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Welcome, Author Brenda Maxfield
Today, we’re welcoming Author Brenda Maxfield as our guest. Her novella, Someday You’ll Laugh, which happens to be her own love story, is available on Amazon. Brenda, tell us a little about yourself and then we’ll do some interview questions. Thanks, Nan. Well, my passion is writing! What could be more delicious than inventing new characters and seeing where they take you? I’m a teacher so I spend most of my waking hours with young people. I love chatting with them and hearing their views on love and life. My students are magical, and I am honored to be part of their lives. I’ve lived in Honduras, Grand Cayman, and…
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Weekend Writing Warriors 8-Sentence Sunday
It’s a new 8-Sentence Sunday and we’re continuing with Carrie and Liam’s pivotal scene from Once More From the Top (go back to the previous two Sundays to catch up if you need to): “I–I didn’t want you like that—not forced into a relationship with me because we spent one afternoon in your bed. We’d only known each other for a week. It would’ve changed your career. Everything you’d worked for. You–you’d end up hating me,” she stammered, twisting her head away. “But you didn’t think I’d hate you if you had my baby and never told me?” His hands clenched into fists, turning his knuckles white. “What the fuck…
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Weekend Writing Warriors 8-Sentence Sunday
Here we go! More of Once More From the Top. Last week, Liam had just discovered that he has a son he never knew existed. He found Carrie on the beach and demanded the truth. She’s terrified and sick at heart, but tries to respond: He’d started trembling. “It’s been fifteen years. You’ve hidden my son from me for fifteen years.” “I was afraid.” Her response was barely audible above the sounds of the water lapping on the shore. Liam put one finger under her chin, forcing her to look at him. “Afraid of what?” Tears shimmered in his eyes as she saw bewilderment win out over outrage for…
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Welcome Guest Blogger, Jim Cangany
I’ve welcomed a lot of special people to this blog over the last three years, but today’s guest is particularly special. Jim Cangany is a friend and an author and a man who writes romance novels. I think that makes him pretty unique in the rather woman-centric world of romance writers. I’m excited to read his debut novel, Fallen Star, releasing on June 14 from Uncial Press. A lifelong resident of the State of Indiana, Jim is proud to call himself a Hoosier. The youngest of eight children, he grew up in a household full of books and people. Thanks to the influence of his older siblings, Jim gravitated toward…
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Weekend Writing Warriors 8-Sentence Sunday
Annnnddd…I’m back! Sorry for being away, but life in renovation is chaotic. I’m finally able to breathe again and my house is quite lovely. Here are eight sentences from my current WIP, ONCE MORE FROM THE TOP, due for release later this summer. When we last left Maestro Liam Reilly, he had just discovered a photo on the bulletin board of the marina where he’d docked his boat for the summer—the face in the picture looked hauntingly familiar. Now he confronts Carrie about it and discovers that the teenager in the photo is indeed his own child, a boy he knew nothing about… “Where’s my son?” Liam demanded. “And don’t…
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It’s Done!!
Okay, so I promised that I’d do a post of the reno work when it was done, so here we go. Most of the pics are pretty self-explanatory, but to recap: We had our dining room stripped and painted, the living room and hall/foyer/stairwell painted, and the kitchen stripped and painted. The cabinets were reworked by removing some and adding others to make the space more open and user friendly. The biggest thing was taking out the bulkhead cabinets over the peninsula, which completely opened up the space. We had new countertops installed as well as a new stove and microwave. We had all new hardwood flooring put in the…
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Release the Pigs!
I’m not a collector. Seriously. I don’t collect anything at all. That doesn’t mean I don’t have a lot of stuff, I do. Way more stuff that I need, definitely way more stuff than I use. But I don’t have any collections. I’m rather an anomaly because of it–most people collect something. My dad collected coins. My sister, PJ collects purple glassware and some kind of pink pottery and angels and milk glass. Sister Kate used to collect baskets, but I’m not sure she still does. Husband collects tools, but not because he’s a collector, rather because he uses a lot of different tools. A pal at the lake collects…
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Welcome, Author Martha Reynolds
A big welcome to author Martha Reynolds, whom I discovered on the Amazon Free Bestseller List a few months ago. Her book CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST just delighted me and I wrote to tell her how much I enjoyed it. I’m so thrilled she’s written a sequel and very pleased and excited to have her here today. Martha ended an accomplished career as a fraud investigator and began writing full time in 2011. Her debut novel, CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST, was selected as the 2012 Book of the Year in Women’s Fiction by the readers of Turning the Pages Books. CHOCOLATE FONDUE is the sequel to CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST, and both books…
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Renovation Is Progressing…
…and we are so thrilled with how quickly things are moving along! The painting is done in the living room, hallways, foyer and stairwell. Breakfast nook has the base and paint for the Venetian glaze. The dining room walls are painted and the painters are working on the trim. The kitchen cabinets are all in and primed for paint and the new countertops are set. The hardwood floor is being laid as I type…all in all, we’re looking great! Well, actually, we’re a dusty mess, but the timing looks great. We should be close to done by the end of the week and completely finished by early next week. I’m…
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Welcome Author Robena Grant
Today, I’m Interviewing Romantic Suspense Author, Robena Grant, whose new 3-book Desert Heat Series begins releasing this month with the first book, Unlock the Truth. Robena writes contemporary romance about ordinary women who are thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Travel and discovering new places brings her great pleasure, and she often includes these discoveries in her stories. She is Australian by birth, lives in Southern California, and has two grown children. Robena may be contacted at: www.robenagrant.com where she blogs weekly, or follow her on Twitter, Facebook or Google+. So, Roben, tell me: When did you first begin writing romance? I started writing in 2000. I thought that I was writing…