Currently in the United States, we are in the football playoff season. Lots of women don’t care for sports, but I love them. I’m not sure why I love sports when so many women don’t. Maybe it’s because I grew up with three brothers who all played numerous sports, but then I was the oldest […]
What Do You Recommend?
I would be hard-pressed to find a writer who hadn’t spent years reading before he or she put that first sentence to a page. So many writers I know write books today because they fell in love with reading at a young age. I’m one of those writers, too. One reason? My walk home […]
When Books Imitate Headlines + A Giveaway
One story is currently dominating the news headlines in the UK. A member of the Royal Family has been exposing all manner of dirty laundry—including unmentionables—in the runup to his new memoir, which was a bestselling book even before it was released. An early reviewer of my latest book, Within the Storm, asked whether I’d […]
Achievements in 2022 #Giveaway
In my last post of 2021, I listed some disappointments of the year and goals for the new one. Number 1 on the list: Reading for pleasure. Since I didn’t read any books just for fun in 2021, I set a goal of 12 for 2022. I didn’t really count as I went and didn’t […]
Survey Time for Romance Readers!
So today is the first year birthday celebration of my first indie release – yay! The Breakup Project released a year ago, and it’s been a fun ride on the Indie Author Express. This past year I’ve tried all kinds of new things, including (and not limited to): rapid releasing books, co-writing a book, writing […]
The End
As we come to the end of another year, I’m thinking about the ending for romances. I don’t type “The End” when I finish one of my novels. I know it’s the end, but is it a good ending, the kind of ending that will make me cry or a least give a heartfelt […]
I’m Giving Away Books for My Birthday!!!
As a romance writer, I enjoy a good love story. So every year on my birthday, I like to do a giveaway where anyone who shares a true love story is entered. This way, we all win! If you don’t know my love story, you can read about it in this month’s issue of Idaho […]
Not a Honeymoon
It was supposed to be a honeymoon … a cruise. If only Nathan hadn’t called off the wedding a month before. If only Bree hadn’t given in to their friends who convinced her to use the tickets for the nonrefundable honeymoon anyway. If only Nathan hadn’t done the same, not realizing he was being set […]
Character Inspiration for Kiss Me on Christmas + Giveaway
Happy Tuesday, friends! There’s been lots of talk this month here on InspyRomance about Christmas books…and I’m ready to board that train! I love Christmas, but, surprisingly, before this last year, I had only written one teeny tiny Christmas romance novella in all my 7 years of publishing–12 Days of Snowmen (a free download […]
12 Days of Christmas…Reader Style!
Around our house, the Christmas music has been playing since the beginning of November. And I’m not tired of it yet. There are songs I could listen to all year (looking at you “Go Tell It On the Mountain” and “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”). There are other songs that I skip every time (I […]