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Recap: Life on the Other Side of 40, the Romantic Comedy Drought and the How I Met Your Mother Finale

The past couple of months have been insanely busy. Though I haven’t posted frequently here on the Reese Ryan Diaries, I’ve been pretty active around the ‘net. This week:

Here at RRD I reminisced over my favorite How I Met Your Mother episodes .


In light of the volatile reactions to the show’s ending, I shared my take on the How I Met Your Mother Finale and the Promise of Happy Endings over at the Contemporary RomanceCafé.


Jana Richards, a fellow member of the Contemporary Romance Café wrote a bri...

Saying Good-bye to How I Met Your Mother #HIMYMFarewell

Today I’m over at Sulia’s Romance Chanel, where I blog five days each week, saying good-bye to the long-running sitcom,How I Met Your Mother.

I’m a late-comer to the show. I only started watching it a few years ago. Thanks to syndication I was able to catch up pretty quickly and it soon became my favorite sitcom.

There are so many episodes of the show that make me break out into laughter when I think about them:

The Pineapple Incident

After a crazy night of drinking, Ted wakes up the next morning...

5 Reasons You Should Read a Romance Novel and Your Valentine Will Be Glad You Did

Yes, Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate love. Ideally, that celebration takes place with a real–rather than a fictional–being. But spending a little time cozied up with a good book and a new book boyfriend can be pretty spectacular, too.

Here are five reasons you should read a romance novel during the countdown to Valentine’s Day and beyond, including a few that will make your real-life Valentine glad that you did.

Speaking of romance novels, you can get myBad Boys Gone Goodseries here.

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Guest Post: Take a Coffee Break or How to Have More Time to Write by Amy Denim

I love Some E-cards because of the true, but snarky insight into the world, especially when it comes to social media. My own biggest social media fail? The space-time vortex of Facebook, Twitter, etc known as The Timesuck.(Dun dun duhhhhhhhhhhn)

Last year I’m pretty sure I wrote more words on social media than I did on my WIPs. Woops.

But I had to build my platform, right? Ugh. How to combine writing and being on social media…

Coffee Breaks.

Yep, you read that right. The key to getting both done...

Michelle Miles: Countdown Release Party for A Knight to Remember!

Hello! First thanks to Reese for allowing me to come to the blog today and talk about my upcoming release, A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER. I’m very excited about this book and looking forward to getting it into the hands of readers. I hope you love it!

A little about me. I’m Michelle Miles. I write contemporary, fantasy and paranormal romance. You can find my books online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Sony and other fine online retailers. What makes my fiction different? It’s a blend of romance, high...

Enter the Love Me Not Blog Tour Grand Prize #Giveaway

TheLove Me NotBlog Tour has been great fun these past two weeks.Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being part of this wonderful journey!All of your tweets, comments and shares are greatly appreciated!

Since I can’t give you all a big hug (and I totally would, I’m a notorious hugger), I’m giving away a bundle of goodies to one lucky person. If you haven’t entered to win the tour grand prize, outlined below, you still have a few hours today and then all of tomorrow to enter to contest. If...

Love Me Not Release Day

I honestly can’t believe it’s finally here. The day I get to say that I’m a multi-published novelist. I’ve been grinning so hard that I think I strained a jaw muscle and I’m pretty sure I twisted an ankle breaking out my tragically-awesome Snoopy dance. (Picture Snoopy with a busted ankle and a lot more hips.) Today is release day for my second novel, which also happens to be the second book in my Bad Boys Gone Good series published by Carina Press.

When it comes to fiction-writing, I’m a bit...

Why Really Getting to Know Your Characters Makes Your Story Richer

Today I’m the visiting professor over at one of my favorite blogs, Romance University. We’re discussing a topic essential to any story–your characters. My stories are character-driven. However, even in a plot-driven story, the main characters shoulder most of the load. If the character doesn’t feel real, the reader will quickly lose interest.

A character that isn’t fully formed is akin to a flat paper doll as opposed to a three-dimensional one that feels real to the touch and mimics the activi...

Get a Taste of Eternal Night by Jade Kerrion

Looking to feed your shiny, new e-reader with an engaging fantasy novel? Jade Kerrion’s newest novel,Eternal Night,just might be exactly what you’re looking for. Read an excerpt below and discover what makes her stories and characters so compelling.

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“What makes Kerrion’s writing so compelling is the beautifully flawed characters that find themselves in unexpected relationships…these kind of character level conflicts make Kerrion’s writing so deliciously addictive.”—Noor A Jahangir, Author o...

Love Me Not: Snarky, Sexy, Emotional

We’re less than two weeks away from the release of Book 2 in my Bad Boys Gone Good series. Squee! The lovely Tynga made the graphic above for me. It sums up these two characters perfectly. Here’s what early reviewers have to say aboutLove Me Not:

I’ve waited impatiently for this book since I learned it was going to be Jamie’s story and it far surpassed anything I was hoping for…Miles was sexy, romantic, sensitive and an incredible lover (be prepared for some serious, serious steam) and had eno...