Lissa Matthews's Blog, page 57

Author Friday and New Cover Reveal!

Howdy y’all! Miss me? Grins… A reader/reviewer/friend sent me a message asking me if I’d consider doing a post on my process for a book from beginning to end. I was thrilled to be asked, honored even… I’ve been thinking about it for a few weeks and it’s been a hard to figure out, honestly. [...]

Guest Author: Rosanna Leo

Hello friends of romance! I’m so excited to be here! My debut novel, For the Love of a God, is released April 23! You can find it at Liquid Silver Books If you love a sexy paranormal, full of love-starved Greek gods, then this is for you! My story was inspired by a trip to [...]

Coming In November: Twisted Up in Print!

So yeah, it is pretty cool. It’s also already available for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Feel free to, ya know, purchase. In November, there will be a blog tour and giveaways! so, I hope y’all will stick around! ~lissa

Spring Fling Blog Hop

When my friend Selena Blake asked me to participate in her Spring Fling Blog Hop, I just couldn’t say no. So, here we are… Thinking of Spring for me is…flowers in bloom, mild sunshine, windows open to let in the breezes and fresh air after a Winter of being closed up, freshly mowed grass, bright [...]

Snippet Saturday – Love Scene

Love scenes. It’s a critical part of the romance genre. There are the sexual love scenes but there are also emotional loves scenes. At times, I prefer the emotional over the sexual. Getting through the pain to the other side, when you can feel the love the characters have for one another practically leaping off [...]

In The Kitchen With…Lissa

I cook all the time. I love cooking and baking and trying new things in the kitchen. New products, new foods, new appliances. I love trying to substitute ingredients in recipes that might be more flavorful or healthier than what was originally called for. And I only hate going grocery shopping if I don’t have [...]

Guest Author and Giveaway: Pauline Allan

Hi Lissa! Thank you so much for having me on your blog today. When you asked me about how it felt to finish See Me, my debut release from Loose Id, I had to sit back for a second and really think about that question. One feeling kept coming to the forefront when I contemplated [...]

Easter Parade

If you celebrate the holiday of Easter, I hope you had a wonderful day with friends and family. We celebrate in our own way, mainly a relaxed day spent together, cooking a special meal, laughing, and generally just being us. There's also a tradition I always uphold on Easter weekend. I watch Easter Parade. When [...]

Snippet Saturday – Emotional Scene

Emotion. It's something some of us experience deeply and something some of us bury so deep… Some of us want to feel everything and some of us don't want to feel anything. Emotion encompasses, good and bad, love and pain, hurt and anger, sadness and joy, boredom and excitement. But when we think of emotional [...]

In The Kitchen With…Jane

Jane is the resident candy maker around here. She makes truffles. Dark chocolate truffles infused with peppers. She was looking for a hobby when she signed up for a candy making class, but ended up with a new best friend, Edward, and a new business. You might remember Jane. Her book was called Sugar Rush. [...]