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It's all in the Details

by Margie Senechal
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I'm terrible with details, especially in my first drafts which usually include a lot of dialogue and some action directives. I tend to forget the sights, smells, atmosphere. I always notice it in other books and am in awe of those writers. 

I was thinking about this and how everywhere we live there are different details that mark our communities with their originality.  

For example, in a little over a mile radius of my home there are three Starbucks and t...

SECRETS AND SOLACE #free at Amazon! @JanaRichards_

SECRETS AND SOLACE is on sale August 8 - 12, 2018. Download your copy now!

Series Blurb:Love is worth the risk…
When their grandfather dies, the Lindquist sisters, Harper, Scarlet and Maggie, inherit the northern Minnesota fishing lodge that had been in their family for three generations. The inheritance is bittersweet. They were raised at the lodge by their grandparents. The natural beauty of the place hasn’t changed, but the building itself is crumbling and desperately in need of repair. The...

End to a Wilkinson Tradition

by Margie Senechal

On Saturday, my heart will break a little when Myrtle's Tea House and Herbery closes her doors to afternoon teas as the owner, Elizabeth, enters a new and exciting venture.

But, before that happens, I wanted to share how Myrtle's helped heal our family.

In March of 2009, we lost our father unexpectedly. Well, as unexpected as you can considering he was a diabetic who'd had triple by-pass over twenty years before. 

At the end of May, it was my sister, Debbie's birthday. A...

Getting Into the Habit ~ @AuthorKristina Knight

Habit. It kind of sounds like a bad word...probably because for most of our lives we're told we need to "break that bad habit". Be that habit smoking or drinking too much soda or indulging in a candy bar once too often.

One thing I've learned over time: it's much easier to learn a bad habit than it is a good one. I think because the bad habits can be so fun - I mean, who doesn't want to spend a day in the pool rather than at the office? Who doesn't want another slice of Chocolate Decadance or...

WITH LOVE, FOREVER

It was back in the 1990s that Kensington had an imprint called Precious Gems. The books sold only at Walmart for less than two dollars a copy. Always Annie was my first book ever and still a precious memory. Twenty-some years later, many of the "Gems in the Attic" are still writing. Our first sampler is out and free. We hope you enjoy it!


My contribution is the first chapter of The Gingerbread Heart, from 2015's A Heartwarming Christmas.

Thanks to Bonnie Edwards for the rest of this p...

In Production

I’m in production. Well, not me exactly, but my first Four Irish Brothers Winery book is in production at Tule Publishing. It’s currently with the copy editor and don’t think it doesn’t feel weird to be on the other side of that particular desk. I’m a nervous wreck wondering what she’s finding wrong and what she’ll edit. They’re working on the cover and they gave me a release date—October 29, 2018. They also changed the title, which was a little bit disappointing, but honestly, the reasons ma...

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LIES AND SOLACE is free July 25 - 29, 2018! Download your free copy!


Series Blurb:
Love is worth the risk…

When their grandfather dies, the Lindquist sisters, Harper, Scarlet and Maggie, inherit the northern Minnesota fishing lodge that had been in their family for three generations. The inheritance is bittersweet. They were raised at the lodge by their grandparents. The natural beauty of the place hasn’t changed, but the building itself is crumbling and desperately in need of repair. The lodge...

A NEIGHBORLY DAY

We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say “It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.” Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes. - Mr. Rogers
#thanksmrrogersI've had an up-and-down few years. It started with the election in 2016 and things have been...well, up and down ever since. Thankfully, things are mostly up these days, but I'm still treading lightly. However, even with learning to type...

Sprinting (limping) to the Finish Line @JanaRichards_

My sprint to finish this book has felt more like a limp.I’ve been working hard to finish my current work-in-progress, a contemporary romance I call TAKE A CHANCE ON ME. I’ve written it as a companion piece to my permafree book RESCUE ME, using some of the same characters, and I plan to give it away to anyone who signs up for my newsletter.

That’s the plan, but things haven’t gone so smoothly. This novel has given me fits and shaken my confidence in my writing. However, through sheer stubbornne...

It’s Never Too Late

The Wranglers welcome Laurel Sparks-Sellers today. 
At this juncture of my life I have acquired a major checklist.
Workforce career completed…CHECK. Marriage for third time, and right time…CHECK. Healing from family lost: both loving parents, and now a sister/best friend…CHECK.  Learn to live without children or grandchildren…CHECK.
OK, I could add to this list, but I’m digressing away from this writing article.
Because my history started long ago, most of it included snippets of creati...