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Six Sentence Sunday - Calling Home Snippet #10

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Leaving tropical Mauritius to go back to the late-winter cold garden of the Surrey mansion today - SSS snippets reverting to Calling Home, my sweet romance that, in the words of my editor, is an "old-fashioned romantic tale that nevertheless lacks none of modern reality and grittiness."

Remember here - Margo Nolan (uptight forensic pathologist who's just landed custody of a tween); Emma Milburn (said tween with an attitude, and almost-fanatical love for soccer); and of cou...

Progress Friday

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Today's an absolutely fantastic & gorgeous day! The reason I'm in such high spirits - no, not TGIF, but here's what's happened:

A little while ago, Decadent Publishing sent out a call for submissions, urging in-house authors (and even authors not yet with them!) to consider writing some stories for some specific lines there. One of them is Western Escape - a multi-author, small-town community line of stories with a Western theme, set in fictional Freewill, Wyoming. Stories...

Link Thursday: What Makes Men Irresistible?

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I'll try to keep this one short & to the point (ha! *ironic snort*) because we've had massive thunderstorms here earlier, and as I've learned now, that (and everything else, it seems!) plays havoc with my Internet connection. So let's hope this one will last long enough for me to post this.

So, was browsing through the available links to post, when I stumbled upon this one. Recently, a good friend and I were discussing what it takes to make you swoon over a hero, that perfect, specia...

Writing Wednesday: Tory Michaels visits!

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Today's guest is a wonderful lady I have met in one of my crit loops. Barely a few weeks into knowing her, she was like one of those long-lost friends, you know the type - you wonder where she was all this time because you get along with her like a house on fire. J She's also a fabulous author, who's recently debuted an urband fantasy/paranormal romance series with Evernight Publishing. Please welcome the really sweet and amazing, Tory Michaels!

So, Tory, welcome on...

Tidbit Tuesday: BLOG TOUR for Rebecca Royce's Love Beyond Loyalty

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Today I have the pleasure and honour of welcoming a dear friend of mine and general super-nice and awesome lady, Rebecca Royce, for a little stop and to tell us more about her latest release. I've also had the priviledge of reading this book, and will be sharing a review with ye all.

Without further ado, here's a little about the book:

Gabriel Ward has no problem with the fact that he's an Outsider. Hell, he's always known he was different. What he takes issue with is the i...

Six Sentence Sunday - Meet the hero from "Once Upon A Stormy Night"

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Hope you're having a lovely weekend! No cyclone this week, thank goodness :) Nice weather actually, back to being in the top 30degreesC or around where I live (coldest spot on the island), with hits of 35degreesC on the coasts and in the capital city.

Anyhow, I planned to go back to the regular SSS snippet this week, to Calling Home, but a few people who've read last week's excerpt from my 1NS have asked me to share some more about it. I still don't have a cover or a release date for ...

Spotlight Saturday: HIS CHOSEN BRIDE by Sherry Gloag

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I did tell you that sometimes on Saturdays now, I would have guests coming over. Today's guest is none other than a good friend of mine, fellow Six Sunday author Sherry Gloag. The regulars here will remember Sherry visited us already at the start of the month - she was here to tell us about From Now Until Forever, her first "royals" Gasquet Princes release from Astrea Press. At the end of that post, I had promised that Sherry would be be back soon to tell us about Book 2 of that seri...

Progress Friday

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Apologies for not posting yesterday - my Internet went off in the afternoon, came back for 2 minutes, then went berserk again for another 5 minutes, to settle down for 1.5 minutes, then go all crazy again! I actually gave up, and did nothing except some reading and writing offline (in a way, had I not been forced offline, would I even have tackled those jobs...? Biiiig questions...).

Anyhow, I was at the bank this morning and having to fill in the deposit slip, whereby I have to put i...

Writing Wednesday: What about finding a SOUL MATE with Jane Rochester?

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Today I have the pleasure of inviting over a fellow Decadent Publishing & 1NS author, Jane Rochester! Jane's one of the amazing peeps I have met when I joined the house, and I cannot wait to share her little insights into her book, Soul Mate (and check out that gorgeous cover!)

So, Jane, first of all, welcome!

Thanks for having me over! I really appreciate it!

Tell us a bit about your latest release...

My latest, well, only, release is Soul Mate, and it's one of the 1 Night ...

Tidbit Tuesday: About Fashion...

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My guest today has had to reschedule, so I find myself with a free slot. Haven't had a free Tuesday for a while on the blog, so not really a chance to share with you those little tidbits I liked posting here for ye all.

But today, we have one such opportunity, and this is what I wanted to share with you. I guess you know by now that when I research my characters, I also put a lot in research into their clothing and accessories (well, duh! you'll be going. That's expected t...