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Sunday Snippet: The Yard Sale and Memories Edition
So, sister PJ had a 2-day yard sale this weekend and I went to help out. It was a neighborhood event, rather ill-timed, I originally thought, because the main drag to her lakeside home was closed to through-traffic Saturday for a town-sponsored mini half-marathon. Folks coming on Friday had no problem getting to her neighborhood, but yesterday, they had to figure a workaround to get there. As it turned out, hardcore yard salers figured it out, and crowds were great both days. Gorgeous early fall weather helped our cause–we had sunshine and blue skies and a lovely September breeze. I confess I’m not much of a yard sale person. I’ve…
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Author Spotlight: Kaz Delaney’s Here with Cowboys and a Giveaway!
We have 2 winners! Cindy McCarter, you are Kaz’s winner of an ebook copy of The Cowboy’s Baby Surprise and DeeAnn Kraft, you are Kaz’s winner of a $10 Amazon gift card. Congrats to you two and thanks to everyone who stopped by! We love our readers! What a treat to welcome Kaz Delaney back to the Author Spotlight! She’s not only a fellow Tule author, but also a good friend and has proven to me time again that friendships grow strong even when you haven’t actually met in person. Spanning a 30 year career resulting in 84 books, which includes a Tule Publishing cozy mystery series The Hart of…
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Sunday Snippet: The Don’t Faint, But It’s a Snippet Edition
I know how infrequently my Sunday Snippet actually features a snippet from a book, but that’s because I’m trying not to let each Sunday be all about my books. I muse and whine and talk about other stuff a lot more, and I think that’s okay, don’t you? It’s been a week… but this whole summer has been, I dunno, weird. I’ve been in a strange mood. I think it has more to do with the state of country instead of the state of Nan. For the first time in a very long time–probably since 2008, I feel hopeful again about the United States. Hope has been at a premium…
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Author Spotlight: Author Kadee McDonald Is Here with Fun and a Giveaway
Congratulations to BN–you are Kadee’s winner! She’ll be in touch with you. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and joined in the conversation! I’m happy to spotlight sweet romance writer Kadee McDonald today. Kadee enjoys writing sweet contemporary romance, where love triumphs over the busy lives and the multitude of problems her characters face every day. The first five titles in the PAWS for Romance series are available now wherever eBooks are sold, along with an eBook box set of the first four books. Also available exclusively on Amazon (and in KU) are the first two novellas in a new series, Second Chance at Christmas. Look for them whenever you’re in the mood for…
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Sunday Snippet: The Procrastinor’s Oh, Hell, What Day Is It Edition
I’ve been procrastinating…okay, no big news, right? I am a world-class procrastinator. I passed amateur status years ago and have gone into full-time professional procrastination. Nobody wastes time as well as I do. And honestly, it doesn’t even have to be time spent scrolling around the Web. I can put off doing anything that needs to be done with something as basic as folding laundry—oh, excuse me for a minute, I do have to get some stuff out of the dryer… brb… Fifteen minutes later…I’m back, clothes folded and put away, next load is in the washing machine, and while I was in there, I sorted the recycling, which I…
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Author Spotlight: Back to Birdville with Fiona McArthur
Congratulations to Doris Lankford! You are Fiona’s winner! She will be in touch! Welcome to Fiona McArthur! Fiona has written more than fifty-five books and shares her medical knowledge and her love of working with women, families and emergency services in her stories. In her compassionate, pacy fiction, her love of the Australian landscape meshes beautifully with warm, funny, multigenerational characters as she highlights challenges for midwives and doctors, rural and remote families, and the strength shared between women. She always champions the underdog, and the wonderful, ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Then that bit of drama thrown in because who doesn’t love a few tears, a heartfelt sigh…
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Author Spotlight: Get Wrapped Up in Christmas with Janice Lynn
A big welcome to new-to-Tule author Janice Lynn! USA Today Bestselling author Janice Lynn strives to write characters who evoke strong emotions and make readers want to go along on their journeys. She writes sweet contemporary Christmas stories for Tule. Janice also writes contemporary Medical Romances for Harlequin. Her books have been best sellers on numerous platforms and have won numerous awards, including the National Readers Choice Award, the Golden Quill, Romantic Times Magazine’s American Title, and the Holt Medallion Award of Merit. Janice lives in Tennessee with her Prince Charming, her vivid imagination, an adorable Maltese named Halo who’s the true princess of the house and a bunch of unnamed dust bunnies who took up…
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Sunday Snippet: The Summer of the Sundress Edition
I confess, I got nothin’ for this week–I mean seriously, between editing gigs and revisions and book promotion and book signings (That’s Lizzie and me at Whyte Horse Winery last Sunday!), and getting into discover for book 1 in my new Dykemans of Rivers Edge series, my brain is exhausted and empty. So… I guess I’m going to tell you about something fun that I discovered this summer… ya ready? This summer, I’ve rediscovered dresses. Okay, so not fancy, like-we-use-to-wear-to-church dresses. You remember those? They required ironing and pantyhose? No, not those dresses. I’ve found sundresses. Cute, knit ones that have an empire waist and come in fun colors. This…
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Author Spotlight: Welcome Back, Katherine Garbera!
Beth Reimer, you are Kathy’s winner! She will be in touch! Thanks to everyone for stopping by and joining in the fun! I’m so pleased to welcome author Katherine Garbera to the Spotlight! Kathy is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 115 books. She is celebrating her 27th year as a published author in 2024 and is still thrilled to bring stories of happily-ever-after to her readers. Her books are known for their emotional impact and sizzling sensuality. She lives in the midlands of the UK (a.k.a. not London) with her husband and sweet miniature dachshund. Her newest novel, How to Charm a Nerd, released from Harlequin on…
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Sunday Snippet: The I May Need a Smack Edition
Okay, so yes, I’m a world-class worrier. But I only worry about important stuff, like whether or not the voices in my head that become novels might suddenly stop talking to me or that no one will buy my books or that they will buy them, but hate them or that I’m going to have a heart attack while I’m driving… See? Only really important stuff. The book fears are more real right now because I have a new series to start with Tule Publishing, and I worry that maybe there aren’t any more stories from River’s Edge to tell. That’s totally dumb because of course there are more–tons more.…