Welcome to Inspy today! Back-2-School Book Bash has begun! Always great fun! And today we’re talking small towns. What we love and maybe don’t love about small towns. There are tried and true elements that readers love and come to expect when creating this type of community. I’m calling them anchors. Small Town Anchor […]
Armchair Travel
If I had my druthers, I would do a lot more international travelling than I manage to do in reality. My mom and dad took a six month trip around the world when my dad finished his PhD and I grew up listening to stories of the places they visited, the things they saw, and […]
Twenty-Twenty Hindsight
Do you have twenty-twenty hindsight that makes you look at your own life and circumstances more critically than usual? Do you think of questions that begin with any of these starters? It would be easier now if I had… Things would be different now if we were… I wish I never did… Those things crossed […]
What Happens After The End? + a #Giveaway
Have you ever gotten to the end of a book only to wish there was more? Sometimes, no matter how satisfying an ending is, the characters have become so important to you, that you don’t want their story to end. You want to know what is coming next for them, where life is taking them, […]
A Trip in the Wayback Machine
My kids are both big fans of Mr. Peabody and Sherman. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a fun movie about an incredibly intelligent dog who adopts a little boy and, deciding to undertake his education, creates a time machine so that Sherman can experience history rather than just read about it. That time machine? […]
What’s in Your Basket of Feelings? + #Giveaway
When I say the word basket, what comes to mind? Maybe you immediately thought of this one … … because you’ve already done two loads of laundry today. Or maybe you thought of this one … … because it’s time to stock up the fridge again. (In which case, you’ll probably need one of these […]
Novels or Novella #giveaway
Hi all! February is here! The month of love. Our favorite subject to talk about. I go around telling people all the time “I love, love.” And I do. So this is certainly a month to celebrate in my world. And it’s my hubby’s birthday month. Lots of love there! So, for the month of […]
The Makings of a New Series
I caught a wave… It was on a whim. While looking through various Amazon book lists (I like to see what people are buying, and I look at covers, since I enjoy creating them) Anyway, I noticed all these Billionaire romances cluttering the lists. I remember when it was Mail Order Bride that […]
Series… Love Them Or Not? Plus Giveaway!
I love reading series. I enjoy the main hero and heroine’ story and often find myself rooting for secondary characters and wanting them to get their own books. And in the following books, it’s fun catching up with the characters I already fell in love with! I might be partial here because Autumn is a […]
Christmas at Hope Ranch
Hi there. My name is Cyan Hewitt, and Elizabeth asked if I’d swing by and talk to you all about Christmas at my grandparents’ ranch. Rancho de Esperanza is located on a mesa in northern New Mexico. It’s sort of near Taos, if that means anything to you. Contrary to what you might think of […]