Valerie: Hi Lauren! Welcome to Inspy Romance. Our eager romance fans would love to get to know you a bit. Let’s start with some Quick Fives, okay? Lauren (leans forward): Yes! Let’s do it. Valerie: Five favorite foods? Lauren: Hamburgers, French fries, fried chicken, pizza, and ice cream. Valerie: Um… wow. How did you get […]
It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas…
… with all the Christmas music playing and Christmas decorations displayed in the stores. The reminders to post our overseas Christmas cards and gifts early (oops- I already missed the economy mail deadline for Australia – that’s gonna cost me!). And also, all the Christmas romance boxed sets launching! I love Christmas, though as I’m […]
A Reservation for Romance: Behind the Scenes
A Reservation for Romance, the third and final installment of my Homegrown Love Stories series is finally releasing this week, and I’m hopeful you will enjoy Brooke and Grant’s story. I’ve shared before that Brooke Jennings Lockwood is one of my all-time favorite characters, and I really wanted to do her story justice. So […]
The Heart of Christmas
Welcome to the last day of October. I don’t know about you, but 2018 has FLOWN by for me. I can’t believe Christmas is just around the corner, but it is. And the proof is in all the Christmas books releasing. :D I love it. I’m an avid reader and have been since I was […]
Southern Comfort
Do you know anybody who’s blind? That may seem like an unusual question but it’s the premise of my novel, Southern Comfort. Carl was born blind, so, he’s had a rough life. Simple things like finding a job and relocating to a new area can be challenging for someone who is disabled. When he meets […]
On Changing Seasons and Big Life Events
Some life events are just hard to get over. Like, riding in a canoe for the first time with your husband who thinks faster is better and rapids are fun. We are such opposites. And yes, that stinkin’ canoe tipped. I ended up in that cold, Michigan river. For a minute. I say a minute […]
Kara Isaac – All Made Up – Novel Excerpt
I’m excited to welcome Kara Isaac back to Inspy Romance today! I just finished her new novel All Made Up, and I absolutely loved it! Kara has that unique ability to make you laugh and cry and feel great about both. She’s graciously provided an excerpt of this new release! CHAPTER ONE Reality TV. […]
RomComs and Retellings
Sometime toward the beginning of the year, I got to talking with my local group of writers (we meet monthly) and we kicked around the idea of doing a Christmas box. It was an interesting idea. I haven’t ever been part of a mixed-genre box and, while I had a few reservations about that aspect […]
Release Day Risk… and a #giveaway
Today, I have to do something way out of my comfort zone: promote my new release, The Twins’ Family Christmas, on Facebook Live. Oh, hooray. Writers get into the business because they like words… but not necessarily words spoken aloud. No, we generally prefer the written word. For me, writing a blog post to talk about […]
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 […]