I was talking to someone recently about how the person people see when they look at us isn’t always who we really are. Or, more specifically, it’s not all of who we are. When that happens often enough, we can start to feel unseen – like nobody cares enough to look beyond the surface. We […]
Honest Author Talk
The other day I went to a book festival event near my hometown. This secular event had a number of high profile Australian authors speak, include Tom Kenneally (author of Schindler’s Ark which became the film Schindler’s List) and Candice Fox, who co-writes with James Patterson and has had TV shows made of her books. […]
What Do Authors Fear?
Obviously I cannot speak for every author everywhere. But if you are an author, or if you follow an author on social media, I’m certain you’ve seen the memes that revolve around this question. What do Authors Fear? Let’s look at this from a different perspective. Authors have fears as all humans do, and this […]
Puzzles of Love, Puzzles of Life (#NationalPuzzleDay)
Have you ever been to an escape room? You know, one of those puzzle places where you pay to find clues to get out of a maze or room? You’d have to do it within a certain period of time or you lose the game. No refund! I kid you not, I was so stressed […]
Twelve Ways To Be an Awesome Launch Team Member
I admit it. I was a terrible launch team member. At least, that’s what I thought. I always felt guilty that I wasn’t doing enough, no matter the author. Then, about two years ago, I transitioned from being a launch team member to having my own launch team. And my view of what it takes […]
Welcoming Change by Melanie D. Snitker + Freebie
Change is such a double-edged sword. On one hand, it can be a wonderful thing and lead to new adventures or new experiences. On the other, good changes can be difficult to adjust to. Even small ones: I’ve always read digital books using the Kindle application on my cell phone. My husband has had an […]
Tragedy and Romance (+giveaway)
I’ll be the first to admit I tend to lean toward uncomplicated, happy romances by default. Like bacon and cheese, such books make up the majority of my dietary preferences, literarily speaking. However, these aren’t the books I savor. They aren’t the ones to win awards and acclaim and get talked about nonstop. I could […]
Rich, Beautiful, and Living in Paradise
As a preteen in the mid-‘80s, I loved soap operas. We lived in Canada back then, and the nighttime American soaps were the best, especially Dallas, Dynasty, and the Colbys. The nuances of the storylines went way over my head. Only the bluntest of plotlines made sense. So I knew that JR, Alexis, and Sable […]
How They Met #Giveaway
Part of the fun of writing contemporary romance is creating unique, fun, or interesting ways for the hero and heroine to meet. Over the years I’ve used real-life things to inspire cute meets in my books. Like the time back when my husband was a youth director. We took a busload of teens to a […]
Confessions of Authors Who Oopsed
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 now available as one download on Amazon is that readers often speed read […]