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution. The boy who is going to make a great man, or is going to count in any way in after life, must make up his mind not merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses…