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November 3, 2013
Our Little Secrets, Revisited
Okay, since In Your Arms, the third full-length novel in my Montana Romance series, comes out in three weeks, I thought I’d take the opportunity to revisit the other books in the series with some of my favorite scenes. And so, here is one of my favorite scenes from Our Little Secrets…. “Michael, can I […]
November 1, 2013
2013 Book #28 – [Name Withheld]
In my discussion of what advocates for self-publishing and traditional publishing didn’t say the other day, one thing I did bring up was the fact that bad books are not confined to self-publishing alone. In fact, book #28 was so monumentally awful that I refuse to divulge the name or author, and it was traditionally […]
October 30, 2013
What They Didn’t Say
Oh the irony! On Monday, I just so happened to read two blog posts advocating for different ends of the publishing spectrum within about ten minutes of each other. One, To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish, by Kerrie Flanagan, compared the benefits and drawbacks of self-publishing and traditional publishing and seemed to come out in […]
October 28, 2013
Dukes and Duchesses of the Old West
I have this weird, unproductive voice in the back of my head that keeps telling me if I really want to make it big in historical romance I should be writing about lords and ladies, dukes and duchesses. Silly, but true. But the Montana Romance series I’m writing right now is historical western. There’s not […]
October 25, 2013
When Introverts Take Over The World
Here’s something I’ve never done before. I’m going to give my thoughts on a book that I haven’t read yet. It’s a book that was recommended to me very highly though, and it looks like something I’ll eat up. Okay, so why do I think I’ll absolutely love Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a […]
October 23, 2013
2013 Book #27 – The Highlander’s Sin, by Eliza Knight
Ooo! Ooo! Guys! I just finished reading The Highlander’s Sin, by Eliza Knight, and you’ve gotta read this! It’s not often that I say that, but this time I mean it. Here’s why…. So as you might imagine, The Highlander’s Sin is a romance tale of medieval Scotland. Now, Highlander books are an entire sub-genre […]
October 18, 2013
How To Catch A Prairie Dog
It’s Friday! We’re almost at the weekend! So what better way to celebrate imminent fun than to tell a Fun Friday story? This one is a childhood memory that always makes me smile…. I lived in Minot, North Dakota as a small child. My dad was in the air force and we lived on Minot […]
October 16, 2013
The Benefits of Beta-Reading
I may have mentioned this before, but I really love beta-reading for my fellow authors. It’s a lot of fun to get a first glimpse at a fellow writer’s work and to be able to ask questions and offer suggestions that could lead to a better book. We always need independent opinions in order to […]
October 15, 2013
A little tidbit of British history-The Footman
Reblogged from Rakes Rogues and Romance: You know every good British romance has them. They are the footmen. They have been spies, lovers, and helpers of the house in general. But who were they, and how did they originate-Why were they called footmen? Back in the 17th Century, the streets of London were extremely crowded. […]
October 14, 2013
Is He Earnest? Homosexuality in the 19th Century
Even though I have two novellas to write before I get there, I’m already deep into the research phase of the last book in my Montana Romance series, Somebody To Love. Why all the research? Because Somebody To Love is Phin’s love story, and as anyone who has read the other books in the series […]
