One of the most common criticisms of romance novels I hear is that the people in them are always perfect. I don’t mean that they live perfect lives and have no personality flaws – I mean that they’re always about beautiful people living in a world of beautiful people, unless you need some goofy sidekick […]
Think on These Things
Hi everyone! Hallee here. Normally, I’d talk about something inspirational or romantic to go with the theme of the blog, but today I’ve decided to get a little up close and personal with you. For years I blogged as Hallee the Homemaker, and my children kind of grew up in the “public” blogging eye. I […]
The Christian’s Writers’ Conferences
Last year was a busy year for me. When I sat down to do my taxes this past January, I discovered I’d taken 30 trips. I was either speaking somewhere or attending a conference for THIRTY trips. That’s quite a lot considering that my husband is in the National Guard, my youngest child turned 6 […]
My Favorite Romance Plot with a Giveaway!
One of my favorite romance novel plots involve the hero who has secretly been in love with the heroine for years. He doesn’t necessarily sit and pine for her, he still lives his life, but under everything is that love for the girl. I don’t really know why that appeals to me, but it always […]
The Billionaire Christian Romance — and a Giveaway!
At the time of this writing, I have almost 370 reviews on my book Greater Than Rubies. Over 300 of those reviews are 4 and 5 star. For the rest, there’s this kind of broad spectrum disapproval of the fact that my male protagonist, Tony Viscolli, is a billionaire who lives a luxurious life. It […]
Poll and a Four-Book Giveaway!
In this world that often feels controlled by social media, authors tend to feel like they have a built-in platform or audience. However, several recent articles I read have indicated that self promotion via social media does not work. Because writing and selling books is my business, I thought it was time to do some […]
In the Beginning
I’m not one of those super cool writers who has been penning stories since I could hold a pencil. I never thought about writing, never imagined a career writing – writing was never on my radar. Until one day, I sat down and wrote a book. I wrote it in secret. I got up every […]
Love Languages
Several years ago, I remember reading a message board for pregnancy and early childhood (I was likely pregnant with #3 while #2 was still nursing) right around this time of year and seeing a host of moms terribly upset and deeply hurt by the lack of presents on Valentine’s Day. It was so strange to […]
New Release: Grace’s Ground War!
The exciting Virtues and Valor serialized story continues with book 5! RUTH AUBERTIN’s father, a highly decorated veteran of the Great War, moves his family from British Palestine to the wild of Great Britain after the Hebron masacre in 1929. He has always known the Germans would return to France, and trained his children from […]
A Christmas Gift for My Readers
Last November, I published An Aria for Nick, , book 2 in my Song of Suspense Series. When that finished, the plan was for me to start working on Iron Skillet Man, book 3 in the Parody Cookbook Series. Only, I couldn’t get fully involved in Iron Skillet Man because I was so consumed with […]
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