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March 9, 2017
Beyond the Romance: Dementia, Part II
Today, we complete the interview with Dr. Julia Durrant about dementia and how it affects the lives of the patients and their caretakers, as it did in Beneath the Stars. Part I can be found here. In researching, I found varying pieces of advice about responding to the holes in a patient’s memory. Some suggest...
March 6, 2017
Beyond the Romance–Dementia: a Q&A, Part I
I have enjoyed reading your thoughts and reviews on Beneath the Stars in the 2+ weeks since its release. Now that I’m hearing back from readers, I’d like to dive into the themes of the story a bit more. While Beneath the Stars is most definitely a romance–of sweeping, epic proportions–underneath the romance lies a...
March 1, 2017
End of the Tour
The two week long Virtual Book Tour comes to a close today. A quick review of the final week: Monday, I stopped by Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words where I spoke about the value of writing, and the parts of it that I enjoyed the most with Beneath the Stars. Tuesday took me to From...
February 27, 2017
Cast of Characters: The Marneaux Family
The (potentially) final mood board I have for you contains the people that surprised me the most in this book–the story that hadn’t originally factored heavily in my planning of this book. Oh, Lou was a huge portion of the story, and of course Sid is our main protagonist, but the family as a character...
February 24, 2017
Still Waiting on that RV
The book tour continues and no one’s brought me the RV for a more leisurely ride. Even still, I’ve stopped at some lovely blogs and shared a variety of thoughts. Some have also been kind enough to leave me a wonderful review as well! Before I start, my Thursday began with great news! Foreward Reviews,...
February 21, 2017
Virtual Book Tour Continues
This long weekend brought a couple of nice reviews and fun tour stops: Just Love Reviews gave Beneath the Stars a lovely 4-star review: I guess what I’m trying to get at is, despite the burdens that each man bears, despite the losses in their lives, this book still feels hopeful. The subject matter may...
February 16, 2017
Today’s the Day!!
What a way to begin release day! My virtual book tour begins at Molly Lolly. In addition to a fantastic 5-star review, Eddie popped in to visit and talk about his favorite day of all–days off from the fire station. An excerpt from my post there: Being chief of the fire department means that anything...
February 15, 2017
Virtual Book Tour–Beneath the Stars
Tomorrow’s the big day! I’ll be posting some of the tour fun here, but make sure you go visit these wonderful blogs for a chance to win not only a copy of Beneath the Stars, but also a $25 gift card to use at Interlude Press.
February 14, 2017
Cast of Characters: Sid and Eddie
It’s hard to believe we’re only two days away from the release of Beneath the Stars. I hope you’ve enjoyed the sneak peek into the characters and their stories through these mood boards. I’ll have one or two more to share with you later, but today, I thought it’d be a good idea to focus...
February 9, 2017
Take Care
A couple weeks ago, on a phone call with my editor, I expressed my struggle with feeling creative, with wanting to talk about superfluous, creative things (IOW, promote this book) while it felt like the world was burning outside my very own window. Okay, so I leaned on the side of melodrama, but in my...
