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I Need a Hero — #MFRWauthor

Welcome to week 19 of the MFRWauthor 52-week Blog challenge. This week’s prompt is The ideal romance hero.

Obviously, everyone is going to have a different response to this prompt. The infinite variety available is one of the best things about books. Whatever your personal likes or dislikes, your background, your must-haves and your must-never-dos, there’s someone in the world writing a book that will fit your needs.

[image error]Coming from a history of abusive relationships, (long story. Check out my re...

Congrats to the Winners

In my April newsletter, I announced that I would be giving away copies of two ebooks (Let it Snow and That Woman in Wyoming) to five lucky winners in time for Mother’s Day

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Congratulations to

dianaticic sebarker17 tarmywife2006 louranew debbie.m.mitchell

 

Check your inbox. Your books should be there. If they’re not, check your spam filter.

Congratulations! And hope you enjoy!

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Behind the Scenes of “PEPPERMINT TWISTED”

Well, here we are, ready for the second installment of Behind the Scenes. I was going to put the names of all my novels into a hat and draw one randomly, but I was feeling much too lazy to do all that work, so I assigned each book a number and used an online random number generator to make the pick.

[image error]This time we’re going behind the scenes of Peppermint Twisted, third in the Candy Shop Mystery series I wrote under the pseudonym Sammi Carter. I chose the name Sammi Carter to honor my maternal g...

I Love to Laugh – #MFRWauthor

It’s week 18 of the MFRWauthor 52-Week Blog Challenge, and this week’s prompt is What Makes Me Laugh Out Loud.

I freely admit that I love to laugh. To quote Dolly Parton’s character in Steel Magnolias, “Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion,” I have been known to burst into song at random times, warbling, “I love to laugh” from Mary Poppins. It’s true that the more the glee, the more I’m a merrier me.

My kids and I have laughed our way through some pretty serious stuff in our lifetime...

Behind the Scenes of “KEEPING HER SAFE”

Readers are always asking authors where ideas for books, characters, and settings come from, and so I’d like to answer a few of those questions.

I’d like to promise that each week I’ll pick one book at random and give you five pieces of trivia about the book–but I know myself and life too well to make a firm promise like that. Instead, I can say that I will try to serve up some behind-the-scenes goodies on a somewhat regular basis. How’s that?

So here are five things you may not know about Ke...

Newsletter is Out & a #giveaway

Just a quick update for those who aren’t subscribed to my newsletter: A new issue is out and it includes news about a giveaway for newsletter subscribers.  If you’re not subscribed yet, come on over and join us. Click here to access the newsletter and sign up using the link at the bottom.

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Oh The Places I’ll Go — #MFRWauthor

It’s week 17 of the MFRWauthor Bloghop challenge, and this week’s prompt is  Top 5 places I’d like to visit. This one should be fun. I suspect the problem won’t be trying to come up with 5 places, but in trying to narrow my extensive list down to only 5 places.

[image error]There are places I’ve never been that I’d love to visit for the first time, and favorite places I’d like to visit again. For this post, I think I’ll concentrate on the first group–places I’ve never been, but would like to go.

Years ago...

5 Things You Might Not Know about Yellowstone National Park

Disney claims that its theme parks are the “happiest place on earth.” Much as I love Disney, I would have to argue with them about that claim–at least as far as I’m concerned. As a kid growing up in Montana, I looked forward every year to my family’s annual visit to Yellowstone National Park, always on our way through the state to visit family in Utah.

[image error]My parents, who I think must have taught me to value variety, always drove through Yellowstone on one leg of our trip, but not the other. If w...

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes — #MFRWauthor

It’s week 16 of the MFRWauthor Bloghop challenge, and this week’s prompt is: My Biggest Dream in Life.

I’ve always been a dreamer. I freely admit it. In creative circles, dreaming is considered a good thing. In non-creative circles, not so much. If you grow up in a house surrounded by people who tend toward the non-dreamy variety, being called a dreamer takes on a somewhat negative connotation. [image error]The implication is always that there’s something inherently “wrong” with you. That you are, in some...

13 Things That Begin With “W”

W, huh? I thought V was going to be hard, but it turned out to be relatively easy. I’m hoping for good things for W.

Here they are, in no particular order:

Words: I make my living using them, so words are extremely important to me. I try to be careful, to use the right word in the right situation but, of course, I make mistakes. We all do from time to time, but I’m perplexed over why words seem so unimportant to some people, and I have very little patience for whatever you call the shorthand...