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Happy Book Birthday Accidental Valentine! @RoanePublishing #Romance #Anthology #Giveaway

Happy Book Birthday to Accidental Valentine!In the mood for love? Roane Publishing releases an anthology featuring five sweet romantic love stories today. Grab a copy and fall in love.

Accidental Valentine
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Roane Publishing
Release Date: February 13, 2015

Guiding Hearts by Claire Gillian
Is a lonely woman's GPS sentient or is her subconscious taking her by the hand to help heal a scarred heart?

When Jemma Ernst's GPS malfunctions and sends her to the home of handsom...

A new year, a new list of goals

Happy New Year! With the advent of January comes the promise making and predictions to do things better, be better people, improve ourselves somehow, yadda yadda yadda. The question at the completion of said year is simple. What did we actually DO?

Last year I made promises and didn't keep as many as I wanted to. I made attempts at some and forgot others. So this year I've decided to keep on top of things. Be more aware. 

So what do I want to do? Let's see:
1. Publish more. 
Writing is...

Wishing everyone

12 Days of #Christmas: Day 12 celebration with author Stephanie N. Pitman #holiday #giveaway

For unto you is born this day . . . a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.       ~ Luke 2:11
For me, Christmas is 100% about Christ.  It’s in the name.  And you can’t have Christmas without the joy of music.  As a teen, I dreamed of one day making it big as a singer.  That did not happen, but my love for music and singing has not changed.  Narrowing down only twelve Christmas songs was quite difficult, as I could sing Christmas...<![endif]--><!--[if gte vml 1]>

Happy Holidays Blog Hop #HHBH #fantasy #anthology by @Roane Publishing

It's time for the Happy Holidays Blog Hop. I'm celebrating 2014, the year I joined the Roane Publishing family, by giving away the first anthology my work appeared in. Portals is a collection of fantasy short stories and features works by five talented authors. To enter, simply answer this question: Do you like to read fantasy and why? Don't forget to leave your name and email so I can contact you if you win. I'll use a random generator to pick a winner. Good luck. Happy Holidays!

No matter wh...

12 Days of #Christmas: Day 11 celebration with author Candace Gleave #holiday #giveaway

Every year my house as a kid was visited by elves. The sneaky Santa helpers would leave tokens, gifts, candies, and oral hygiene treasures in our homemade stockings, the 12 days leading up to Christmas.

The highlight of any cold December morning would be to reach my grubby little hands into my stocking and pull out the delivered bounty.

One gift per day would be the norm. However, sometimes the elves would be
lost in a blizzard, slept-in, or just down right forgetful and our stockings would be b...

12 Days of #Christmas: Day 10 celebration with author Laurie Treacy #holiday #giveaway

“On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…” How I loved singing “The Twelve Days of Christmas” song in elementary school chorus and high school glee club. For Creative Prose Publishing’s special event celebrating The Twelve Days with their authors, I won’t have to sing so I decided on something better. I have the tenth day which is 10 Lords a Leaping and I’m going to share my Top 10 Christmas movies. Here they are and I hope you’ll share your favorites as well.

Laurie’s Top 1...

12 Days of #Christmas: Day 9 celebration with author Norma Rudolph #holiday #giveaway

Hi, I’m Norma T. Rudolph. I’m new to the Creative Prose group of authors, and so excited to introduce myself. 
When your last name is Rudolph, the holidays can be a lot of fun. On the ninth day of Christmas I give to you Nine Reindeer Prancing. Nine, you ask? Yes, nine.
In Wikipedia we read that “In traditional lore, Santa Claus's sleigh is led by eight reindeer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder (variously spelled Donder and Donner), and Blixem (variously spelled ...

Winter Warm-Up Blog Hop

WINTER WARM-UP Blog Hop is now underway and we are celebrating ROMANCE, LOVE and WINTER. Out of the four seasons, winter is my favorite. There is always something magical about that first snowfall of the year or waking up to see the end result of a snow storm. Everything blanketed in a coat of pure white--isn't that special? I think so and that's why I love winter. Plus, it's romantic too.
My latest novella, Into the Dark, is a New Adult paranormal romance and is included in the Lacing Shadows...

12 Days of #Christmas: Day 8 celebration with author Jamie Canosa #holiday #giveaway

Eight of the most unbelievably popular holiday gifts. They may seem a bit ridiculous now, but at the time, it just wasn't Christmas without them. No judgement here. I wanted/had (possibly even *cough* have *cough*) all of these, myself. 8. Skip-ItBecause skipping is fun, but when the alternative is tripping yourself and face-planting on concrete, it becomes a matter of survival. I still have scars. 7. Moon ShoesBecause a broken ankle is a small price to pay for the chance to bounce aroun...