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Beyond a Japanese Shadow

Every once in awhile, I’ll pop over to Amazon Germany and Amazon Japan to see if any more of my Brava books are being reissued. I lucked out today and found this one! I think this is the tiniest I’ve ever seen my name on a cover. You have to squint to see it between the H and the D of shadow. The original cover of BEYOND A SHADOW had a blonde heroine, and Alexa is a brunette. Not sure I pictured her looking like this, though I think it’s a very cool cover! Best I can tell, since I do NOT read

Artful Balance for Creative People

Barbara Samuel posted about this, and I thought I’d share the information here; since she covered it all so well, I’ll just copy some of what she said. *g*

For a couple of months, we’ve been working behind the scenes to create a gathering place that’s joyful, supportive, and energizing. ARTFUL BALANCE is a forum to help nurture the arty side of our lives, and be mindful in the pursuit of a writing (or whatever your art is–cooking counts, photography, painting, whatever). The forum model seems

One Good Man cover shoot!

Last night, Nightline ran it’s segment on Harlequin and their 60th anniversary. I asked #1 daughter to record it as I was beat and didn’t want to stay up. First thing this morning, I get emails and Tweets and texts telling me the cover shoot for my September Blaze, ONE GOOD MAN, was featured. I took a screenshot of the vid!

What a way to see your cover for the first time, eh? *g* The whole article was pretty positive. Even the celebs reading from the books were fun. The book from which Paul R

Mish Mash

Another blogger is giving away copies of NO LIMITS, and there’s also a short Q&A with me on his blog, so hop over to J.A. Konrath’s place for a chance to win. Today at GenReality, I’m asking for tidbits of writing advice. Come share your favorites.

Where in the blogging world is Alison Kent?

Due to several reasons - carpal tunnel being a big one - I haven’t been spending much time at the computer lately. I Twitter using Twitterberry on my phone. I write my blog posts for Blaze Authors and Access Romance and GenReality on my Alphasmart, usually from the backyard. I’ve been cleaning house, and playing Wii Fit, and babysitting Sam (who today turns two years old), and watching TV, and since the husband has been working from home a lot over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been running

Romance is making the news in a positive way!

First the NYT piece, then a mention by Charlie Gibson last night on the ABC Evening News, and now Matt and Meredith:

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A BookBinge Giveaway

Holly at BookBinge is giving away copies of NO LIMITS if you want to pop over!

Oh, to be two!

Casey came by Thursday after work to drop off Sam’s things since I would be keeping him on Friday. His regular sitter was unavailable because of Casey’s LOOOONG hours while his shop moved locations. It made sense for Sam to spend the night rather than to have Taylor wake him early and bring him all the way back. So he did.

He went to bed Thursday night at 9:00 and slept until 7:30 the next morning. His Grandpa Walt got him out of his pack n’ play and I fixed him breakfast, then while I jotted s

The 3rd of the month is my day

I’m scheduled on the 3rd of every month at the Blaze Blog, and today I’m talking about ranches and raunch, and doing a giveaway!

Also, you can win a copy of NO LIMITS at Laurie’s Laudanum.

Launch #2 - The Blaze Authors Blog

I’m set to blog on the 3rd of each month, and there will be new blog posts every day of every week - including blogs by the line’s editors - along with a monthly contest, and a super duper launch giveaway to get us started! Not only that, you can download a copy of Jennifer LaBrecque’s novella TRIPLE THREAT. Lots of fun stuff happening! Come hang out and chat! We want to hear from readers!