Hello! Jolene Navarro here checking in from Canyon Texas. For the first week of my summer, I’m at the West Texas Writers’ Academy on the campus of West Texas A&M University. It is one of my favorite weeks of the year. So from sunup and way after the sun settled behind the plains we are submerged in our writing. […]
Finding your way out of a funk.
Happy Ever After starts with a Wedding
Jolene Navarro here. Checking in from the Texas Hill Country and a season of weddings. As a romance writer, I LOVE weddings. From the big to the small, from the simple to the lavish and everything in between. I look to see how the details (wedding to grooms cake) speaks to the personalities of the bride and […]
Love in a Small Town
Hello, Jolene Navarro checking in from the Texas Hill Country. I love life in a small town. People know people. They know who your grandmother was, your second cousins and siblings. You belong. You have a history. You’re part of a story. You know why the locals call the intersection at HWY 46 and Herff […]
Keep Moving, Keep Walking
Jolene Navarro here, checking in from the Texas Hill Country. We have rolled into month two of a new year and today is Monday. The first day of a new week! As a writer, I spend a great deal of time in front of the computer. I also teach art downtown San Antonio which is an […]
On the Road to 50
Hola, Jolene Navarro checking in from Central California. Yes, I have left my Texas Hill Country to start the year and my 50th birthday with a little adventure. My husband and I are on a road trip from Carmel by the Sea, Big Sur, Castle Hearst then up to San Fransico. We are halfway through […]
The Last Angel by Jolene Navarro
Jolene checking in from the Texas Hill Country. Today is release day for The Texans Twins! While trying to keep myself distracted so I won’t obsess over my latest release I’ve been decorating for Christmas. As I open boxes and go through all the decorations I get to recall all the blessing from the past. […]
Baby Bats, A Secret Husband and Twins – Jolene Navarro
You never know where you are going to get inspiration to spark an idea that ends up as a plot point in a story. Two unrelated events become one story. A couple years ago a friend of mine was doing research for a story about wolves. Teri Wilson was writing what would become Alaskan Sanctuary. I […]
Tree of Life by Jolene Navarro
Hola, Jolene Navarro, checking in from the Texas Hill Country. I had planned to tell you about the Tree of Life project my students and I are working on for the celebration of San Antonio’s three-hundred-year anniversary. Many cultures use trees as symbols of life, roots that we need in order to grow, to grow […]
Sisters and a Cover Reveal from Jolene Navarro
Hello, Jolene Navarro here checking in from the Texas Hill Country. I’ve started a new series that tells the story of four sisters. Sisters that was raised in a lumberyard by their single dad. Sister relationships fascinate me, and I fell in love with the fictional Bergmann sisters as a family as much as I […]