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Cover Reveal: Love Illusion by Chineka Williams

I’m thrilled to participate in the cover reveal forLove Illusionby Chineka Williams. Isn’t the cover gorgeous? Here’s a little glimpse of what you can expect from the February 3, 2014 release.

Summary

Lucy is a confident PR professional who is fearful of her troubled ex-boyfriend Charles. He is in denial about their breakup. With issues of alcoholism and abandonment, he spirals out of control.

Meanwhile, Lucy’s best friend Jade has found love and is about to get married. She is a loyal friend wh...

3 Reasons to Write the Premise BEFORE You Write Your Novel

As writers, we get so absorbed with the storyline and characters, writing, and a myriad of creative reasonsnot to write that we forget about the business side of being a writer.

We lose sight of the fact that once we’re done with writing, editing, revising (rinse and repeat), we’ll need to talk about the book. In a way that’s interesting, intelligent andconcise.

Cue the deer in the headlights footage.

It’s embarrassing when someone asks, “What’s your book about?” and you stand there staring at t...

5 Ways Introverts Can Succeed Without Forcing Themselves to Become Extroverts

You probably won’t find this shocking, but I’m a bona fide introvert.

Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

Many writers are. The quiet, solitary nature of writing appeals to introverts.

I have often referred to myself as an introvert masquerading as an extrovert. The feeling that, as an introvert, I must conform to a more extroverted personality in order to succeed, is a belief that many introverts hold.

Yet, it simply isn’t true.

As introverts, w...

Michelle Miles Wants You to Have Yourself a Merry Little Latte

My guest today is author Michelle Miles who is talking coffee and sexy holiday stories. She also shares the story of how she revived her series by reclaiming her rights and taking matters into her own hands.

Hello! First a huge thank you to Reese for allowing me to crash her blog today. I so appreciate it!

Today I’m talking coffee. Okay I realize not everyone is a coffee drinker but my series, Coffee House Chronicles, is set in and around a coffee house. You don’t even have to LIKE coffee to en...

Bad Boys Gone Good, Teatime Romance and the Year-End Splash

The first full week of November is in the books as we speed toward 2014. How was your week? Have you put together your goals for 2014. I’m way behind on doing this, but I hope to have my list completed before the end of the month. I’ll share part of the list with you here. In the meantime, it’s been a busy week.

Earlier this week I posted over on Contemporary Romance Café about why I love bad boys gone good and ask who are your favorite bad boys of literature, television and film?


Author Kelsey...

Get to Know Kelsey Browning

I love being part of the writing community and connecting with other authors–those published and those yet-to-be. I learn something from every encounter, each friendship made. And I always enjoy discovering new-to-me authors. So here on my blog I’ll be chatting with other authors from time-to-time, introducing you to writers who might be new to you, too. This week, I’m chatting with Kelsey Browning–a member of one of my absolute favorite websites for romance writers, Romance University, and a...

I Heart Bad Boys Gone Good

Available for pre-order on Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

Today I’m over at theContemporary Romance Café talking about my love of bad boys in film and literature. James Bond, Raylan Givens and Jonny Miller’s Sherlock Holmes, anyone?

I’m also talking a little about the romantic notion that the love of a good woman can change an inherently bad boy into the perfect prince. (Doesn’t work when you kiss frogs in real life either!)

Lastly, I’m pulling back a few layers and revealing secrets about three of t...

News: A Hauntingly Sexy Meet and Greet & Book Clubs United

The final quarter of 2013 is quickly approaching, and for me, it’ll be a busy one.

I’ll be participating in my first two author events. The first is the Book Clubs United for Breast Cancer Fundraiser in Greensboro, North Carolina at the New Orleans Bar & Grill Restaurant on Saturday, October 5th from 1:30 to 5PM. The second is A Hauntingly Sexy Meet and Greet at Doubletree Fayetteville in Fayetteville, NC on October 19th from 7-10PM. It’s a perfect opportunity to get to know favorite authors a...

SERIES: To Be or Not To Be (and when to stop being) — Guest Post by Jade Kerrion

If Amazon (the company) were a river and all the books in its vast online repository were drops of water, you wouldn’t be able to skim a pebble across its surface without hitting a book that is a part of a series.

Series are popular–they work in movies, on TV, and in books–and for good reason. No one ever likes saying goodbye to the people they’ve fallen in love with. We like to see our heroes and heroines overcome adversity, and then do it again, and again.

Novel series come in at least three...

It’s Cut the Crap Day — What are You Letting Go Of?

I wouldn’t categorize myself as a hoarder. But, I do collect a few things.

I have a crazy CD collection, including this small sampling on my desk, pictured here. Floetry. Joss Stone. Dru Hill. Kem. Maxwell. Jill Scott. Dixie Chicks Fly–one of my all time favorite albums. Stevie Wonder’sThe Original Musicquarium–a classic that is pure magic, and yes, I know all of the words to every song on the album. Bobby Brown’s Don’t Be Cruel. Justin Timberlake’sJustified. Ryuichi Sakamoto’sBTTB.MyAsian Lou...