Donna Fasano's Blog

I took a break from editing my latest romance novel to let Roo (my Australian cattle dog mix) run around the backyard for a bit. She spotted a beautiful cardinal sitting on the fence and dodged toward it. Of course, the bird flew to the safety of tree branch. But then Ms Cardinal started chirping angrily and popped her head out of the leaves to stare down at Roo as if to say, "Who do you think you are?"

Then two dragonflies lit on the rocks around my flower bed, and a third (huge!) swooped pas...

I was interviewed by Lauren Royal, owner of Authors Are People Too, a blog that focuses on authors' lives 
outside the realm of writing. Very refreshing!

Exfoliating your skin with a salt or sugar scrub allows new skin cells to regenerate and leaves you feeling smooth, refreshed and rejuvenated. You'll be amazed by how your skin will glow!

I prefer salt scrubs, and I make my own. It's easy and inexpensive. Give it a try.


What you'll need:

1/2 cup oil (sweet almond, grapeseed, or light olive oil)
1 cup fine sea salt (don't use iodized table salt, it's too harsh -and if you have sensitive skin, substitute sugar for the salt)
5-10 drops of essential o...

A selection of my books are now available at All Romance™. 

Norma JeanThis blog post is about my 2 mothers. Yes, I was blessed to have two. The first one, Norma Jean, gave birth to me and raised me to the age of 13. Then she was gone--tragically and suddenly--and I was left broken-hearted.

My second mother was Doris Lillian. She came into my life when I was 15. We struggled for a few years (oh, boy, did we struggle!), but we finally found that mother-daughter love. I will be forever grateful to Doris for mothering me when I was so unlovable.

But these...

Don't forget your mom this Mother's Day, which is celebrated here in the US this coming Sunday, May 13th!

If your mom is a big reader (like me!), I'd like to suggest you splurge and buy her a Kindle Fire, Full Color 7" Multi-Touch Display with WiFi. I have one, and I love it! Not only do I use it to read, read, read, but I also use it to watch television shows and movies using the Netflix app I downloaded.

There are hundreds - no, thousands - of free ebooks she can download and enjoy. One of th...

Last week, I took my 75-year-old aunt to visit the town where she and my father were raised. This is the first trip we've made there since my father died, so it was an emotional journey for me. Hinton, WV is a quaint, old-fashioned town that sits on the far side of Sandstone Mountain. On our way down the curvy mountain road, we saw the house that's listed in the Guinness Book World Records for being passed the most times by the same road. It's a good thing my stomach was empty or I might have...

The pen is the tongue of the mind. ~Miguel de Cervantes

Hop over to Kindle Romance Novels and take a peek at my book Mountain Laurel which is being featured today.

On March 1, 2006, Where's Stanley? was published by Harlequin NeXt. I just learned that Harlequin will be publishing the Kindle edition of the novel on May 15th. The book is now available for pre-order in Amazon's Kindle Store and also in Barnes & Noble's NookBook Store. The original novel sold for $5.50. The pre-order price is $4.19.

From the book's front cover:

Kids, keys, dog, job, now...where's my husband?
Where's Stanley?
From the book's back cover:

If her husband turned up alive - she'...