From age four to ten, my family lived in Billings, Montana. My two youngest brothers were born while we lived there. My love for storytelling started there. After a big snowstorm, my oldest brother and I went under the back porch and picked up the lint from the dryer vent that lay on the snow. […]
National Look-Alike Day
April 20th is National Look-Alike Day, so I thought it would be the perfect time to talk about twins (and triplets, and quadruplets…) in romance. Mostly I’m thinking babies here, although I’ve read (and written) some wonderful twin stories with adults as the theme (Redeeming the Rancher and Mistletoe Daddy with twin heroines Alexis and […]
A Day in the Life (part 11)
I hope everyone’s having a wonderful summer! It’s been hot here lately, and I find myself increasingly thankful for air conditioning. I’ve also discovered the joy of playing video games with my husband and son. I’m terrible at video games. My character is constantly dying. I can never remember which buttons to push for what. […]
A Day in the Life (part 10)
The story’s all done, and if memory serves (which it doesn’t always), there are only two more installments after this one. That kind of blows my mind. That means I’ll have spent an entire year on this. I’ve made a few corrections along the way as I’ve struggled with how much to say about the […]
A Day in the Life (part 9)
I hope you’re having a wonderful May! So far this month, I’ve attended a wedding and had a birthday. Pretty soon, it’ll be time for final exams and that big breath of relief that we all take when finals are over. And graduations! Do you know anyone who’s graduating this year? I do a weekly […]
A Day in the Life (part 7) & a #Giveaway
Welcome to the blog today! I’m glad you’re here! The end of this fun little more-than-a-short-story is finally in sight. I think I’ll have it wrapped up in another couple of months (two…or three…probably three). If you’d like to catch up on what’s already happened in the wonderful and slightly wacky world of Zephyra Prentice, […]
Double Trouble # Giveaway
With eighteen, soon to be nineteen Contemporary Romance titles under my belt, there isn’t much I haven’t put in a book. But never twins. Until A Texas Bond. When I was a teenager, I had this fantasy world in my head where I’d get married someday and have twins. After my son was born, I […]
A Day in the Life (part 3)
Hi there! As you may recall, I’ve been sharing a little serial story with you guys. If you haven’t read (or have forgotten about) the first two parts, you can click here to go back and read Part 1 and Part 2. I hope you’ve been enjoying reading the story as much as I’m enjoying […]
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 […]