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Special Delivery (and a giveaway!)

October 23, 2017 By Deborah Raney

[UPDATE: AND THE WINNER OF Right Where We Belong IS: Kim P! See my note at the end of the comments for instructions on how to get your book. Thanks, everyone, for the great comments!] A few years ago I was invited to write a short-short romantic story for a little magazine called Splickety. (Only 1000 words! Flash fiction, it's called.) I had such fun with that story—even though writing short … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry Tagged With: book cover art, giveaway, reading, romance

A time to HOPE

October 12, 2017 By Cara Putman

I'm in a season of life where I'm being asked to hope about something I don't have an abundance of hope for. It's one of those times, my mind gets to apply what my heart resists. It's amazing how now I'm seeing messages about hope everywhere I go. Have you ever experienced that? [Tweet "Need #hope? We all do. @Cara_Putman shares some along with a #giveaway"]I find it uncanny how from any and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: cara putman, giveaway, hope, Imperfect Justice

Ooops! We Goofed. (Thus, a Giveaway!)

July 24, 2017 By Deborah Raney

UPDATE: THE WINNERS OF THE DRAWING ARE: KATHY EGER AND BRENDA MURPHREE. Congrats, ladies. If you will e-mail your snail mail addresses to me at debraney@mac.com, I'll get your copies in the mail ASAP. As you know, my husband and I are in the process of getting some of my older titles updated and back in print and e-book formats through our Raney Day Press. When I ordered a couple of copies of … [Read more...]

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Giveaways, a Video, and More

July 13, 2017 By Cara Putman

Today I thought I'd do something different and give you a little look into one of the other hats I wear. By day, I'm a full time lecturer at Purdue University, a job I absolutely adore. I feel most alive when I'm teaching and writing. So here's a video I made this week on Facebook that shares a bit about what I'm reading right now for that job. I didn't include the Corporate Governance textbook. … [Read more...]

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Think Outside The Alpha – And a Giveaway!!

June 15, 2017 By Karen Witemeyer

I admit it. My favorite part about writing romance novels is having control over the hero. Making him look the way I want him to look (Hugh Jackman, Chris Hemsworth, and Alex O'Loughin are frequently consulted), giving him rugged swagger and the skills to back it up, and best of all, giving him an honorable core and a soft heart that only the heroine can uncover beneath his gruff exterior. What … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Reading, Writing Tagged With: giveaway, Heart on the Line

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