Since I found out about InspyRomance’s closing, I’ve considered a hundred possible blog topics for my very last post… Should I write about being in my “Firefighter Era”? Wax on about whether my books are clean or sweet or Christian or closed-door or minty? (Maybe all of the above? I don’t really understand anything anymore […]
Scammers Gonna Scam
I love being generous with my readers. I run lots of paperback giveaways in my newsletter and enjoy sharing free ebooks from my author friends. However, I learned a hard lesson a while back that social media giveaways are not always a good idea. Here’s why. When I was hosting a giveaway for my last […]
Enough
In all my years on this earth, I’ve never been one who chooses a word for the year. Or one who feels that God has given me a word. In fact, I’ve always been a little jealous of people who could and would confidently assert “This year, my word is X.” How did they know? […]
What does “faith-friendly” mean? (and why I like it)
Have you seen the term “faith-friendly” floating around the bookisphere recently? I’ve seen it a few times, and the more I consider it, the more I like it. As a woman whose primary love language is words, who flourished in English and went on to become a writer, words hold a lot of meaning to […]
Your Review=Someone Else’s Preview
Hello friends! So, I know we’ve talked about reviews here on Inspy before, but it’s been a long minute. But why oh why would she want to talk reviews in December you ask? Well, I would love to answer that question. First though let’s talk about reviews for a minute. They are a funny […]
When Couples Fight
One of my guilty pleasures, that I justify under the guise of relationship research, is reading some of the varied relationship advice forums out there on the Internet. I enjoy reading the scenarios (even if they’re made up) and considering what I would do if they were my characters. How would I make it worse? […]
Here’s the Scoop on Buying Directly from Authors (#Giveaway)
Hey there, dear reader. Can I tell you a secret? Being an author is… a lot. It’s writing books, of course. But it is also working with editors. It’s getting reviews that cut you down and reviews that make you cry happy tears. It’s dealing with agents and publishers, or learning the ropes to publish […]
AI Narrated Audiobooks: Yes or No?
Just as I prepared to write my blog post, Amazon dropped a bombshell on the author world. It’s “beta testing” the creation and sale of computer-narrated audiobooks on Audible. Why is it a bombshell? Audible is one of the world’s biggest audiobook platforms. Up until now, it’s insisted that only human-narrated audiobooks can be sold […]
So… Why is He Still Single?
I’ve only ever had one boyfriend in my life, and I married him. I was his first girlfriend, too. That may sound romantic, and it is, in a way. But since we met when I was thirty and he was thirty-four, it also means we both had many, many years of loneliness. I felt like […]
Lust, Love, and Attraction
I stumbled across a conversation on Instagram the other day where an author was talking about romance novels and how they were a big cause of encouraging women to lust. She specifically called out Christian romance novels (as well as sweet/clean), saying that just leaving sex off the page wasn’t enough. And I get what […]