Every year I set aside the time from Thanksgiving week through New Year’s Day to read Christmas-themed novels. It’s one of the ways I enjoy the season. However, this year my Christmas reading can’t start until Dec. 1, the day I turn in my book. And so Christmas reading will be my reward for finishing. Only I had no idea how motivating this would turn out to be! Three of my (many) favorite … [Read more...]
Happy Anniversary, Inspired by Life and Fiction
Ten years ago tomorrow (October 17, 2011), Tamera Alexander and I launched a new group author blog with eight other writers. We called it Writes of Passage and it was hosted on Blogger. Over two years later, it became obvious the blog would be better served if it had its own website. I no longer remember if the website name (writesofpassage) was already in use or if we simply wanted a new name … [Read more...]
Hanging Out with Book People
The pandemic has really cut down on the amount of writing-related travel I've ben able to do over the last year and a half. So when the opportunity arose to speak on a panel at the Lubbock Book Festival, I was excited to volunteer. There is just something that makes my heart happy about hanging out with book people. And since the festival took place in the public library, we were surrounded by … [Read more...]
Book Release (And a Giveaway!)
The Heart of a Cowboy, the second book in my Colorado Cowboys series, is releasing on Tuesday! And there's still time to take advantage of the fabulous pre-order special through Baker Book House (40% off and free shipping!): https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/277334 If you enjoy traveling-west-by-covered-wagons stories, then this book will be right up your alley! The McQuaid family, led by … [Read more...]
Do You Believe in (Book) Fairies?
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...]
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