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Feelin' Lucky Giveaway Hop

Yes, yes, yes! We're participating in another giveaway hop. Don't y'all like how I always say 'we're' most of the time instead of just 'I'. I do. I like it to sound and be as though y'all are included because well, those of you who read this blog on a steady basis ARE included. All [...]

Late Racing Post

I wrote this post Sunday night and told y'all I'd be writing one every week about the race. I spent the better part of the day updating the Books page of my website and was late getting started on the race (thank goodness for the DVR). I shuffled some things around. Some covers went to [...]

Guest Post – Graylin Fox

Bowls of Coffee. I live for bowls of coffee. And I'm not talking about the kind of coffee that can peal paint from the walls or clog a drain. I'm talking dessert bowls of coffee. My writing career would move at a slower pace without my 24 oz. soup bowl of Hazelnut coffee with flavored [...]

Blind Date Event at Scorching Book Reviews

Yesterday was the start of our Blind Speed Dating Event. This will see some of my favorite authors make their characters battle it out to win your votes and be crowned the perfect Blind Date..There are 6 rounds, each with 3 authors competing. The winners of these rounds will go onto to compete against each [...]

Keurig Winner from Lissa's Birthday Giveaway #5

Hey y'all! I'm a little late and I totally blame the pinched nerve in my neck and the fact I haven't until just in the last few minutes been able to lift my left arm. DH had to put some muscle relaxer cream on my neck and shoulder and I've had to take an anti-inflammatory. [...]

Snippet Saturday – First Time Characters Meet

First impressions. Sometimes they're good. Sometimes they're horrid. But, they most often last forever and ever. Do you remember the first impression you had of your SO? Did you even dream they'd become your SO? Did you like them? Want them? Revile them? In most of my books, the main characters have already met off [...]

Author Friday – Lissa Matthews

Today starts the new blog series I told y'all about a while ago. Authors talking about how they do what they do. We're calling it Author Friday and for the first few Fridays, you'll be stuck with me while Brandy and I fill up the calendar with more authors. As for how I do what [...]

In The Kitchen with…Blue

Happy Thursday! I hope y'all slept better last night than I did. Night sweats. Damn. I'm not all here yet and I keep yawning every 2-3 minutes. So,if I doze off, just nudge me to keep going… Blue recently emerged in her own story: Forever In Blue Jeans. This is my longest book to date [...]

Debra Moore – The Business of Writing

Hey y'all… I received a letter from a dear friend of mine, Debra Moore. I've known her online for a few years now. She was one of the first people I met when I started out at Cobblestone Press. We've spent some Saturdays, early in the morning, writing and just chatting and she's always been [...]

Guest Author & Giveaway: Miranda Baker

I think I spend more time getting the tone right for my character's first kiss than I do inventing positions for their lovemaking. (Okay, for my character's it's more like no-holds-barred, battery-aided monkey sex but since I intend for them to fall in love, we'll call it lovemaking.) I live for that first moment of [...]