Similar to how I analyzed my reading for 2014 last year at this time, I thought I’d examine this week what, who, how, and how much I read this calendar year. (Those who are chart-phobic may want to gently avert their eyes now.) This past year, I attempted to read 58 books. This is lower than … [Read more…]
My New Year’s Eve short story, SOMEWHERE WARM, is currently free until the end of the year! I’m on romance author Tamara Lush’s blog this weekend talking about my love for snowbound stories and why I decided to write this story in particular. Check it out, and download SOMEWHERE WARM at any of the sellers below … [Read more…]
I’m happy to announce that a romance anthology I contributed to, TASTE ME, TEMPT ME: 8 TALES OF SWEET & SPICY ROMANCE, is out today! Sink your teeth into something delicious. Eight contemporary and historical romance authors offer tempting tales of love and lust through time, served hot. Some of these short stories are sweet, and some … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with contemporary romance author Betsy Talbot. Who are you? I’m the author of The Late Bloomers Series and my heroines are all women in their prime. I love exploring what life looks like on the other side of forty—mainly because that is precisely the time my life … [Read more…]
I’m excited to announce that my story SOMEWHERE WARM is now available for preorder at all major booksellers. SOMEWHERE WARM is the first in my STUCK WITH YOU series, a group of standalone novellas where two people come face-to-face with extreme weather that forces them together…and creates just the right atmosphere to fall in love. The … [Read more…]
Today I welcome a guest post from romance author Betsy Talbot, author of the new Late Bloomers series. Welcome, Betsy! I became a romance writer in Morocco at the age of 43. Before you start imagining vibrant images of this exotic country, the echo of the call to prayer sounding throughout the streets five times … [Read more…]
This month I’ve been tagged by a fellow author in a blog hop where I answer questions about my writing process and then tag three more writers. I was tagged by the lovely romance writer Rebecca Brooks, who wrote about her writing process here. Here’s a bit more about Rebecca: Rebecca Brooks lives in New York … [Read more…]
Today I’m welcoming a guest post by debut romance novelist Rebecca Brooks, author of the erotic romance Above All. When my debut contemporary erotic romance Above All was published this month, I was in touch with several reviewers who wanted to know more about the book. Does it have a happy ending? (Yes!) Is there anything … [Read more…]
There is sometimes a tendency to read or write a book and think about sex scenes as if they are something separate from the story that is happening. It’s like the story is a salad, and the steamy scenes are cherry tomatoes thrown on top, something small and sweet to add to the lettuce, croutons, … [Read more…]
Today I’m welcoming romance author Carol Rose. Carol, a Romance Writers of America Golden Heart finalist, has written twenty contemporary romance books–her latest which is Thankfully Yours. Here are her thoughts on heroines (and heroes!) we love. Thanks for joining us, Carol! She may be testy when she’s on her period and she may not have … [Read more…]