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Upcoming Holiday Plans-Come spend Christmas with Catherine & Dawson (from CASTAWAY HEARTS)

Okay, I've been remiss in offering very many contests since CASTAWAY HEARTS came out in April of this year, but I figure now is a wonderful time to invite you all to join in the celebration with Catherine and Dawson.

A couple of the key events in CASTAWAY HEARTS happens right around Christmastime and I'll be sharing about them over the next couple of Mondays. I thought, what better way than to spend the holidays than with two of my favorite characters.

So.....

Starting November 26th and running...

Taryn Raye's #sixsunday What are you doing?

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Welcome Sixers.
As always, for those who might not know here's what 6 Sentence Sunday is all about-Pick six (6) sentences from anything you like (it can be from a Work in Progress (WiP), something you recently sold, something you hope to sell or even something already under contract and available for purchase – and don’t worry, Six Sentence Sunday is for  published AN...

#SCENTsational Saturdays Through the Years~These Moments

I discovered this perfume when I was probably in my late teens at the good ol' Rite Aid and instantly loved it. It was definitely a more mature scent than the other fragrances I wore at the time- Exclamation, Electric Youth, Tribe. They were bold, funky young scents, but this one made me feel like I was growing up and coming into my own as a woman. It had sensual tones and floral notes that made me think of mature love.

I remember using every last drop in the bottle and then when I went back t...

Taryn Raye Spotlights Bluegrass Bountiful by Lozi Hart #TMPress @FictionWitches

Graham McCullough never forgot his first Kentucky Derby or the dark-haired beauty who stole his heart that weekend twenty-five years ago. He’d gone home to Scotland after the Derby intending to return to Louisville to ask the woman to be his wife. But a family crises sent him to the wilds of the Amazon Rain Forest for the next six months and when he finally did make it back, she had vanished without a trace.

Mary Claire Beaumont lived each day with a reminder of the weekend she’d spent with Gr...

Thursdays with Taryn~ Halfway There #NaNoWriMo

Are we about ready for Thanksgiving next week, peeps?

Already, today marks the 1/2 mark of NaNoWriMo- Day 15- on which, if you go by the minimum amount of words required to write 50K words by Day 30, you should be sitting somewhere around 25,000 words. Simple and it makes sense, eh? I have just a little under 27,000.

Yesterday was not a very productive writing day. I awoke feeling like my throat was doing this "allergic reaction" thing I've had happen in the past- where my uvula (punchy bag) el...

Hey #Readers, come check out Tuesdays with Taryn- It's My Turn

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DEATH BY A HONEYBEE by Abigail Keam Free November 13-15

Abigail Keam’s award-winning mystery novel, “Death By A HoneyBee” will beFREEon Kindle from Tuesday, November 13 to November 15th. Click image above to go check it out on Amazon!
Maybe you will like it so well, you’ll check out her other three novels – “Death By Drowning," “Death By Bridle,” and her newest novel, “Death By Bourbon” has just been released.
“Death By A HoneyBee” was on USA BOOK NEWS – Best Book List of 2011. See what all the buzz is about!
Enjoy a good mystery before going to...

Taryn Raye's #sixsunday Not so fast you little pixie...

(click above image to read MORE Six Sentence Sunday excerpts) (Check out more by looking up hashtag #sixsunday on Twitter)
Welcome Sixers. Though I'm deep in Nano and trying to get to feeling better after having felt flu-like earlier this past week, I wanted to make sure I'd still have something to share today.
As always, for those who might not know here's what 6 Sentence Sunday is all about- Pick six (6) sentences from anything you like (it can be from a Work in Progress (WiP), somethin...

Does your Hero Smell? He Smells like a Memory #poetry

Ironically, this wasn't a cologne worn by anyone I ever knew, but I remember finding a sample scent in a magazine and I tore it out and slept with it under my pillow for a while and then placed it in my underwear drawer. It just smelled so good!

I guess, if I really get down to the nitty gritty of the matter, all the heroes in my novels probably smell like Safari or some equally raw earthy aroma that reminds me of my youth, of young love and the way your heart expands and your stomach pitches...

Taryn Raye Spotlights Shades of the Future by @suzannelilly #TMPress @FictionWitches

A Honey Creek Young Adult Novelfrom Turquoise Morning Press$2.99 on KindleClick image above to check it out!
Mariah Davis loves animals, running, and her hunk of a boyfriend, Kevin Creamer. Everything looks bright for her until the day she finds a pair of sunglasses that allows her to see the future.

When she glimpses a disaster looming, she tries to avoid it but fails. She has a car accident that lands her in a wheelchair, smashing her hopes for a running scholarship to the veterinary program...