I first was drawn to historical romances because of two things. One was, absolutely, the dresses. A woman looks so much more womanly in some of the dresses she gets to swan around in, depending on which historical period you get to write in. And with her breasts and waist emphasized the way most of […]
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My mum is visiting from Australia at the moment. She’s super patient with me, as I’ve got work pouring in from all angles. So she sits in the recliner next to me and reads (my books!), while I work. Only, yesterday, she put her finger in between her current pages, and looked at me. “How,
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If you’ve ever not left a review for a book you’ve loved (or hated!) because, well, who cares what you think?–then you should have a read through Kristen Lamb’s post “Book Reviews: Why They Matter SO Much“. It’s a really good overview of why reviews matter for both authors and readers. Even if you never
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Launching a new paranormal series on the Solstice is purely coincidental, but it’s lovely timing, all the same. A few weeks ago, I told you about the poll I ran among readers in my Facebook group, that told me you would all be interested in a series that featured older women. And further research led
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I’m just so in love with the cover for the first book in my new Paranormal Women’s Fiction novel, Crossroads Magic. We’re two weeks away from the release of Crossroads Magic on Stories Rule Press. As usual, that means today, you can read the entire first chapter right here. Chapter One The only thing I
I’m so excited! First chapter of the new PWF novel! Read More »
There are a number of printers who produce Print on Demand copies of books these days. Amazon is the one most readers have heard of. But there is also Ingram, and Lulu Press. And a newcomer to the scene, the British company BookVault, who have print facilities in the US, so I can print and
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First Chapters of CANCER CURATED We’re only two weeks away from the release of Cancer Curated (hard to believe — that time went fast!), and that normally means running the first chapter of the book for you, here. But Cancer Curated is non-fiction, and the chapters are kinda chopped up. Still, I’ll run a decently-long
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In the last week or so, I’ve been having major problems with all the author sites at Stories Rule Press, which were hosted by a different company than the Stories Rule Press site itself, which requires specialized hosting, because of the store. The host where all the author sites were housed culminated months of deteriorating
Some quick housekeeping Read More »
I don’t usually like to crowd in the items into posts — it’s too cluttered. By the time you get to the bottom of, say, five items, you’ve forgotten what was in the first. But there is just two items today, and I simply couldn’t find a way to separate them out other than sending another email,
As I write this email, I’m sitting in my “office” (the recliner), and the air around me is redolent with the mouth watering scents of: 1) A big batch of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, 2) two crusty loaves of bread sitting on the counter to cool, 3) a batch of rhubarb-strawberry jam made from scratch,
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