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Author Spotlight: Liz Flaherty Is Here with A New Color!
Doris Lankford, you are Liz’s winner! She will be in touch! Thanks to everyone for stopping by! I love it when Liz Flaherty comes to visit–not just because she’s my bestie, but also because she always bring such wonderful stories with her! This week is not exception as we celebrate the release of Shades of Green, Book 3 in the Harper Loch Colors trilogy! Retired from the post office, Liz spends non-writing time thinking about writing and wanting to travel more than she does. (No fault of Nan Reinhardt—her Big Red suitcase is always ready to go!) The author of 20-some books, she and her husband Duane share an old…
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Author Spotlight: Elsa Winckler’s Here with a New Hot Cowboy and Great Giveaway!
Know what’s really fun? Connecting with the other authors who write in Marietta, Montana–even when that author lives far away in South Africa! I’ve loved getting to know Elsa Winckler and she has graciously allowed me to let some of my Marietta characters meet up with hers! The friendship isreal even from continent to continent. Elsa Winckler 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 they have a romance-writing mom,…
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Sunday Snippet: The I Got Nothin’, So Fast Facts Instead Edition
Liz and I often talk about how hard it can be to write a weekly column. It isn’t that we don’t enjoy the writing, we certainly do because, you know, writing. It’s just that sometimes topics can be elusive. We are both fascinating women, but even as interesting as we are, we don’t always have something brilliant to say. With that in mind, today, I’m giving you five fast facts about me–things you might not already know (although that will surprise me, I’ve been around for quite a while) and then I’m going to ask you to give me five fast facts about yourself in the comments? Sound fun? Good……
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Author Spotlight: Sinclair Jayne Is Here with Cowboys!
Cheri J, you are Sinclair’s giveaway winner! She will be in touch. Thanks to everyone who stopped by. We love talking with our readers. Can I tell you how much I love having my friend and editor and fellow Tule author in the Spotlight? It’s the best week ever when Sinclair Jayne is here. Sinclair has been the senior developmental editor for romance for Tule Publishing for over thirteen years. Writing as Sinclair Jayne, she’s published over thirty-five contemporary romances with Tule Publishing. An avid romance reader since sixth grade, she’s savoring her dream writing career. Married with two adult children, she and her husband own Roshni Vineyard in Oregon’s…
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Author Spotlight: Meet Debut Cozy Author, JP Bird!
What a joy it is to bring y’all a new author! Her debut novel, Murder at First Sight, book 1 in her Suddenly Psychic series, just released yesterday from Tule Publishing on June 30. I can’t wait to read it! JP Bird writes cozy mysteries with quirky characters that make her laugh when they disagree with the laid-out plans for their story and take her on a different path. She lives in Winnipeg, Canada, and hates the cold weather but loves the winter months because they’re a great excuse to hibernate with a cup of tea or a glass of red wine. When she’s not writing or reading, she spends…
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Author Spotlight: Sheritta Bitikofer Is In the House!
FL Chen1, you are Sheritta’s giveaway winner! Congratulations! Sheritta will be in touch with you. Thanks for coming by the blog–we love talking to our readers! I’m happy to welcome Sheritta Bitikofer back to the Spotlight! Marked by the Alpha, her first paranormal romance with Tule Publishing’s Muse imprint released June 11. Shifter fans, have you discovered it yet? Sheritta’s here to share her journey to this new novel… Sheritta Bitikofer writes paranormal romance with a particular fondness for wolf shifters and witches. Her stories are driven by one guiding belief: love inspires courage. Through fierce romances, unbreakable pack bonds, and the magic of covens and family, her characters fight…
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Author Spotlight: Elsa Winckler Is Here with Delicious Cowboys!
Latesha B, you’re Elsa’s giveaway winner! She’ll be in touch. Thanks so much for your support of the blog and for stopping by this week! I love it when Elsa Winckler comes to visit–her cowboys are yummy and her stories full of exactly what makes a happily-ever-after so romantic! 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 they have a romance-writing mom, her husband fortunately, is very proud of her,…
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Author Spotlight: Welcome Melinda Curtis!
I’m always delighted to bring you one of my own favorite authors and today is special because bestselling author, Melinda Curtis! Melinda Curtis is the USA Today bestselling author of light‐hearted contemporary romance, romantic comedies, and women’s fiction. Her book Dandelion Wishes was made into a TV movie – Love in Harmony Valley, starring Amber Marshall. She lives in Oregon’s wine country with her husband – her basketball-playing college sweetheart. While raising three kids, the couple did the soccer thing, the karate thing, the dance thing, the Little League thing and, of course, the basketball thing. Now when Melinda isn’t writing and Mr. Curtis isn’t watching college basketball, they do the DIY thing. Website…
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Author Spotlight: Welcome Author Lynne Marshall!
I’m so pleased to introduce y’all to author USA Today bestselling author, Lynne Marshall. She is a writer after my own heart, being an inveterate day dreamer and storyteller. She tried to retire during Covid, but discovered there is no retiring from one’s own imagination! Lynne used to worry she had a serious problem with day dreaming, until she discovered she was supposed to write those stories. Now traditionally published for many years with over thirty-four books as a category romance author, she has also gone hybrid. She is a Southern California native, has been married to a New Englander for a long time, and has two adult children of…
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Author Spotlight: Leigh Ann Edwards Is Here with a New Romantasy!
Congratulations to Melissa Westemeier, you are Leigh Ann’s giveaway winner! Leigh Ann will be in touch with you! Thanks to you and everyone who stopped by! I’m always so happy to have pal and fellow Tule author, Leigh Ann Edwards stop by. She is an extraordinary storyteller–her books are full fantasy and romance and fascinating characters. 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 (sometimes with a stake through the heart), that pleasure is NOT a four letter word, and that “dog” is another word for “joy.” Don’t let her…