FIRST Happy Memorial Day!! A huge Thank You to those awesome men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice to ensure our freedom. Let us not forget to honor them and their families today and every day as well as those currently serving in our military. Now, please join me in giving a Big Welcome [...]
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Sanctuary Unbound by Moira Rogers * I received this ARC free from the author in exchange for an honest review* New England is ideal for vampire Adam Dubois. His cozy home in the Great North Woods reminds him of a happier time when werewolves and witches were stuff of legends, and he was a simple [...]
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The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter * I received this ARC free from the author in exchange for an honest review* For weeks, the immortal warrior Aeron has sensed an invisible female presence. An angel—demon-assassin—has been sent to kill him. Or has she? Olivia claims she fell from the heavens, giving up immortality because she [...]
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Brooding about the whole critiquing phenomenon here. Like most of us who write romance (don’t think it’s quite as widespread in other genre and non-genre writing), I have critiquers — CPs, in the vernacular. They come in two varieties. One is my weekly/biweekly critique group, of diverse genders and areas of interest. Having a couple [...]
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Please welcome Kait Nolan! <><><><><> If you’re a fan of ebooks, you’ve probably noticed a few things in the last couple of months (depending on where you shop). 1) Prices have shot up to a ludicrous $12.99-$14.99. 2) Books by many of your favorite authors have disappeared from your preferred vendor. 3) There is no [...]
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Hey, Everybody! Keri here. Please help me welcome Voirey Linger to the blog today! She’s a long time friend for oh, a whole five months now but seems like a lot longer (and she claims she’s shy). When she’s not working hard at that next sale, she’s furiously schooling me on the ins and outs [...]
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Writing realistic dialogue doesn’t come easy for me. I think I make it more difficult by stressing over making it too real. We all use dialogue to communicate and learned this valuable skill at a very young age. It’s all around us. Family members, friends, television, radio, that annoying teller at the bank or friendly [...]
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I am happy to say I’ve managed to drop a few pounds and inches just in time for bathing suit season, otherwise known around here as that one weekend in July when the temperature is high and the wind is not. I figured if I share my secret, I could be like everybody else and [...]
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Oops! I had a wonderful little blog post about revisions that I created yesterday. It was so pithy and wise…and a little whiny. But when I checked this morning. Uh. Nothing. So I do a little searching around….not in the drafts. Nowhere. Ruh Roh! So now there is no pithy, wise, whiny, supportive, or victorious post [...]
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“I’m not the man I used to be!” Okay, she hooked me with this line alone. “If only Gracie Broussard could believe that!” So many questions went through my head reading these two simple lines on the back cover of Betsy St. Amant’s debut novel, “Return to Love.” What did this guy do? Why is [...]
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