Guest Authors
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Author Spotlight: Welcome, Author Tara Ryan!
I’m excited to welcome fellow Tule author Tara Ryan to the Spotlight. Today, we’re all about her writing journey and her indie books. Tara grew up with her nose buried in a book, and not much has changed. She’s a serial entrepreneur—doggie daycare owner, quilt shop owner, maker, and of course, author. She lives in the mountains of North Carolina with her #1 love, a shichon named Agador Spartacus. Her whole family lives nearby, including her two grown sons, who are inspirations for the “cool” things young people say. She currently has two standalone women’s fiction novels available, Above Average Girl and The Things I Do For Her. They are…
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Author Spotlight: Love at the Chocolate Shop with 6 Amazing Authors!
I’ve already mentioned that I’m moving settings and will be writing my next four books in Marietta, Montana, Tule’s fictional western town at the foot of Copper Mountain. Marietta is full cowboys and rodeos and ranches and romance–I already love it there! One of the coolest shops in Marietta is Sage Carrigan’s Copper Mountain Chocolates. I had so much fun taking my Forever Cowboy main characters, Beth and Del, into the chocolate shop, where she salivated over all the sweet treats! This week, I’m delighted to welcome six fellow Tule authors to the Spotlight today with a fun and fabulous new chance to win all twelve Love at the Chocolate…
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Author Spotlight: J.C. Kenney Is Back with More Elmo Simpson!
We have a winner! Congratulations Cindy McCarter! You are J.C.’s giveaway winner. He will be in touch! Thanks to everyone who stopped by–the flamingo suit was worth the trip–am I right? I say it so often, but maybe not often enough–I do love J.C. Kenney’s mystery hero, Elmo Simpson! I’m lucky enough to be on his Tule Publishing team as copy editor, so I get a first peek at each new Elmo book! What a delight! The added bonus is that J.C. and I are friends, so I get to tell him right away how much I love his newest Elmo book. J.C. Kenney is the Agatha Award-winning and bestselling…
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Author Spotlight: Kris Bock Is back with a New Mystery and a Fun Giveaway!
What a treat to welcome Kris Bock back to the Author Spotlight! She’s not only one of my favorite mystery writers, she’s also a fellow Tule Publishing author! Kris Bock writes mystery, suspense, and romance, often with Southwestern landscapes. In the Accidental Detective humorous mystery series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turning fifty. The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the employees and customers at a cat café. Watch as they fall in love with each other and shelter cats. In the Accidental Billionaire Cowboys series, a Texas ranching family wins a fortune in the lottery and find out winning the lottery causes…
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Author Spotlight: Meet Author Marla Miller
Friends, I met Marla Miller when she invited me to be on her podcast. She is a dynamic and interesting woman, and I’m so happy to introduce you to her today. Marla began her freelance writing career after birthing three children and ending a career as a psychiatric nurse practitioner, RN, MSN. For 16 years, she wrote columns for the OC Register’s lifestyle magazine before becoming founding editor-in-chief of an O.C. coastal lifestyle magazine. Her first book, All American Girls, was the only authorized biography of the iconic World Cup/Gold Medal winning U.S Women’s National Soccer Team that Simon & Schuster published. SweetSpot: Now and Then, her recently published novel…
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Author Spotlight: Meet Tule Cozy Mystery Writer Melissa Westemeier
Melissa Westemeier grew up around the edge of nerd culture, but marriage and motherhood with three sons immersed her in it. She’s fluent in Marvel, DC, Dr. Who, Star Wars, Godzilla, and more thanks to their influence. Her fiction work includes rom-com and a trilogy loosely based on her experience tending bar on the Wolf River in Wisconsin. She’s thrilled to realize her childhood dream of writing murder mysteries. Her books blend her humor and appreciation for nerd culture while tackling serious themes and unpacking the puzzle of whodunnit (and how and why!). In her spare time, Melissa needs to be outside or near a window. Her passions include hiking,…
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Author Spotlight: Meet Historical Mystery Writer Jolie Tunnell
What a fun treat to introduce you (and I’m just meeting her myself, too!) Historical Mystery writer, Jolie Tunnell, who has just joined the Tule Publishing family! Award-winning author Jolie Tunnell brings the past to life in suspenseful historical mysteries with a hint of romance, bringing the flavor of the turn-of-the-century Wild West to the isolated mountains of Idyllwild and the writhing underbelly of San Francisco. Her books gallop to the last page. A Southern California native, she loves on her sprawling family, forces her freeloading tomcat to cuddle, and can drink her weight in Yorkshire Gold tea. Sign up for her extraordinary newsletter and settle in for a visit at JolieTunnell.com…
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Author Spotlight: Mystery Author Carol Light Is Back with a New Book and a Giveaway!
We have a winner! Latesha B, you are Carol’s giveaway recipient! She will be in touch with you. Thanks to you and everyone who stopped by to chat! We love talking to our readers! What a treat to welcome back my friend and fellow Tule author, Carol Light! Carol and I were roomies at the 2023 Tule Author Retreat in San Juan Capistrano, California, and I knew immediately we were kindred spirits and would be good friends. Carol Light is an avid reader and writer of mysteries. She loves creating amateur sleuths and complicating their normal lives with a crime that they must use their talents and wits to solve.…
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Author Spotlight: Leigh Ann Edwards Has a New Novel and a Giveaway!
We have a winner: DeeAnn Kraft, you are Leigh Ann’s Giveaway Winner! She will be in touch with you. Thanks to DeeAnn and everyone who stopped by! We love talking to our readers! I’m so happy when pal and fellow Tule author Leigh Ann Edwards stops by! Her novels are exciting and fresh and fun and I’m delighted to give her time to share her newest book, Druids’ Dark Curse, Book 5 in her Realm of Fractured Time series with Tule. Leigh Ann Edwards writes smoking hot romantic fantasy with badass heroines, alpha heroes, history, castles, and magic. She believes love is love, that villains should get their comeuppance…
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Author Spotlight: Welcome Romantasy Writer Leslie Ann Moore
I really love learning about new-to-me authors through social media, which is why I’m really loving Threads and BlueSky. That’s how I discovered author Leslie Ann Moore and I’m so happy to introduce you to Leslie and her magic today. Leslie Ann grew up in Los Angeles and has always been a storyteller. She is the author of the award-winning romantic fantasy Griffin’s Daughter Trilogy, the award-winning science-fantasy series The Nuetierra Chronicles, and with her husband, novelist and screenwriter Aaron Mason, Littoral Magic, the first book in the furry-friendly fantasy series All Oceans Aglow, now available for pre-order on Amazon. Leslie Ann is the past Vice President of The Greater…