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June 21, 2015

Meet Golden Heart Finalist Priscilla Kissinger!

We’re thrilled to welcome back Priscilla Kissinger, four-time Golden Heart finalist and newly-minted Dragonfly, whose book HIS PERFECT PARTNER has been nominated for the 2015 Golden Heart in Contemporary Romance!

Priscilla KissingerPriscilla writes romance with a Latino flavor. In addition to being the President of FCRW, she works full-time in marketing & publicity and, since earning an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, teaches an on-line romance writing course for ed2go. A single mom o...

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Published on June 21, 2015 21:02

June 18, 2015

Fan Girl Friday – June 19

It’s that time again, Fan Girl Friday where we talk about books, and this week we have two fabulous freebies for you! (for a limited time only!)

Free this week!

Hypnotic Seduction Angelina DigitalShe has a problem relaxing with men
Frumpy wallflower Hannah Oliver is nearly thirty and has a serious self-image problem. Growing up in her centerfold mother’s shadow and being raised by her pious grandparents has left her so self-conscious about her matronly, D-cup figure she gets tongue-tied around good-looking guys. So when Hannah...

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Published on June 18, 2015 21:01

June 17, 2015

Meet 2015 Golden Heart Finalist Seana Kelly!

Today we’re welcoming another Dragonfly! Our guest is the lovely Seana Kelly, 2015 Golden Heart Finalist in Short Contemporary Romance with her book WELCOME HOME, KATIE GALLAGHER.

Seana is a high school English Teacher-Librarian who writes in the wee hours of the morning when her husband and daughters are sleeping. She was born and raised in the California Bay Area but believes she must have lived on the East Coast in a previous life as she feels a ridiculous connection with an area she’s onl...

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Published on June 17, 2015 21:02

June 16, 2015

Metadata Basics

Metadata. Ah, the less glamorous part of publishing. What exactly is metadata and why should you care?

A quick Google search shows many sites and articles referring to metadata as, well, data on data. Huh? My eyes have already glazed over. Have yours?

In effort to avoid nodding off or losing anyone, I’ll just go over the rudimentary basics as it applies to authors. Metadata is information about your book.

Author name, title, subtitle, publication date, format, ISBN – the bones. Nothing extrao...

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Published on June 16, 2015 22:34

June 15, 2015

Meet Golden Heart Finalist Alice Faris!

Today we’re welcoming another Dragonfly, 2015 Golden Heart Finalist Alice Faris, whose book, GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO TALKING DIRTY is nominated for Contemporary Romance.

Alice Faris grew up in a small community in Northern California that proudly boasts of having more cows than people. She raised Guide Dogs for the Blind, is dyslexic, and can shoot a gun and miraculously never hit the target (which at some point becomes a statistical improbability). Alice also publishes science fiction and fanta...

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Published on June 15, 2015 21:01

June 14, 2015

Write Right…whatever works for you!

Do you write right?

I don’t mean the way you create a story, whether you’re a plotter or pantser. Or the way you tell structure your sentences or lay out you scenes. I mean, do you park your rear in the right places to write the best books? Do you make use of the best time of day for your creativity?

You see, for the last few years I’ve been honing my process (not just to best plot the book but figuring out how/when/where to write it). And I knew that as part of that process, when I need to b...

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Published on June 14, 2015 21:01

June 12, 2015

Fangirl Friday: 6.12.2015

Sorry we’re so late posting today! It’s that crazy time of year when all of us who are mommas are running around like crazy with school concerts and graduations and promotion ceremonies and family vacations….and this Fangirl Friday just slipped through the cracks.

Several Rubies–Elizabeth Bemis,Darynda Jones, Autumn Jordon, Jacie Floyd and Rita Henuber- met up with each other and with happy readers this past week at Lori Foster’s Reader Author Get Together. (#RAGT2015). Just wanted to share a...

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Published on June 12, 2015 16:00

June 10, 2015

Meet Golden Heart Finalist Elle Mason!

Today we’re delighted to welcome another Dragonfly, Elle Mason, a Finalist in the brand-new Erotic Romance category with SORTING OUT THE KINKS. (As Elle says, the category is “probably obvious by the title alone!”)

Elle is a wife, mom of a preschooler and terrier, social worker, the person people seek for advice when visiting The Mouse, wannabe photographer, and a jokester. She’s lived in the West, Northeast, and has called South Florida home for the past ten years. In her relatively short hi...

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Published on June 10, 2015 21:01

June 9, 2015

Broadway Bound (Part 2)

Welcome back to the Rubies’ series on preparing for your NYC trip. A few weeks ago, Jamie Michele taught us the basics of Priceline. Last week, I let you all in on the South Street Seaport TKTS secret. And I also gave you the homework assignment to watch the Tony Awards.

My favorite awards show of the year!!!! Wasn’t it fantastic? (Although I won’t dwell on the fact that the Tony’s for Best Book of a Musical, Best Musical Score, and Best Choreography were all given during commercial breaks ra...

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Published on June 09, 2015 21:01

June 8, 2015

Meet 2015 Golden Heart Finalist Kimberly MacCarron

Today we’re delighted to welcome another Dragonfly, 2015 Golden Heart nominee Kimberly MacCarron, who’s racked up a very impressive FIVE Golden Heart finals over the past few years, one in Paranormal, and four in Young Adult.

Her newly-nominated book MAPPING FATE is a New Adult mashup of magic and murder/mystery. When local girls are found dead in front of broken mirrors, Moira Cassidy teams up with the hot admissions officer at the local college to solve the murders, as rumors spread that Bl...

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Published on June 08, 2015 21:01