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Sunday Snippet: The Gratitude Edition (Because I Need This)
And maybe you do, too? I’m trying very hard to take each day as it comes. To stay in the here-and-now, as my mom used to preach. It’s hard. I’m worrying about everything–the state of our country, Social Security, Medicare, what will happen to the folks who depend on Medicaid, our relationships with Canada, Mexico, and the rest of the world, how we ended up in this dreadful mess. How can we ever fix it? The gut-wrenching worry and fear is pointless, really, because none of it is anything I can control. It’s better to focus on the many things I have in my life that I can be thankful…
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Author Spotlight: Elsa Winckler Takes Us Back to Montana & Cowboys!
One of the great pleasures of being a Tule Publishing author is meeting so many wonderful authors. Elsa Winckler is one and I’m so delighted to have her with me today to tell us about her newest novel. I love the cover on this one and I can’t wait to read it! Oh, and be sure to check out her giveaway! Elsa has been reading love stories for as long as she can remember and when she ‘met’ the classic authors like Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, Henry James, the Brontë sisters, etc. during her Honors studies, she was hooked for life. Although her three gown-up children rarely acknowledge the fact…
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Sunday Snippet: The I’m Still Learning Edition
It’s been a tough week for me, for the country, for the world, and I debated long and hard about what my column for today would be. I could so easily rant here–it’s my space, I can say what I want. But I don’t want this to be a political platform. I prefer to keep this about my writer life, my editor life, and some things about just being Nan. If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram or Bluesky, you know where I land, so I opted to talk writing instead, because as my friend and fellow author Anne Stuart so aptly puts it: “Everything in my life is…
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Author Spotlight: Meet Mystery Writer Christopher Null
Congratulations, Kari N! You are the winner of an autographed copy of Christopher’s novel Cul-de-sac! He will be in touch with you! Thank to you and everyone who stopped by to meet Christopher! I’m excited to welcome fellow Tule author Christopher Null to the Author Spotlight today. I love great mysteries and thrillers and Christopher has just released a new one. He’s here to tell us about and he has a giveaway! Christopher Null is an award-winning writer and journalist who regularly contributes to Wired magazine, and who muses daily about wine and spirits on the website Drinkhacker, where he serves as editor in chief. His first novel, Half Mast, was…
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Author Spotlight: M.A. Guglielmo Is Back with Riftworld Book 2 & a Giveaway!!
M.A.’s Giveaway winner is Sherry Rivera! Sherry, M.A. will be in touch with you. Thanks so much for stopping by the blog! We appreciate all the readers who take the time to check out the Author Spotlights! I’m happy to welcome M.A. Guglielmo back to the Author Spotlight with the second book in her Riftworld paranormal romance series. M.A. Guglielmo is a neurosurgeon, mother of two awesome daughters, and a life-long fan of speculative fiction. Her Italian grandmother may or may not have been able to cast the evil eye on difficult neighbors, and Maria loves telling a good story, especially if magical curses and witty villains are involved. After…
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Sunday Snippet: The Am I Losing It? Edition
Talked my lake friend Mo the other day. We covered everything–health, weather, writing, reading, her lake news, my city news… After we hung up, I thought of something I’d meant to tell her, but the oven timer was dinging, supper was ready and I figured I’d tell her next time I talked to her. I’ve talked to her, but I still can’t remember what it was I wanted to tell her… and that seems to be a theme in our lives. I took a silly online test for dementia yesterday–the results of which were, “You have the memory of an elephant.” The test had no idea how frequently I say,…
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Author Spotlight: Andrew Cunningham
Andrew’s giveaway winners are Roseann Brooks and Kimberly Field! Andrew will be in touch. Thanks to everyone who stopped by–hope you’re all looking forward to a time travel adventure with the Yestertime series! Confession? I did something I think I’ve only done one other time in my life–I fan-girled an author! Yup, I loved Andrew Cunningham’s time travel series Yestertime so much, I contacted him, told him how much I loved it, and invited him to come chat with me on the Author Spotlight. He very graciously agreed. Interviewing Andrew was just as fascinating and fun as I knew it would be, and I’m so excited to introduce you to…
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Sunday Snippet: The Warehouse Club Edition, + Fun News!
Hiya, happy Sunday. It’s snowing here in the city (probably up at the lake cottage, too, from the look of the radar), and I am snug in our little brick house enjoying this view. I love snow. It makes me want hot chocolate and a fire in the fireplace, a soft snuggly sweater, and a good book. And speaking of good books… See what I did there? It’s called a transition or a segue. It’s an author trick to lead readers to the next part of the story. That one wasn’t very subtle, but it’s fun to practice the art. Anyway, speaking of good books, I want to crow a…
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Author Spotlight: Roseann Brooks Has a New Novel & a Fun Giveaway!
Roseann’s winner is Doris Lankford! Congrats, Doris, Roseann will be in touch. Thanks to everyone who stopped by! We do love talking to our readers! Roseann McGrath Brooks loves writing romance but always wants her heroines and heroes to get together more quickly. She’s lived with her relatively romantic husband of more than 40 years in and around Philadelphia and currently resides across the street from a cookie bakery (whoo hoo!). Roseann writes a monthly blog focused (mostly) on grammar. Book 4 in her Vacation Friends Romance series launched in December. Website | Linked In | Instagram | Threads Happy Day-Before Valentine’s Day, and thanks to Nan and Nan’s readers…
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Sunday Snippet: The I Got Nothin’ Edition
So the scene is this: mid-morning at my desk. I’m looking out the office window where a crimson cardinal is perched on the lamp post in my garden. The skies are gray and dreary and cold, so I’m resisting the urge to go outside and get my steps in anyway. Besides, that means I’d actually have to rise from my chair and I’m disinclined. It’s been a long, very hard winter so far and not particularly because of the weather. That part’s been pretty typical of a Midwestern winter–some snow, some bitter cold days, some surprisingly warm ones. No, it’s not the weather, although I have to confess I’d much…