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 […]
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 […]
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Winter … (plus two free downloads!)
It’s December! Time to don your mittens and scarves, bundle up in your big winter coat, and crunch through the snow in your boots. Right? No? Well, that was what December meant for most of my life. I spent the majority of my years living in Illinois, with a decade in Pennsylvania thrown in there, […]
4 Things to Love About Christmas Romances (+ #Giveaway)
I don’t know about you, but I’m one of those people who likes to keep my holidays separate. What do I mean by this? Basically, I prefer to give Thanksgiving its own special place in the month of November and wait until December to break out all the red and green decor. So now that […]
Invitation to a Cozy Christmas
I’m a sucker for anything cozy. Crackling fireplaces, a steaming mug of coffee, or snuggling under a blanket when the temperature outside falls. Add a good book set at Christmas time and you’ve got yourself just about the perfect combination! I had the pleasure of joining together with three other CCR authors to bring readers […]
Happy Thanksgiving
Inspy Romance is closed today to celebrate American Thanksgiving. We hope you have a lovely day with your families. If you’re not in the US and today is a normal Thursday in your part of the world, we are thankful for you and all our readers that you choose to stop by and read our […]
May I Have Your Autograph
I was in fourth grade the first time I ever got a book that had been signed by the author. Children’s author Barbara M. Joosse had come to visit our school to talk about writing (and I even got to work with her on my own story). At the end of her visit, I was […]
What is The End?
What is The End? I love how a simple phrase can have multiple meanings, and it brings us different emotions depending on the situation. When I’m writing, I love when I reach the end, especially if my characters have fought me throughout the entire story. When I’m reading, I might be sad to reach the […]
Grand Proposals
We know romance books are all about love. Acts of love, falling in love, first kiss, wooing, hugging, glances…you get the idea. I’m a hopeless romantic, and I think that’s one of the reasons I became a romance author. I love LOVE! The plot of the story varies from book to book, but the common […]
Author Sightings
Do you like to go to author appearances? Sometimes a single author will sit at a table at a bookstore to meet readers and sign copies of their latest book. Sometimes it’s an entire hotel banquet room full of authors, all excited to meet you and talk to you about their books. As an author, […]