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So Nice Sunday–Veterans

I’ve written about Veterans and Active Duty Service men and women in this blob before. Veterans Day offers another to tell my sisters and brothers in arms how truly grateful I am for their valor, sacrifice and service. In my view there is no greater calling than to sacrifice for others, and every US service man and woman does that on a daily basis. Frontline or support, five star or e-1, Seal, Mechanic, Disbursing Clerk et cetera–duty station, rank, rating do not matter, every individual sold...

Friendship Friday–Please Welcome Mystery Writer, Extraordinaire, Maris Soule

I’ve known Maris since before I started writing professionally. You might say she was an inspiration and helped get me going. I know she told me about RWA (Romance Writers of America), although she might not remember. When we met I was a ‘fan’ and I’m delighted that we’ve become friends. She gives some clever answers to my ‘weird’ questions. Please leave a comment and let us know what you think on those topics. Now I’ll turn things over to Maris.

Please tell us a little bit about yourself: I’m...

Friendship Friday~~Welcome Patti Shenberger

My good friend and author Patti Shenberger joins us today for Friendship Friday. Her answers to the ‘weird questions’ are very interesting so make sure you scroll through all of them.

1. Please tell us a little bit about yourself: I’m married to a wonderful guy for over 30 years, have two great kids (on most days), and a great son-in-law an daughter-in-law. My four legged kids are Sophie and Ace. I love to travel, read, spend time with family and friends. When I’m not writing, I’m reading. I’m...

My good friend and author Patti Shenberger joins us toda...

My good friend and author Patti Shenberger joins us today for Friendship Friday. Her answers to the ‘weird questions’ are very interesting so make sure you scroll through all of them.

1. Please tell us a little bit about yourself: I’m married to a wonderful guy for over 30 years, have two great kids (on most days), and a great son-in-law an daughter-in-law. My four legged kids are Sophie and Ace. I love to travel, read, spend time with family and friends. When I’m not writing, I’m reading. I’m...

So Nice Sunday~~Overheard at a Game Con or Getting Lucky in Tampico

What was so nice about this Sunday? I got to spend some of it at a local game con. Some of you know that in addition to writing romances, I’m a bit of a gamer. I enjoy the structure of games and the friendship. Even strangers are ‘friends’ at a game con because (while you may be opponents in the game) the game itself and the discussions over the game bring you together. Those discussions lead to some very interesting comments, especially when taken out of context. Things like, my ‘bandersna...

Please welcome Kristi Knight to Friendship Friday

My friend Kristi Knight is the author of scintillating romances. I love her books, so I’m thrilled to have her on the blog this week. I’ve asked Kristi to tell us a little bit about herself and her latest release. After that, she’ll run the weird question gauntlet, so make sure you scroll down. Who knows, if you meet Kristi, you may be the only one who knows her toothbrush secret. Now, here’s Kristi.

Author, Kristi Knight

Hi, everyone! I’m Kristina. I’m a Midwestern girl, married to The Best Hu...

Friendship Friday–Will last all week!

Shay Lacy

Color me excited. One of my favorite people, author Shay Lacy is visiting with me all week in honor of friendship and the release of her thrilling romantic suspense novel, Hero Needed. I know you’ll love Shay as much as I do, so I’ve asked her to tell us a little bit about herself and her books. Then she gives us some hilarious answers to a few ‘weird’ questions. Please leave a comment and give her plenty of feedback. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful week with us. Now, here’...

So Nice Sunday, New Reviews

Lots of good stuff has happened lately. My publisher likes Hazard Duty, the second in my Sexy Sailor series. I got to host Patricia Rasey over the weekend. Hopefully some of you enjoyed meeting her. And I found new reviews from Long and Short Reviews on my amazon pages, one each for Off Limits and The Widow’s Revenge. To see the reviews, click on the covers.

Filed under: Author, Friends, Friendship, Novel, Off Limits, Reviews, Romance, Sexy Sailor Series, So Nice SunDay, The Widow's Revenge Ta...

Friendship Friday, Please Welcome Friend and Fellow Author, Patricia Rasey

Forging Friendships and the Journey of Writing.

I’ve been writing some twenty years now…well, at least on a serious note. I could also say I’ve been writing as long as I can remember. In the early days of writing, I would sit at my computer—peck away at the keys and just write. I had no professional background, no one to steer me any direction. I had no idea what to do or where I was going. I just knew I wanted to write and to tell stories.

I finished that first book in less than a year. It was...

Watch out! I’ve been decorating this Wednesday

This is the first time since my kids grew up that I’ve lived in an area where decorating for Halloween was the ‘in thing.’ Since I lack experience in this skill set, I asked one of my neighbors kids for help. Here are the creepy and somewhat horrific results. Please let me know what you think or tell me how you celebrate the season.

I’d begun to decorate for fall before the spiders invaded my porch. Now I don’t dare go out there.

The biggest, baddest spider and its offspring are spinning webs a...