Today we have a few treats for you. The first is Bedazzled the first book in the Beguiling Bachelor Series is now only $.99! We also have 5 ebooks of Desire and Dessert to giveaway for this week’s treat. About…
Gem of the Week and What to Read Next – Come to the Spring Book Fair! Spring Fair Day 1: Contemporary and Young Adults This week my gem and what to read are one and the same. Why? Because…
Being a new – or newish – author means making mistakes. You do it often, but if you are serious about the work, if writing is your passion, you dust yourself off when you fall, you learn from your mistakes,…
If you are new to Tours and Treats, this post is dedicated to helping readers follow romance novel book tours and blog hops, discover romance promotions contests, giveaways, and freebies. It is my effort to help you discover new books…
Recently, I wrote an email soliciting members for the Advanced Reader Group of my upcoming novel, Desire & Dessert. In response, a couple of my favorite fans, who are avid readers and wonderfully honest as well, confessed that before I…
Want – a completed novel. Have – a blank page. Okay, a blank Word document to be absolutely accurate, but the result is the same – panic. At least I am my own publisher, so there is no third party…
Sometimes life socks me in the face. In fact, more times than I like to admit. I fall behind schedule, I gain another pound, I forget an appointment. While none of these are life changing, in that moment, they knock…
From the moment I tackled my first novel, when I chose a setting for my books, I chose to use real places. There were numerous reasons, I suppose, even if I was not fully aware of them. Many experts say…
I would like to thank my sisters, who are also my editors, beta readers, sounding boards and so much more, for sharing some of their insights into life with a romance author. Welcome to my three wonderful sisters. EWWWW! We…
“Writing fiction feels like an adventurous act, nudging aside reality a word at a time.” ― James Van Pelt Although I was still avoiding Instagram completely, and all but ignoring LinkedIn, I believed I had become sophisticated in my use of…