I am excited to announce that my third novel, The Christmas Bike, is set for release on October 11, 2016 and available for pre-order! (click on link) Here is a brief synopsis: Christmas is already going to be tough for Marie and her family. When a series of events is set in motion long before a…
Tag: women’s fiction
Heat Ratings in Romance… should it be like the ratings in Rock Climbing??
I have been thinking about the different levels of heat in Romance novels lately. There have been times that people told me I needed to add more heat into my novel Broken Smiles. There have also been times that critique partners told me I need to tone down the steam. Where is the balance? I…
Social Media is a Waste of Time for Writers—Hmmm, Think Again
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
We’ve been talking a lot about social media lately and I am always grateful for your comments and thoughts. This kind of feedback not only helps me improve my blog, but my also books, because I get a glimpse of your worries, weaknesses, fears, loves, and strengths. As…
Find Your Tribe
Sorry I haven’t posted about anything other then my book launch over the past week or so. It has been a tornado. I fast paced, all-encompasing tornado. Synchronicities have come into my life regarding the meeting of amazing people. I have thought a lot about if this tornado of self-promotion and marketing my book is…
The Importance of Setting in a Novel
UPDATE: This blog post won an award for “media post” at the 2015 LUW writers conference. ***** Write what you know. How many times have I heard that? Oh man, probably at every conference I have ever gone to, multiple times. I know setting. Long before I was ever an author, I would surround myself…
Broken Smiles coming September 23rd!
I feel like I did when I was six months pregnant and people would ask “when are you due, you look huge, when’s the baby coming?” Well, I finally have a “due date” for my novel Broken Smiles – September 23rd 2014! Six months pregnant, that’s where I’m at in my book publishing… only three…
