I can totally identify with the photo of the coffee spilling on the keyboard! Anyone else? As my social media feed (particularly on Instagram) becomes overly filtered and posed, I’ve come to appreciate those people who still share “real” life. Not that I don’t love those beautiful posts–but “real life” stuff has it’s own […]
New (cover) & Renew (creativity)
Hola! Jolene Navarro checking in from the Texas Hill Country. Watching the sunset over the ranch that is on the other side of our road. It’s for sale. Anyone have a few million I could use? It’s right on the Guadalupe River. Perfect place for a writing retreat. That’s one of my far fetched dreams, owning […]
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 […]
How Fat is Too Fat?
Women come in all shapes and sizes, right? Right. And women say they prefer to read about real women, not heroines who are movie-star glamorous with slender (but perfect) curves, and long, shapely legs the hero can’t keep his eyes off of. Those legs were a recurring theme in a romance I read recently! Women […]
Christmas Gifts and Seasonal Blessings!
We’re now well and truly into Advent, a wonderful season of anticipation. And of shopping, too! I love buying Christmas gifts, though it’s not always easy choosing just the right thing (hopefully!) for the people I love. Almost all my presents are now purchased, just wrapping and posting to do. Phew! Still all the Christmas […]
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. […]
I Still Do – Cover Share and Giveaway by Melanie D. Snitker
October has become one of my busiest writing months in a while. I’m currently polishing up my next release and thought I’d share the cover with you all. This book has been such a fun one to write, and most of it takes place in Colorado during a blizzard. It isn’t easy writing about snow […]
What’s in the Box Plus Giveaway
I love books and I admit, I love bargains, so I’m grateful for the existence of box sets. I believe the first box set I bought was Splash! where I discovered several new to me authors (also a plus about multi-author sets). Later, I found it was fun to work with other writers while publishing […]
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 […]
Caramel Kisses
Have you, or someone you know, ever kept a secret from your spouse or loved one? My upcoming novella from the Somewhere Beyond The Blue box set is entitled Caramel Kisses. Seventy-one-year-old Michael Gray is grieving over the loss of his spouse. Shortly before his wife Mimi dies, she reveals that she’d had a baby before she […]