After months of figuring out ambiguous clues in Fine Print, deciding they were too obscure, adding a bit more clarity, removing clarity, and adding a bit more in again, you’d think the last thing I’d want is a new mystery to read. Yeah. Not hardly. I found myself digging through page after page Continue Reading
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How to Ruin a Great Book Review in 5 Simple Steps
The review burned holes into my eyes. On my youth adventure fantasy novel, Shadows & Secrets the insanely short, 1-star review mortified me. I can’t even bring myself to go look it up again, so I’m going on memory with my best recollection of the one-line review. “It was okay, but there was too Continue Reading
“Time, Time!” She’ll Cry, but There Is No Time!
“Where’s Madeline? I’m going crazy!!!” It’s encouraging when you get emails from readers who saw you say somewhere that you planned to release a book on February 20, 2018 and then they can’t find it anywhere. Add to this the fact that I have a blog tour for this book beginning… um… tomorrow, and Continue Reading
What’s Wrong with This Sequel & How to Fix It?
I remember everything my favorite music teacher taught me about music. Odd, though, I don’t remember her name or anything she told me about my own playing, but about music, I remember. I can hear her as if I’m still standing in her little studio, violin tucked under my chin, wrist hanging from the Continue Reading
The First Just the Write 10 Best Novel Awards
“Who won the Christy Award?” “I don’t know, but did you hear who won the Carol Award?” “Nope—but I did hear that… oh, what’s his name. The guy who wrote that one about the cult living in a New York high rise? He won the Illumination Award!” “And my favorite author won the Christian Book Continue Reading
So, What about Romance makes Annie Want to Run?
The synopsis glowed at me from my laptop. Reality TV star. Golden, glittering life crashing down around her. Running away. Finding an Amish inn. Meeting new friends. Unique, interesting. Of course, the title made me nervous—Runaway Romance. With a title like that, it’d have sap and mush… Continue Reading
5 Reasons to Read These Wonderful Austen-Inspired Novellas
A few months ago, I got an email from my “Regency expert.” The woman I go to with any Regency question. Her question? Did I want to take a look at her Mansfield Park inspired Christmas story? Let’s see… my favorite Austen heroine and her misunderstood sweetheart? YES! I’ve been waiting for Continue Reading
When the Unexpected Delights You with Its Uniqueness
As many of you know, I’ve been rather scatterbrained and uncommunicative in recent weeks. Thanks to computer deaths and publishing glitches, I’ve even been late with reviews. So, when I finally finished everything I needed to last night, I took a deep breath, inhaled beautiful sweet, dusty, Continue Reading
The Deadly Proof Is in the Reading Pudding–It’s a Winner
“I don’t have time to read another book! I have deadlines!” Look, I’m not proud of my wailing and whining at my husband last night. I’m not. There it was, eight o’clock, I hadn’t eaten all day, and since I’d only had three hours of sleep, a long nap after company went home meant I slept through Continue Reading
How to Write a Helpful Book Review in 10 Easy Steps.
Book drunk. It’s a thing. But like alcoholic drunkenness (or so I’ve observed), not all book hangovers are the same. Both fine quality alcohol and “gut rot” will produce that stupor (and its miserable after-effects) that follows a drinking binge. I see this weekly during the bar rush at Denny’s. Continue Reading
Introducing a Local Launch Team Member: Ruby!
I may not know much about space ships, androids, and asteroids, but when this next gal needed help with labor… well, now there, I know a thing or nine. Unlike most of my launch team, Ruby (her real name is hidden to protect the innocent destruction of the spelling of it. This is something I also Continue Reading
Emma: A Neighbor Thanks to the Wonders of the Internet
Late at night, while most of "my" world sleeps, it helps to have early- bird friends on the other side of the country or friends halfway across the world. My next launch team member is one of those latter folks. I’m so excited to be introducing Emma. She’s been on the team since we put out the Continue Reading
