When I started writing, the easiest and best way to bring my ideas to life was with a pen on paper (fun note: I still prefer to write that way!), the reason being that I would then have to transfer those words to a typewriter with carbon paper. Anyone remember carbon paper? Mistakes required dabbing […]
Tickling My Funny Bone by Deb Kastner
As I mentioned in earlier blog posts, 2019 is going to be a big PIVOT year for me and I couldn’t be any more excited. The last two years I’ve felt rather like I’ve been hiding under my bed, afraid to stick my head out and see what is happening in the world. Chicken Little […]
Learning to Pivot
Back in January, when I was looking forward to how I expected this year to go and made goals and plans, I could never have expected all the changes that would happen, either personally or professionally. My husband officially became disabled (he was before, but it’s not “official” until the government agrees…). My oldest daughter […]
What’s Missing? by Deb Kastner
A Unique Christmas Mystery As many of you know, I’ve gone “hybrid,” which means I am independently publishing some books, writing some for a small press and continuing to write for Harlequin. This has completely spoiled me, because when I indie publish, the choice of what goes on my cover is entirely up to me. […]
A Christmas to Remember… by Deb Kastner
As many of you know, I’ve been slowly dipping my toes into independent publishing. I still love writing for Harlequin, but I couldn’t pass up the wonderful opportunity to join some of my Inspy Romance author sisters in bringing about this brand new Christmas bundle. Enter my very first adorable, stuttering, VR-glasses-wearing geek hero Cameron […]
Finding Time to Read by Deb Kastner
I suspect writers aren’t the only ones with too much time, too little to do. Or as dear Willie Wonka in (the old, wonderful Gene Wilder version of) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory would say, “Scratch that. Reverse it.” Free Time? What is this thing called Free Time? When my grandson Boo complains that he’s […]
Pedaling Backward by Deb Kastner
Like people in many other fields, authors must meet deadlines, whether set by editors in the world of traditional publishing or scheduled onto the calendar when indie-publishing. I am an oldest-child, deadline-oriented perfectionist. I doubt I would ever get any books written (or blog posts for that matter) if I didn’t have to meet deadlines. […]
Open Windows
I’m sure you’ve all heard the saying, “When God closes a door, he opens a window.” That statement has resonated quite deeply with me lately both in my life and as an author. In truth, when my husband had his double stroke, practically every door in my figurative house slammed shut on me. I’ve […]
Made in the Image by Deb Kastner
I’m excited to introduce you to Toby Carmichael, the sweet baby in And Cowboy Makes Three, my current release. My heroine Angelica, once considered the bad-girl of Serendipity who had run out on good-guy hero Rowdy Masterson on the eve of their wedding, has returned to town with a baby and no ring. It’s a […]
REDEMPTION by Deb Kastner
Seeing as I write about cowboys, most of my novels include alpha male characters in need of “gentling” of one kind or another, which of course my heroines are more than happy to do. (Well, maybe not at the beginning of the book, but eventually they come around to see the gem hidden inside the […]
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