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Do You Believe in (Book) Fairies?

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Hi friends, With great pleasure, I want to introduce my guest blogger and friend, Joy Tiffany. She's a voracious reader and author-supporter extraordinaire. If there was reader superhero--it would be her. She's blessed me with gift bags full of deadline items to keep me going and to surprise me daily. She's made me awesome scrabble-letter coasters with names of my characters and book titles. She's … [Read more...]

Where would you live?

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Hi friends, Happy Wednesday! Always glad to spend a day with you. A friend asked if I could live in any book, which story world would I choose. This is a writer and reader’s delight—at least for me. Books started racing through my mind. Stories I’ve treasured and the world they’re set in. I immediately thought of Dee Henderson’s O’Malley family and how I’d love to meet each member of … [Read more...]

Becoming a Warrior

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Hi friends, Happy Wednesday! Hope you’re having a wonderful week. I always look forward to spending it with you. A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned on social media how my daughter Ty took Little Man to a Ninja gym and he had a blast! It was so fun seeing him enjoying the obstacle, parkour course, especially because we’ve been huge fans of the show Ninja Warrior for years now. While we … [Read more...]

Book Inspired Movies: Romance Edition

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Hi friends, Happy Wednesday! Hope you’re having a wonderful week. I always look forward to spending mine with you. I wanted to share some of my favorite book-inspired movies, and I realized there are so many different genres to choose from so being a romantic suspense author and loving romantic movies, I decided to stick with classics-inspired romances. Upcoming posts will cover contemporary … [Read more...]

A Lost Love Found

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Hi friends, Happy Wednesday! Hope you’re having a wonderful week. My family and I headed to the beach for a much-needed vacation. Everyone has been working hard and we all needed time to just soak up some sun and breathe in the sea air. But this vacation was different for me. As Cara Putman shared a few weeks back about an author who left her laptop at home, I did the same. I’ve worked every … [Read more...]

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