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Come Chat with the Sweetest Romance Authors!

Thursday, April 8, your Sweetest Romance Authors will chat all day in their forum at Coffee Time Romance Forum's Java Junction. Make plans to join in the fun as we share news about our latest works, WIP's, contracts (or not), videos, EVERYTHING that pertains to getting out those sweet romance stories you love!

It starts at 10 a.m. EST. We'll be looking forward to seeing you there!

(It will be the thread marked "April 2010 Chat")

You must be a member of CTR to be eligible to post. 

Heather Justesen – Author of Clean Romance

Joining us today is Clean Romance Author, Heather Justesen.  When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer, Heather?

Unlike so many people I know who have known since they were kids, I didn't know I wanted to be a writer until I was out of college and married. I don't think I made a decision one day that I was going to write and then started doing so. Writing started out as an outlet in stressful time, and I enjoyed it so much I couldn't stop. I'm not sure if I made that transition in m...

Easter Message by Max Lucado

I want to wish everyone a happy Easter and share with you a powerful, inspirational presentation from Max Lucado. It's a vivid, emotional reminder of Christ's work for us on the cross. Visit http://www.hechosethenails.net/

Blessings to you and yours!
Anne

And the Grand Prize Winner is.....

Wow, what a month!!! We've had some great guests, awesome comments, given away some wonderful books and I don't know about you but I had a blast. Now for the moment you've all been waiting for.

The winner of my grand prize drawing in March Madness is…*drum roll of course* Lady_Graeye and the winner of my Scavenger Hunt is…*another drum roll* Beverly Taylor. Congratulations ladies!!!! Lady_Graeye won an autographed copy of Lethal Dreams, a download of one of my other books and a tin of chocolat...

Blog Tour for Be Mused

Today I'm thrilled to be a host for the mini-blog tour for Desert Breeze Publishing's upcoming Be Mused Anthology. I'll let the very talented Stephanie Burkhart, one of the authors, tell you all about it.

While the author is away, the muse will play.

I just want to say I'm excited to go on a mini-blog tour in support of the Be Mused Anthology coming out with Desert Breeze Publishing on 1 April 2010. It has five light-hearted short stories about muses, their writers, and love. My thanks to Anne ...

Character Interview & Book Giveaway - Reservations for Two

Joining us today is Maggie O'Brien. I had to travel all the way to Mason Springs, New Mexico, and then hike up a mountain just to find Maggie so I could interview her. And sadly I have to admit she's in much better shape than I am. She could put the Energizer Bunny to shame.


Anne spots Maggie on the trail ahead, taking in the beauty of the valley below, and pauses to catch her breath. The sixty-two year old woman with salt and pepper hair and small build looks like she just took a stroll thro...

New Excerpt from Lethal Dreams & Last Week's Winner Is....

*drum roll* Joye! Congratulations, Joye, you've won a copy of Danielle's book Turtle Soup. Yaay! I know you're going to enjoy this wonderful 'sweet' romance.

Now for an extra treat. In celebration of Lethal Dreams being released in eBook last week, I'm including an excerpt in today's post. This is one of my favorite scenes in the book. It takes place on a basketball court between Erin and one of the kids from the shelter where she volunteers. I hope you enjoy it.

Erin decided to cut through the...

Lethal Dreams Available in eBook!

My publisher has informed me that Lethal Dreams is now available in eBook form at Smashwords.com. So for those of you who have eBook readers or the Kindle you can now purchase it for the awesome low price of just $4.95. Here's the direct link : http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/... What are you waiting for, go grab you a copy! Hey, if you do buy it, and you already own one of my other books, you can still participate in my Scavenger Hunt. In case you've missed the questions in earlier po...

Danielle Thorne Interview & Book Giveaway!!!

Joining us today is historical and contemporary romance author, Danielle Thorne. Danielle has also written for the Mid-West Review, Every Day Fiction, Arts and Prose Magazine, The Mississippi Crow and is the 2009-2010 Co-Chair for the New Voices Competition for young writers. She is active with online author groups such as Classic Romance Revival, and moderates for The Sweetest Romance Authors at the Coffee Time Romance boards. She lives with four sons and her husband in Atlanta, Georgia. Tog...

March Madness Continues - And the Winner is....

This week's winner is...*drum roll*....Martha Lawson. Yaay! Congratulations, Martha, I'm sure you're going to enjoy Gail's book Love Turns the Tide.

It's been a busy weekend for me as far as writing goes. Nearly a foot of snow has left me homebound...on the first day of Spring no less...so what better to keep me from going stir-crazy than to jump into one of my latest WIP's. After nearly two months of almost nothing but promoting, my faithful writing muse and I have turned out three more chapt...