It’s Narelle here. I’m excited to share with you my recommendation for Hope For Tomorrow by Inspy Romance author Elizabeth Maddrey. Armchair travelling to a ranch in New Mexico provided a fun and thought-provoking escape from the chilly winter we’re experiencing in Australia. Here’s the Book Description: She’s out of options. He doesn’t want to […]
Things Authors have to Google (and other ways we research)
Google is a writer’s best friend – or at least it seems that way sometimes! I’ve researched everything from bread baking techniques (for Danielle in Summer to Remember) to how to embezzle money from a doctor’s office (Spring Fever). While we often pull from experience from former jobs, relationships, or current hobbies, sometimes we get […]
Hey! What about Thanksgiving?!
Here in the US, it seems like the last wisps of smoke from the fireworks have barely begun to fade from the July sky when all the craft and hobby stores begin rolling out the fall and Christmas stuff. It never fails, immediately people begin lamenting it coming “earlier every year” and grousing about seeing […]
1 Baker + 1 Florist = Romance (& a #Giveaway!)
One of the perks of being a writer is that I occasionally get to read other authors’ works before they are released to the public. There’s the “sneak peek” factor, of course. When I get to read something before it’s released, I can pretend that I’m one of the cool kids for a bit. Enjoying […]
Book Recommendation – Luna Rosa: Blushing Moon by Elizabeth Maddrey
If you’re following ‘A Tuscan Legacy’, you’ll know the final book in the series, La Risposta, is releasing soon. In La Risposta you’ll learn the answers to the family mystery that has been developing through the 9-book series. The stories span three continents, and are a cultural learning experience. The USA is a ‘foreign setting’ […]
EIGHT SECONDS by Deb Kastner
Considering I write about cowboys and rodeos, you might be thinking that I’m referring to how long a cowboy has to stay on a bucking bronco or bull. But not this time. Apparently, eight seconds is the length of a human’s attention span. Eight measly seconds. According to a study done by Microsoft and recorded […]
Unique Romantic Lead Characters
By Narelle Atkins Great romance stories have great lead characters. These characters have depth and are like real people. They have strengths and weaknesses and wrestle with problems and issues while falling in love. The heroine in my current work-in-progress is fluent in four languages: English, French, Spanish and her native tongue, Italian. For my […]
Fall Romance + a Gift Card #Giveaway
Falling For You is here! Have you gotten your copy yet? Six brand-new fall-themed romance novellas for only 99 cents. Yay! I’m going to share a mini-blurb for the other five novellas in the set, and then I’ll give you the full blurb and an excerpt for An Informal Date, my contribution to Falling […]