No one loves Christmas as much as Chelsea Macintosh, the heroine in my recent novella The Last Mountain Christmas in the Marry Christmas Collection. I recently sat down with her to discover a few of her favorite things. We met up at a coffee shop where she ordered a hot chocolate and offered me half […]
Guest Post from Penny Zeller – What Goes Through a Dog’s Mind + #Giveaway
Narelle here. I’m delighted to welcome Penny Zeller to our blog today. :) An interview with star canine, Sullivan Theodore IV, of Love in the Headlines and a #giveaway Have you ever wondered what goes through a dog’s mind? Meet Sullivan Theodore IV, one of the secondary canine characters in Love in the Headlines. He […]
Interviewing Emma and a Giveaway
INTERVIEWER: Today I’m hosting Emma Fitzpatrick from A Reason to Stay. Good morning, Emma, and welcome to the blog. EMMA: Thanks for having me. INTERVIEWER: Let’s start with why you’re in Whispering Pines, Colorado in the first place. It’s a small mountain town, and you come from LA. That’s a huge change. EMMA: Well, I […]
Character Interview: USAF Tech Sgt Dyson
I’ve been seeing many of our wonderful Inspy Romance authors do character interviews recently. I’ve never done one before and it sounded so fun! Whatever Happens Next came out in May and we’ve had some fun talking about it, so today I thought we’d chat with our hero, US Air Force vehicle maintainer, TSgt Dyson. […]
Five Questions for Chef and Restaurateur Piper Peyton (and #Giveaway)
Do you like to read character interviews? Today we’re going to revisit one of my Savannah Sweethearts main characters, Piper Peyton, who is the chef-owner of Piper’s Place in Savannah. Piper Peyton’s restaurant has appeared in every single book in the series, since the days of the prequel, Ask You Later. However, I didn’t get […]
Character Spotlight: Jake Womack from More than Words
I believe it was Anais Nin who is credited for saying, “We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” I’ve also heard many authors say they don’t know exactly what a story is going to be about until they are slogging through that lonely desert experience (also known as writing the […]
Character Interview: Nick Williams from Hallee Bridgeman’s AN ARIA FOR NICK with a GIVEAWAY!
My street team, Hallee’s Allies, recently had a discussion about their favorite book from my Song of Suspense series. I’m currently writing the fourth book in that series, and their discussion prompted me to think about the other books and how special each one is to me. The first book, A Melody for James, was […]
Introducing Chase Binford: Hero of Love Flies In
My favorite part of writing a novel is the daydreaming that precedes the actual construction of the plot. The initial spark for a plot kicks my imagination into overdrive and pretty soon I’m having all kinds of conversations with a brand new cast of fictional characters. In reality, when we meet someone new, we each […]