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Welcome to The Clare and Chrissy Show for September 15th!

Welcome to another month of The Clare and Chrissy Show. A great big thank you to everyone who chimed in with such enthusiasm to our inaugural post. This month we're chatting about the two giants of social networking, MySpace, and Facebook, and how we feel about them.
Rumors of My Death Are Greatly Exaggerated - or MySpace vs. Facebook, Let's Talk

Clare: Let me start by once again thanking our amazing banner maker.

Chrissy: I'm still trying to figure out which one of us is which in the ban...

Dreamspinner Press Trivia Contest

We interrupt our normally scheduled Chrissy for some exciting news fresh from the Dreamspinner Press Blog:

Dreamspinner Press is celebrating because we've signed our 200th author! And because we like to share our joy around, we've designed a trivia contest for our readers.

Each day for the rest of September, Dreamspinner Press will post a trivia question or quote from one of our authors' bios for you, our readers, to go searching for. If you find the author in question, email your answer to ar...

After the Storm Cover Art in the Rainbow Awards

Do you love the absolutely breathtaking cover Mara McKennen created for After the Storm as much as I do? If so, I'm pleased to say that the cover is in the running for the Rainbow Awards Cover Contest.


This is only round 3, with plenty of voting still ahead, but I wanted to take a moment and appreciate Mara and all the other cover artists who work so hard to make us authors look so good.

Excerpt Thursday! Third Times the Charm

Another week, time for another excerpt. This story is another one I'm quite fond of. Inspired by real life as such stories often are.

Third Times the Charm in the Make Me a Match Anthology Volume One available from Dreamspinner Press, All RomanceEbooks and other fine retailers.

Color me stunned – This short story made the Well Read Books of the Year 2008 M/M Short Story.

Summary: John Turner went to the 24-hour Urgent Care center to get his employee Bobby some medical attention, not to scope out...

What a long, strange trip it's been

Coming back to the world of cell phone service and internet connection and I find all manner of happenings.

My thoughts and continued good wishes to my friends in New Zealand.

A young man was knocked off (high winds/waves)of one of my favorite breakwaters Monday just a few hours after we left. My deepest sympathies to his family as even worse, the Coasties are still attempting to recover his body.

Note to self: when a loved one gets a fish hook speared into their thumb by the high winds remembe...

Excerpt Thursday! Undiscovered Territory

Hurrying by with a quick excerpt from my short, Undiscovered Territory .

Summary: Little Miss Colburn's music recital attracts both mommy and daddy, a man for whom music teacher Layne feels an immediate attraction. But three strikes – he's married, he's a father, and he's straight – convince Layne that it's never to be. Then Mr. Colburn calls about finding a new instructor for his daughter…

Read a review at Fallen Angels: http...

Excerpt Thursday! A Simple Life

Welcome to another week and yet another Excerpt Thursday. Today's snip will be from A Simple Life . This story has a very near and dear place in my heart. I first attempted to write it two years ago for a Valentine's Day sub call. Feeling that I wasn't doing the idea the justice it deserved, I set the story aside only to come back to it when it refused to leave me alone. In the end I wasn't sure I brought out everything I imagined for the characters, but several readers' responses gave hope I ...

Excerpt Thursday! It Takes One to Know One

A day full of appointments running late - but still time for Excerpt Thursday. Today's snip is from my short fiction It Takes One to Know One .

Summary: Tow-truck driver and car enthusiast Zeke Darden is a connoisseur of well-tuned engines and well-turned asses ~ and a late-night call to rescue a classic beauty turns into an introduction that just might lead to the enjoyment of both.

Read the 4 Star Review from Rainbow Reviews here
"A great story that you won't want to end by an author that deli...

We're Live! It's the Clare and Chrissy Show!

Hey there, eager beavers. I know what you're here for. Today is Wednesday, August 18th and it's the first day of our new blog adventure, The Clare and Chrissy Show. Feeling a little disappointed you don't see anything exciting yet? Don't be! You're just a few clicks away. Part of the fun includes the blog being posted on only one journal a month. So, grab your coffee, extra confetti and your sense of humor and click here to join the party.

Sunday Driving a/k/a yet another Michigan Travelogue

I have no clue why. LOL. Really I don't. One minute it's a lazy Sunday afternoon and I'm hard at work on my latest, the next I'm bundled into the passenger seat of the truck and we're driving up 1-75 heading North once again. It could have been the fact the day started with seeing a flying wing aircraft up in the sky. Seriously. Can't tell you which one or why - but it gave the day a certain auspicious feel that we just had to exploit.

Remember the old jokes about Sunday drivers? People with n...