Archive for July, 2011

#Sample#Sunday: The Ex-Files – Chapter 5

July 31st, 2011

NOTE: This is the last day of The Fairy Tale Bride 99 cents Wedding promotion sale. The price will bump up to $2.99 at midnight(ish–depending on Amazon’s speed). That’s still a discount from the $3.99 retail price, but 99 cents sounds better than $2.99, so if you want the book and haven’t bought it yet…you [...]

Vanessa Kelly — How to Turn a Bad Girl Very, Very Good

July 30th, 2011

Welcome to Vanessa Kelly, a historical romance writer extraordinaire. Vanessa is going to answer some of my questions for her about crafting the perfect bad girl heroine. My Favorite Countess features a — to say the least – strong and independent woman (my favorite kind). Bathsheba (love the name) has many of the qualities of a good [...]

Mary Campisi — The Night Chocolate Took Me Down

July 28th, 2011

Please welcome author Mary Campisi to the blog to discuss the trials and tribulations of her ill-fated romance with the treacherously dark and seductive Ghiradelli. Goodbye, Ghirardelli – the night chocolate took me downWhy is it the one thing you want the most is usually the one you shouldn’t have? Maybe even can’t have? When [...]

Wisdom from Bestseller Marsha Canham: Readers Do Judge a Book By Its Cover

July 26th, 2011

Please welcome Marsha Canham as a guest to the blog. Marsha is a bestselling author of swashbuckling romance, and her recent dive into the business of bringing her extensive backlist out in ebook format has encouraged her artistic creativity, too, in the creation of covers that do justice to her lush and lusty swashbucklers. Kelly [...]

#Sample#Sunday: The Ex-Files – Chapter 4

July 24th, 2011

As promised to my daughter (and for the Wedding Promo …only 7 days left for the 99 cents sale of The Fairy Tale Bride), I have begun the process of finishing the abandoned chicklit novel….the only novel of mine she has ever read. As added incentive, I am participating in the Clarion Write-a-Thon. Please consider [...]

(Belated) Lesson From the Backlist: Wanted – One Time-Turner

July 23rd, 2011

I love the Harry Potter books. Love. Love. Love. So much so that I do actually plan to visit Harry Potter World in Orlando one day. My most favorite thing of all that has come from J. K. Rowling’s imagination, though, is not Butterbeer (kudos to the chefs who figured out how to actually make [...]

#Sample#Sunday: The Ex-Files – Chapter 3

July 17th, 2011

As promised to my daughter (and as part of the extended Wedding Promo), I have begun the process of finishing the abandoned chicklit novel….the only novel of mine she has ever read. As added incentive, I am participating in the Clarion Write-a-Thon. Please consider supporting a writer (doesn’t have to be me). In fact, I [...]

Lesson From the Backlist: Phoebe Matthews – Doing the Backlist

July 14th, 2011

Welcome Phoebe Matthews, author of the award-winning Mudflat paranormal series, to talk about what she has learned while making her backlist books available as ebooks. Google occasionally pops up references to reviews, and last year they sent me a link to a teenage site where kids were introducing themselves and chatting about likes and dislikes, [...]

Guest Post Elaine Raco Chase – Write What You Want to Know

July 12th, 2011

Please welcome author Elaine Raco Chase to the blog. Elaine is going to burst a writing bubble for us — always a fun thing to do! Take it away, Elaine – WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW – That’s always the first thing a writer is told to do.  I’ve been a creative writing teacher for over [...]

#Sample#Sunday: The Ex-Files – Chapter 2

July 10th, 2011

As promised to my daughter (and on my blog), I have begun the process of finishing the abandoned chicklit novel….the only novel of mine she has ever read. This is part of the extended Wedding Day Promo plan. As added incentive, I am participating in the Clarion Write-a-Thon. Please consider supporting a writer (doesn’t have [...]