For those of you who like beach reads during the summer, I’m offering Finding Love in Seaside as a free download. It’s a prequel novella to my Resort to Love Series. Click here to download. The downside to having entire the series non available as one download on Amazon, readers often speed read through it […]
Quiz: Could You be a Heroine in a Romance Novel?
It’s wedding season! I love hearing all the stories of how couples got together. It inspires me to write better because, really, there are a lot of overused tropes out there. I’ve overused them myself. Though I’m happily married, and I feel like my love story would make good fodder, do I really have what […]
Hubby Hunting 101
My next romance was inspired by a list of ways to find a husband that came out in McCall Magazine in the 1950s. You might have seen it since it went viral on the internet a couple of years ago. Once I read it, I started imagining a modern day woman trying out such antiquated […]
Meet the Actors Who Brought My Book to Life
This past weekend, I got to do one of the coolest things I’ve ever done. I got to see the characters from my book Finding Love in Big Sky come to life! Josh was the first character I met: Johnathan Stoddard was so engaging, intelligent, and giving. He got into acting as a kid, […]
5 Things Men Could Learn From Romance Novels
Once upon a time, my husband listened to a romance audiobook with me. I downloaded Meant to Be Mine by Becky Wade for a road trip, and he got sucked in. It was the cutest thing ever. He said stuff like… “Matthew McConaughey could play a good Ty.” When Ty rode his Harley to the […]
The Game of Love
Title of my next romantic comedy: Football is My Boyfriend I got the idea to write this when our 2019 Boise State football season tickets seated us behind a group of ladies who go to every single football game on their own. I’ll tell you the plot then you can help me brainstorm more. When […]
The Twelve Edits of Christmas
I know better than to schedule deadlines in December. The holidays have enough stress without trying to finish a book. But this year I’m actually having fun with it. My editor Christina and I met at our first writer’s conference almost fifteen years ago. She’s taught me as much about life as she has about […]
Formula for Christmas Romance
It’s snowing in Idaho today, which is very appropriate for the release of A Christmas Romance Collection. The book set offers six romance novels that take place during the holidays, including my novel optioned for film, Finding Love in Big Sky, or, as the producer renamed it, Starlight Christmas. My book is also being recorded […]
101 Ways to Find a Hubby
I was inspired to write Husband Auditions (click here for excerpt) by a 1950’s list of ways to get a husband as printed in McCall Magazine. I had so much fun with it (click here for fun facts), the book is done, and I already made it through my first round of edits. THEN… We […]
10 Types of Readers
I love you all, of course. You each have your own individual ways of blessing me, challenging me, and making me smile. Here are the ten reading styles I’ve found among my audience: Breathless—You see the wonder in every word. Each book you read takes your breath away. I’m totally flattered by your raving reviews […]
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