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December 22, 2015
New Release: Saratoga Summers
I come bearing gifts! Or, well, one gift. A story: Saratoga Summers. Because the best antidote to winter is reading about a succession of summers, right?
This new story is a prequel and an immediate sequel to Stay the Distance. I know. I just couldn’t help myself. You’ll get what I mean when you read it. Here’s the synopsis:
July Carter is the daughter of a racehorse trainer and a jockey, always surrounded by other people’s horses. Beck Delaney is an owner’s son, his name connected to a growi...
December 17, 2015
Finding Daylight: Cover Reveal!
While I’m up to my eyeballs in editing Finding Daylight, I thought I would take a second to reveal the cover. Expect the book in February!
November 25, 2015
Thanksgiving
Photo Credit: Cindi Albright.
For Americans, it’s time to show how thankful we are by eating an army’s worth of food over the course of a long weekend and spending billions of dollars on things we really don’t need. It’s going to be amazing. As an author, however, that got me thinking.
Writing, they say, is a solitary art. A person sits down with their thoughts and their word processor, repeatedly banging on a keyboard until a novel miraculously forms under their fingertips. There is a lot ab...
October 31, 2015
Today: Free E-Book!
Seriously. Free book? How awesome is that?
Free book day! Get your free book!
Seriously. It’s Breeders’ Cup Classic day, and obviously that means it’s a perfect day to curl up with a novel about racing. I think that’s obvious. Don’t you?
Get your copy on Amazon right now!
October 29, 2015
Downtime
Taking a journey on the SS This Novel Owns My Soul. (Photo by David Finch.)
This week, I finished writing a book that has been with me for a solid 16 months. My goal was to finish Finding Daylight by the end of October, and I beat my goal by several days. Feeling pretty pleased with myself, I compiled it all into a pretty Word document for my editor, wrote a happy note to her that the book was done (OMG!), and pressed send.
Then I sat there and didn’t know what to do with myself.
Does anyone...
October 22, 2015
Alert! Giveaway & Preview Day!
Today there’s something for everyone! If you’ve already read Stay the Distance, here’s a bonus for you – a preview of my new project, Finding Daylight. If you haven’t read Stay the Distance, you can win a print copy. See? How awesome is today?
It’s all over at Courtney’s Reads. Here’s a teaser:
Several years ago, my riding instructor at the time turned to me and asked, “Why horses?”
I remember thinking that it was a strange question to ask. We were in the middle of working on the barn and bam...
October 14, 2015
Happy Halloween!
I’m happy to announce that the How to Trick the Devil anthology was released to the world this morning. It’s full of devilish stories in time for the holiday, including my Arkansas-inspired tale of Bebe, who has a rather weird problem, and a devil who isn’t exactly what she was expecting. There’s also a chicken, because it’s Arkansas.
Here’s what the anthology is about:
The devil lures with sweet words and promises, do you fall for his trap or trick him instead? Can you really have it all? Ho...
October 9, 2015
On Racing
Here’s another question from La Romantique. The answer I could write to this question could be a dissertation. Actually, I’m sure it is a dissertation, somewhere. But I’ll try to be brief.
What do you think about treatment of horses in horse racing and betting?
Ann’s Smart Dancer is having none of this.
I very rarely bet on horse racing. The most I’ve ever done is a two dollar sentimental bet, because I learned a long time ago that I’m not good at gambling and I’m not interested in learning h...
October 6, 2015
A few more questions…
I have a few more questions to answer! Here are three, right in a row:
Lucky! I have not done any of these things. Lived in Spain? Nope. Ridden an Andalusian? Extra nope. My riding experience has been on Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses, mainly. I’ve also had long s...
October 5, 2015
Horse Lovers Blog Tour
The Horse Lovers Blog Tour has arrived at Horseback Reads! I’m first up on the tour, so head on over to listen to some music, learn how to enter to win a free ebook of Stay the Distance, and come back tomorrow for Maggie Dana’s answers to the same questions! Have fun!
