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Sometimes You Just Have A Perfect Day…

Today has been a really awesome day.

I don’t say that sort of thing often. Most of the time I offer qualifiers. I tend to be a little Eeyorish in my outlook at the best of times, but today everything just went… right.

It was rainy and cold, and I could have used that as an excuse not to get outside, but I didn’t. After a comfortable breakfast with the BF–homemade blueberry muffins–I got my lazy self off the couch and got the dogs out, as well as went horseback riding. It’s supposed to rain he...

Love Holiday Stories? Here’s a Holiday Story Link List!

I don’t know about you, but I love holiday stories and movies. Maybe it’s because my grandparents always made a big deal out of the holidays. We had special foods we didn’t have at any other time of year. We gathered together as one big family, sharing gifts, watching old movies, and visiting relatives we never saw at any other time. My grandmother’s house was decorated with ornaments made and purchased throughout the years, and seeing them again was like meeting up with old friends. I rememb...

CyberMonday sales and a Holiday Giveaway!

Good news–you can get most of my titles for some great discounts today only!

Dreamspinner’s Thanksgiving Weekend sale winds down at midnight EST–but until then, you can get all my Dreamspinner titles for 35% off, including pre-orders on the fun Christmas story, Holiday House Swap!

All Romance eBooks is having a 50% rebate on many of my titles today only, including the bestseller, Fool’s Gold!

And I’m holding a contest until Dec 1st, inviting readers to share with us what says “holidays” to th...

Holiday House Swap Now Available for Pre-order on Sale!

Whoo-hoo! I am SO excited to be able to announce this: my Christmas story, Holiday House Swap, is now available for pre-order from Dreamspinner Press! Best of all, if you order it now until 11/28, you can snag a copy on sale! In fact, Dreamspinner‘s entire store is on sale until Monday, 11/28! That includes every DSP title I’ve written!

Seriously, I am such a sucker for holiday romances, it’s not funny. I love everything about them: the circumstances that force strangers or old acquaintances...

Living with Fear

If you follow me on Twitter, you know I am far more political there than I am anywhere else. You also may have noticed that my Twitter feed looks a bit schizophrenic: I’ve alternated between frothy-mad post-election Tweets, We’re All DOOMED Tweets, and the incongruous inclusion of images of cute puppies and kittens.

Why the flip-flop? Because we are a species are not well-equipped to live with sustained fear.

Bear with me a moment. I don’t often post about politics here, but this is important...

Six Year Celebration and Giveaway!

Today marks the six year anniversary of when I published my first major work, Unspeakable Words. I’d submitted the story on a whim to Dreamspinner Press, and had been completely gobsmacked when they accepted it. In fact, I almost snatched it back. I couldn’t believe anyone would want to publish one of my stories! Now, six years later, a quick check on Goodreads says I have 18 works out there–kind of amazing when I consider myself a slow writer. You know, that pesky FT job gets in the way at t...

The KU Report from Sarah Madison: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Before I launched my last indie published book, I waffled a great deal about whether or not to make it exclusive to Amazon. I first wrote about my concerns here on this blog, and then shared further research over at Author’s Speak. In the end, however, it came down to not having enough practical experience to justify not giving the KDP select program a try–and on July 29th, I launched Fool’s Gold on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited for a 90 day trial.

In almost every respect, I handled its release...

Blasty: Fighting Pirates and Illegal Downloads with a Single Click

Back in June, I posted an open letter in response to the ‘broke reader’ on Facebook who’d asked for weblinks so she could download stories from her favorite authors without paying for them.

The post, Dear Broke Reader: Your Sense of Entitlement is Killing Me, went viral. It’s been shared on Facebook over 10 K times and I got over 100 K hits on the website over a period of a few days–nearly 25 K hits in one day alone. Obviously, this post resonated with a lot of people! I wrote a follow up pos...

Busy, busy: Sales, Deals, and Upcoming Releases from Sarah Madison

Time Turner Melanie Tata: flickr creative commons

Whew! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I could use Hermione’s Time Turner device.

I’ve got so much going on right now, it’s hard to keep up. First: let me share a few limited specials with you:

Dreamspinner Press is currently holding a 25% off sale on all paranormal titles until Oct 31st–which means most of my stories are on sale right now!

Even more exciting, however, is the fact that this weekend only, you can snag a copy of Crying...

Book Tour and Giveaway: Tempting Tristan by Melissa Foster

Tempting Tristan (A Sexy Standalone M/M Romance) Series: Harborside Nights
Author: Melissa Foster Release Date: October 19, 2016
Tempting Tristan is a stand-alone M/M romance featuring two sexy, hot alphas. Fresh off the heels of yet another bad relationship, Tristan Brewer is taking a break from men to try and figure out where he keeps going wrong. He knows his biggest fault–he leads with his heart, not his head–and that’s never going to change. But after several introspective weeks...