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October 13, 2015
In Defense of Fanfiction
So much truth to this!!
Originally posted on by Jennifer
The first Twilight movie was released on November 21, 2008, my son’s first birthday. Prior to that, first my sister and then a librarian friend of mine had told me that I should read the books, but I had resisted. I’m typically not a trendy girl so I tend to wait until things have been rolling along for a while to give it a go. When a girlfriend recommended that I join her and another friend to see the movie, I went along for a girl’s night replete with dinner and my first – and what I thought would be my only – viewing of Twilight.
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Teaser Tuesday ~ In My Mother’s Footsteps by Jennifer Garcia
This week’s #TeaserTuesday is from romance author Jennifer Garcia. She’s just rereleased her books with new covers and they’re back on Amazon!! Today we’ll be featuring In My Mother’s Footsteps, a sweet, heartfelt romance set in Hawaii.
Anela Alborn’s life is a lie. After growing up without the love of a father, her mother reveals his identity. Tragedy strikes and she sets off on an adventure that leads to more than she could ever imagine. Bumping into Christian Sivers distracts her from the real man of her dreams, her father. Will he live up to her dreams? And does she follow in her mother’s footsteps?
“You have the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen,” he murmured, enunciating every word. I closed my eyes again in disbelief. People were always so mystified by my eyes, and usually not in a good way. I was teased quite a lot as a kid due to the unique color of my irises. The kids had been cruel and relentless; they would meow at me and tell me I was part cat. Even though I knew it wasn’t true, it still stuck with me and scarred me. It was difficult to adjust to the reactions I had been getting as an adult. Most adults said they liked my eyes and that it was a good thing to have them resemble the eyes of a cat, but feeling so self-conscious about it was a hard habit to break. He dropped his hand from my face, picked up his beer, and took a sip. “Please don’t shut me out. It’s just that I have never seen eyes that color before. They’re like cat eyes.” “I think you have beautiful eyes, too. In fact, I admired them all day. I’ve never seen eyes that color blue before,” I told him. Christian laughed before giving me his sexy, cocky smile, the one where just one side of his mouth lifted up, and it screamed, “Yeah, I know I’m fine.”
Available for purchase on Amazon for Kindle and Paperback.
Jennifer Garcia’s lifelong love for reading and writing was put aside for many years while she made her way in the world and nurtured her young family. Originally from Boston, she currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, two sons, and two dogs. Jennifer believes in writing love stories that connect families and touch hearts.
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October 6, 2015
Teaser Tuesday ~ Nerdy Girl Nation by Lindsey Gray
This week’s #TeaserTuesday is from romance
novelist, Lindsey Gray. Nerdy Girl Nation is the first book in Gray’s new Nerdy
Girl Novel series. This novel takes us behind the scenes of reality television
and professional wrestling, what it is like to live behind a mask while being
in front of the camera, and how to fall in love with the one-that-almost-was.
Who knew the girl who spent most of her Saturday nights watching Doctor Who marathons with her best
friend would end up becoming a reality television star? Not Emma MacLean.
Emma tried to leave the nerdy girl behind as the Vice President of Operations for
billionaire venture capitalist, Terrance Hunt, on the hit show Hunt for Life. When double tragedies
occur on the same day, Emma is out of a job, but the cameras and a nation of
fans continue to follow her.
Rob “Bobby” Breyer lived and breathed the professional wrestling circuit for five
years. Rob happens to be a devoted Hunt
for Life fan due to a chance meeting with Emma while in high school. When
he reaches out to Emma in her time of crisis, he never imagines how much it
will change his life.
After twelve years, their attraction still sizzles and this time, Rob’s not letting
Emma get away. As the cameras roll, Emma’s new career and Rob’s quest for glory
are in the spotlight. When the heat is on, they’ll need all the support they
can get from the Nerdy Girl Nation.
Add to Goodreads.
Pre-order for release on October 8th, 2015
Exclusive Excerpt
In this excerpt, you get a glimpse of Emma and Rob coming face to face for the first time in twelve years. Emma is at the training facility for the wrestling company Rob works for when he spies Emma with her brother, Harry, from across the room
*****
“Perfect!” Cherry instructed. “You’re a
natural.” Cherry turned her head to Aaron. “You think we can convince her to
fight in a real match?”
Emma laughed as she got off Peaches and
helped her up.
“Never say never, Emma.” Harry cocked his
eyebrow at her.
Sometimes she hated how well her brother
got her. He would pick this moment to remember her childhood daydream of
becoming a women’s champion. Harry would use this as an opportunity to share it
with the world if she didn’t shut him down.
“Enough of your mouth.” Her
eyes drifted from her brother to the crowd of people who gathered around the
ring.
Emma’s heart leapt into her throat. Rob
Breyer stared right at her with a brilliant smirk on his face. Sweat drenched
hair, crystal blue eyes, killer smile, and a body currently making her lady
parts ache rattled her entire being.
“Good to see you again, Emma.” Rob offered
his hand to help her out of the ring.
“You too, Rob.” She immediately
backtracked. “I mean, Bobby.”
“Rob is fine.” She realized she held his
hand a bit longer than she needed to and reluctantly pulled away. “It’s been a
while.”
“Twelve years.” Emma lost herself in his
eyes, but the real world intruded when Aaron spoke up.
“That’s right, you two know each other,”
Aaron mentioned with a sideways glance at Rob.
“Emma was part of one of the most important
days of my life.” Rob’s smile intimated something sinful. She needed to set
things straight.
“What he means is I was there the day he
won the national wrestling championship against my boyfriend.”
Rob turned to Aaron and continued the
story. “I met her and her boyfriend, Derek, during the tournament. Derek and I
were both shocked when we advanced to the final match against each other.”
“Rob won the match after Derek put him
through the ringer.” Emma laughed at the memory of the two teenagers rolling
around on the mat.
“Yes, but Derek got the girl.” Rob’s smile
was genuine and caused a flush to creep up Emma’s neck to her cheeks.
“Didn’t last much longer,” Harry quipped.
“Not after—”
Emma smacked Harry on the shoulder. “I
don’t think this is the time or place to get into my lackluster love life.”
“Oh, I don’t know. I might be interested in
hearing what an idiot my old pal Derek is.” Rob walked over next to Harry like
they were old friends.
Emma grabbed Harry’s arm, pulled it around
his back and forced it upward. “Don’t you dare.”
“I give! I give!” Emma let go as the crowd
around them laughed. “I taught you well, young Padawan.”
About the Author
Lindsey Gray typed her first complete novel at the age of twelve and dreamed
of making her writing into a career. When her eighth grade class wrote a twenty
year reunion story, casting her as a mystery novelist, she wasn’t sure she
could make it a reality. After years of writing off and on, she decided to make
a go of it. In December of 2010 she finally made her dream come true with her
first published novel, Lies Inside. Five years and thousands of written
words later, Lindsey is releasing her seventh published work, Nerdy Girl
Nation.
When Lindsey takes a break from writing, she spends time with her
husband of thirteen years and their two children, reading all kinds of romance
novels, and hosting her own weekly radio show, Gray Matters, on TMV Cafe
Internet Radio.
Find Lindsey Gray
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October 3, 2015
Cover Reveals ~ In My Mother’s Footsteps and My Mr. Manny by Jennifer Garcia
Here are the new covers for In My Mother’s Footsteps and My Mr. Manny. I’m so happy to have these covers redone and up for purchase again!! I hope you like them! Please go to my page to add to your wish list and purchase. Thank you!
In My Mother’s Footsteps
by Jennifer Garcia
Anela Alborn’s life is a lie. After growing up without the love of a father, her mother reveals his identity. Tragedy strikes and she sets off on an adventure that leads to more than she could ever imagine. Bumping into Christian Sivers distracts her from the real man of her dreams, her father. Will he live up to her dreams? And does she follow in her mother’s footsteps?
My Mr. Manny (My Manny 1)
by Jennifer Garcia
After getting swept up in nostalgia and losing herself in a quickly progressing romance, her fantasy falls apart. She is left to raise her precious little girl, Lucia, on her own. The demands of Mia’s work schedule and Lucia’s needs increase, and their lives become increasingly hectic. It is soon clear to Mia that she needs help. Luckily, her life-saving cousin saves the day and brings the mother and daughter a male nanny – their new “manny.”
After losing his high-pressure job on Wall Street, Dominic Roberts wants to follow his dreams to have a family. He’s already one fiancée down, and there are no likely prospects for another. In order to find the family he so desperately wants, he finds himself getting into the manny business. Since he is fully qualified to provide childcare and is eager to leave New York City behind, his sister-in-law is able to land him a job in California working for his first client – the beautiful and intriguing Mia Balducci.
Will Lucia like the new man in her mother’s life? Will Mia? And will this new trio discover the happily ever after they all so desperately seek?
Jennifer Garcia’s lifelong love for reading and writing was put aside for many years while she made her way in the world and nurtured her young family. Originally from Boston, she currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, two sons, and two dogs. Jennifer believes in writing love stories that connect families and touch hearts.
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September 29, 2015
Teaser Tuesday ~ Songbird by Sydney Logan
Sydney Logan’s upcoming book, Songbird, is now available at a special pre-order price on Amazon Kindle, iBooks, Nook, and Kobo. Grab the ebook while it’s just $0.99! This awesome price only lasts until release day (Saturday, October 3), so pre-order today!
Available for pre-order at these online retailers:
Signed paperbacks are also available.
Click here for details!
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September 8, 2015
Teaser Tuesday ~ Songbird by Sydney Logan
Today’s #TeaserTuesday features Sydney Logan’s upcoming novel, Songbird. Check out the book trailer and be sure to enter the giveaway!
https://www.youtube.com/embed/tXrY6PfjTFw
Release Day: October 3
Sydney Logan is the bestselling author of six novels. She has also penned several short stories and is a contributor to Chicken Soup for the Soul. A lover of music, she fills her playlist with everyone from Johnny Cash to Eminem.
Sydney holds a Master’s degree in Elementary Education and spends her days surrounded by kids and books. A native of East Tennessee, she enjoys playing piano and relaxing on her porch with her wonderful husband and their very spoiled cat.
Visit her online at www.sydneylogan.com.
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June 23, 2015
Teaser Tuesday ~ Cooking with the Crazy Lady Authors
A collection of recipes from 16 authors around the world!
COOKING WITH THE CRAZY LADY AUTHORS
The Crazy Lady Authors aren’t just cooking up plots in their books, they’re also cooking up tasty vittles! Hey, we’re ‘crazy’ about you, so we’re ‘dishing’ our best recipes out in this awesome cookbook. It’s the CLA’s way of helping you serve up outstanding dinners in between reading any one of our published works. We know how easy it is to get lost in the pages. Before you know it, the hours have flown by and it’s time for dinner. The hubby is hollering, the kids are complaining, and even the dog wants treats. We figure it’s all our fault so why not help you maintain peace and harmony in your home by providing this amazing book of easy recipes to keep your clan well-fed? We do, however, stop short of coming to your house to cook it all up for you. We’re writing our next novels, after all! Don’t be greedy. Bon appetit!
#1clickIt TODAY for just $2.99
or FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Also available in paperback.
Want to see some of the tasty creations?
Check out our Pinterest board!
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June 16, 2015
Teaser Tuesday ~ Angel’s Heart: The True Enemy by Lisa Bilbrey
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Angel’s Heart from falling into the hands of Whitley Monroe. Now, she and her
fiancé Henry Chang have returned to Austin, Texas, and back to the real world.
Or have they?
Having been declared the savior of all mankind, Sophie finds that magic is all
around her. As she struggles to find her way, she’s bombarded by nightly dreams
that have her on edge. Will she be able to keep her sanity while trying to
decipher the meaning behind her visions? Or will an unknown enemy get to her
first?
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Excerpt:
“It’s
always been around me, hasn’t it? I just hadn’t noticed it before the
binds broke.”
“Probably,” Deva admitted. The silence that filled the air around them
was deafening. Only the sounds of the other patrons enjoying their meals
rattled around them. “Sophie . . .”
“Don’t worry about me,” she replied, a tremor lacing her words.
Suddenly, a loud roar of thunder tore through the sky, causing the
windows to shake. The entire pub became silent, and Sophie looked over
at Iona, once again finding her staring.
“I really need to learn to
control that.”
“Eh, it makes things funner, or is it more fun?” Tanner laughed, though
Sophie could hear the void in his laughter.
“Yeah, keeps everyone on their toes,” Jonah added, giving her a weak
smile.
Sophie brought her hand up to grip the stone hanging around her neck. “I
suppose it does.”
Obsessive, compulsive, slightlycrazed, but enough about her personality. First and foremost, Lisa Bilbrey is a
mom to three and a wife to one. She loves to write, and spends the majority of
everyday writing. It’s who she is, and what she’s meant to be doing. Words are
her life, the air she breathes, and the nutrients of her soul. Finding a love
in the written word, Lisa Bilbrey started writing as a way to express herself
and let her voice be heard. From the first word she wrote, she’d found her
heart and soul.
Always willing to learn, she’s
spends much of her time trying to improve as a storyteller.
Links—
Goodreads
Blog
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
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May 31, 2015
Book Promotion Countdown
Originally posted on Nancy's Notes From Florida:
Have you sold a book and now you’re panicking about what to do? Does the thought of book promotion strike terror into your writer’s heart? Here are some guidelines to keep you straight on the road to self-promotion. Or if you are a seasoned author, use it as a quick checklist of things to do. Always remember to be courteous, to avoid clogging the loops with your constant pronouncements, and to comment on other people’s posts in return. Don’t feel obliged to do everything mentioned here. Select what works best for you.
IMMEDIATELY UPON SIGNING CONTRACT
Send a press release to local media with an angle that will interest them.
Send notices to alumni newsletters and professional organizations, if appropriate.
Solicit cover quotes from other authors.
Get a professional photo taken or consider updating your photo.
If you’re a new author, reserve your domain name and the domain name for…
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April 22, 2015
S is for Swept Away
Reading and Wraps (Jamberry Nail Wraps)
Swept Away and The Fault in our Stars
Augustus Waters Swept Away Hazel and was Swept Away. This beautiful Nail Wrap goes so perfectly with this soul touching story. I love Augustus so much!!
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Summary:
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
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