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#sixsunday Six Sentence Sunday- Kiss her you fool!

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Welcome Sixers. It's been a long week recovering from my week-long visit to my parents and the yard sale. I nearly forgot to post today!
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 alr...

Taryn Raye's #SCENTsational Saturdays The Way to a Man's Heart- Easy Coconut Cookies

When I stayed with my folks last week, my mom made this ooey gooey easy coconut cookies and I just had to share the recipe today because it's such a simple recipe and because we're getting closer to the holidays and I'm just a smidge tired of talking about body wash and soap, so I thought...hey, why not share another new recipe!

Easy Coconut Cookies
Ingredients:1/2 cup shortening1/2 cup sugar1/2 cup packed brown sugar1 egg1/2 teaspoon vanilla1 cup All-Purpose flour1/2 teaspoon baking soda1 cup...

Friday Spotlight- Falling for Grace by @maddiejames #TMPress @FictionWitches

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Former ballerina Gracie Hart is now known as the Diva of Romance in small town Franklinville, KY. The owner of a successful, sophisticated boutique called Romantically Yours, she lives a quiet life, healing from the tragedy that took not only ballet from her, but her fiance, as well. Who would have guessed that she has no intention of ever falling in love again, no matter how loudly her biological clock keeps ticking?

That is, until her new tenants, Carson...

Tag! You're it! on #ThursdayswithTaryn @JudyAlter

My dear fellow TMP author and friend, Judy Alter, recently tagged my WIP. As I don't have one at the moment, but will be working on the 4th and final novel in the Pryce of Love Series for NaNoWriMo next month, so I thought I would take this opportunity to get my thoughts flowing about it before I begin writing it.

Judy discussed her current WIP, the next installment of her Kelly O'Connell series, on her Tag! You're it! blog post.

Here goes my 10 questions:

What is the title of your book? Heart o...

#Writerly Wednesday~ The LOOK #Writing Challenge

Last week I was challenged to participate in the "LOOK Challenge" by my good friend and fellow author, Teresa Reasor, but I was out of town visiting my folks and having a yard sale with my mom and sister. I was tickled Teresa included me in her author-buddies to tag, so I'm going to rise up to the challenge and share my own and challenge a few to participate as well!

Here's how it works:
Find the LOOKs in your current work-in-progress.
Choose your favorite 3 and post the paragraphs that contain...

Taryn Raye has an Author Interview on Menagerie Authors Blog

In the hustle and bustle of Fall Break for my kids, visiting with my family in my hometown and the hard work of unpacking and packing up for the yard sale my mom and I had, I completely forgot that I had an

AUTHOR INTERVIEW
onMenagerie Authors Blog
Please stop by and visit me. It was a fun interview.

#Tuesdays with Taryn with Abigail Keam @AbigailKeam

Tuesdays with Taryn Abigail Keam
What book(s) most influenced you as a writer? The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettTo Kill A Mockingbird by Harper LeeIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteDouble Indemnity by James M. CainJim Chee mysteries by Tony HillermanThe Hounds of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleSt James version of the BibleCat On A Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee WilliamsThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyPoems by Emily DickersonAnything by Edgar Allen PoeInterview With A Vampire by Anne Ri...

#sixsunday Six Sentence Sunday- Those Lips

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Welcome Sixers.
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 AND unp...

#SCENTsational Saturdays- The Way to a Man's Heart- Pineapple Upside-down Cake

The Way to a Man's ♥ Pineapple Upside-down Cake
Since October is my husband's birth month, I'll share his favorite dessert- Pineapple Upside-down Cake.
My recipe is a spin off of the Betty Crocker box recipe-
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter or margarine1 cup packed brown sugar1 can (20 oz) pineapple rings in juice, drain juice and reserve it1 small can crushed pineapple, drain juice and reserve with otherMaraschino Cherries, destemmed, drained1 box Yellow Cake MixVegetable oils and eggs called for o...

Friday Spotlight- Meant to Be by @karenstivali #TMPress @FictionWitches

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Sometimes you’re already committed to the wrong person when fate finally brings you the right one.

When NYU professor Daniel Gardner’s career-obsessed wife convinces him to move to the suburbs, he hopes it’s a first step toward starting the family he longs to have. Instead of domestic bliss he finds his neighbor, Marienne Valeti. She loves her freelance design job, but must contend with a growing sense of isolation created by her husband’s indifferenc...