Candace Shaw's Blog, page 22
May 14, 2012
My Favorite Siren and a Giveaway
May 3, 2012
Happy Release Day to Me! Cooking Up Love is Now Available
Hello, all!
I’m happy to annouce that my debut novel,Cooking Up Love, is now available for purchase as an eBook on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com. Yes, I know I originally said May 24th and actually that dateis stilltrue forAll Romance eBooks, but Iwas so excited about Shelbi and Justin’s story, I wanted to shareit now.Below ischapter 1. Feel free to tell all of your girlfriends who like to read fun, flirty and sexy romance novels.
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Chapter One
“This is so delicious. Do...
April 26, 2012
The Lucky 7 Award and Excerpt #3 From Cooking Up Love
**Update: Cooking Up Love is now available through Amazonand Barnes and Nobleas an eBook.
I’m happy toannounce I’ve been awarded the Lucky 7 Award by my friend and critique partner, Author Sharon C. Cooper. Check out her debut novel, Something New, a sweet contemporary romance at http://www.sharoncooper.net/
The Lucky 7 Award allows authors to showcase their work and then pass the award along to other authors to do the same. The excerpt can be from a published novel, short story, poem or a work...
April 12, 2012
Excerpt Friday #2: Cooking Up Love
*Update: Cooking Up Love is now available as an eBook through Amazon.and Barnes and Noble.
Well, this has been a great week. I sent my edits back to the editor for round two, joined a few more online writer/reader groups and did some gardeningin my vegetablegardenas well asfertilized my KnockOut rosebushes. For more information on Knock Outroses, click here for my very detailed step-by-stepblog post on howto care for them.
I’ve also been reading through Cooking Up Love today trying to find anot...
April 5, 2012
Excerpt: Cooking Up Love
*Update: Cooking Up Love is now availableasan eBookthrough Amazon.and Barnes and Noble.
On Wednesday I received my first round of edits from the editor. Receiving that e-mail made my dream seem even more likethe realitywhich it has become. With the release date around the corner, I’ll be busy during the upcoming weeks promoting and marketing. I’ve scheduleda blog tourwith interviews, guest blogging and some blog hopping this summer. I’m alsoecstatic to finally be able to share an excerpt from...
March 16, 2012
I Have Good News to Share!
Release date: May 24, 2012
*Update: Cooking Up Love is now available through Amazon.and Barnes and Noble.
I’m excited to announce that the last editor I sent my manuscript to finally said no a few days ago and I’m so happy she did. I know you’re asking yourself why on earth would she be happy about that. The truth is, I really want to self-publish. If you’d asked me three years ago–which some of you may have– I would’ve said no. Thanks to the advancements in technology with the Kindle, Nook and...
March 5, 2012
Gardening Tips: Caring for Knock Out Roses
These are my Knock Out rose bushes at the beginning of last spring. By the end of summer, they were six feet tall!
I remember as a child spending my summers in Atlanta with my grandparents, affectionately calledDear and Gramps. I would watch Gramps tend to his flower and vegetable gardens hoping to one day do the same with my own.It seemed to bring him peace and tranquility to work in his gardens. Unlike my cousins, I always wanted to assist him, especially when it was time to pick the strawbe...
February 13, 2012
My Valentine’s Day Gift: A Book Excerpt
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I’ve always been a hopeless romantic which is why I write romance novels as opposed to some other genre. I believe in true love, soul mates and happily-ever-after endings. In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’ve decided to share a short excerpt from the book I’m currently working on. It took me forever to find a scene that didn’t have me totally blushing. I can’t believe some of the things I’ve written. When my books are published, pages will be torn from my mother’s...
February 2, 2012
Cooking Up Love
No this isn’t the bookcover, but it is Shelbi and Justin. I knew when I saw them, they would be perfect like when I tried on wedding dresses. You just know.
**Update: Cooking Up Love is now available as an eBook through Amazon.and Barnes and Noble
What happens when a handsome, suave chef meets a cute, sassy food critic who can cook just as well as he can? Justin and Shelbi find out that their two passions–cooking and love–go hand in hand.
Fresh out of medical school,Shelbi Arringtonhas decided t...
