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October 23, 2015

Sneak Peak at An Honorable Wish, Book 2

An Honorable Wish, book two in my series A Lady’s Wish, will be released on November 24th.  I can’t believe I forgot to post a preview!!!! Tony was my favorite character of the men in this series. He reminds me of a boy I dated many years ago: fun, handsome…

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Published on October 23, 2015 05:04

October 14, 2015

Surprise Giveaway to Celebrate Release Day

Have you signed up for my mailing list yet? For mailing list subscribers, I have a special give away: autographed books by some of my favorite authors, a beautiful teacup, a Fairyland coloring book, and a autographed print copy of my book, An Unexpected Wish being released October 27th.  …

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Published on October 14, 2015 05:57

September 1, 2015

Sneak Peak of An Unexpected Wish

In about eight weeks, the first book in a Lady’s Wish series, An Unexpected Wish, will be released upon the world.  Here’s a chance to read a sample of it before it’s available. Don’t forget to sign up for my newsletter. I’ll have a special give away for my newsletter…

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Published on September 01, 2015 08:00

June 24, 2015

Behind the Story: Collette Cameron and Romancing a Scot

I met Collette right after I received my contract for A Lady’s Wish from Kensington. I was invited by a mutual friend, Ella Quinn, to join a Regency Critique Group. Collette was one of the ladies in that group. I’ve learned so much from her and the other members. I…

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Published on June 24, 2015 05:00

May 30, 2015

Behind the Story: Confess with Reagan Phillips

Please welcome Reagan Phillips to the blog today. Her latest release, Confess, is the first book of her Blue Line Series.   Reagan is my RWA roommate and critique partner We’ve had many adventures together over the years reading our extremely rough drafts or traipsing all over New York during RWA.…

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Published on May 30, 2015 08:03

May 29, 2015

Get Lost in History #WhyIReadHistoricals

Why do you read historical romance? What drew you to historical romances? Was it Mr. Darcy? Or perhaps you read Beatrice Small or Kathleen Woodiwiss? For me, it was all of the above. Losing myself in a story where a handsome gentleman waltzes into the heart of a lovely young…

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Published on May 29, 2015 12:42

May 22, 2015

Behind The Story: Twisted Fate with Jeni Burns

Jeni and I are RWA chapter mates, so when I heard she was releasing her Twisted Fate series, I had to hear the details behind the story. Jeni, welcome to Behind the Story. Tell us about your latest release. My most recent release is a fantasy book entitled, Sacrificed. It’s…

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Published on May 22, 2015 05:00

May 16, 2015

Behind the Story: Mariana Gabrielle’s La Déesse Noire: The Black Goddess

Please welcome author Mariana Gabrielle to the blog. Her latest book, La Déesse Noire: The Black Goddess, is being released on June 10th.  Here is the blurb: Sired by a British peer, born of a paramour to Indian royalty, Kali Matai has been destined from birth to enthrall England’s most…

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Published on May 16, 2015 06:00

May 9, 2015

Playing with Scapple

There is another interesting piece of software from Literature and Lattes, the company behind Scrivener. It’s called Scapple and, according to the L&L website, is “Scapple is an easy-to-use tool for getting ideas down as quickly as possible and making connections between them. It isn’t exactly mind-mapping software—it’s more like…

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Published on May 09, 2015 08:55

February 25, 2015

Writing Fast: Prepare with Pre-writing

In this second post of the series on Writing Fast, we talk about pre-writing. I can hear the pansters groaning now. She’s going to make me outline. It’s like needles in my eyes! I’m not asking you to plot your novel, if that’s not your process.  I’m asking you to…

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Published on February 25, 2015 09:13