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Author Spotlight: Welcome, Best-Selling Author Anna J. Stewart
Welcome to one of my favorite authors, the prolific and gifted Anna J. Stewart! I couldn’t be more pleased that she’s joined the Tule Publishing family of authors! Anna J. Stewart is a National and USA Today bestselling author of more than sixty emotionally layered romances, ranging from sweet to suspenseful. A Maggie and Holt Medallion winner, Anna’s work has also been recognized as a finalist for the Daphne du Maurier and the National Readers’ Choice Awards and one of her novels, Recipe for Redemption, was optioned for a TV movie. At the heart of every story Anna tells is family—the kind you’re born into, and the kind you fight…
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Author Spotlight: Welcome Back, Janine Amesta!
Kate Sparks, you are Janine’s e-book winner! She will be in touch! I’ve really enjoyed fellow Tule author Janine Amesta’s Love Is In the Air series. Going up in a hot air balloon is on my bucket list, along with another trip to France, and parasailing. I’m so pleased to have Janine here today with the third book in the series–The Love Feud, which released March 26 and is available wherever you get your ebooks. Janine Amesta has loved reading kissing stories most of her life. She currently resides in Oregon with her husband and their pets, Hitchcock and Pippin. She studied screenwriting in college and her banter is influenced…
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Author Spotlight: Mystery Writer Christopher Seto Is Here!
We have a winner! Latesha B, you were randomly selected to received a signed copy of The Vanishing Stone. Chris will be in touch with you! Thanks to Latesha and everyone who stopped by! Christopher Seto had me at chocolate. The Chocolatier’s Curse, the first book in his Tule Mystery series, Notes on a Murder, drew me in, and I knew I wanted a chance to chat with him. We had a ball, particularly when we discovered that we were both Purdue Boilermakers. I’m so glad to introduce him to you today! He’s here with book 2 in the Notes on a Murder series, The Vanishing Stone, which releases…
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Author Spotlight: Mystery Writer Carol Light Joins Us Today!
Doris Lankford, you are Carol’s giveaway winner! Congratulations! Carol will be in touch with you! Thanks to everyone who came by! We love, love talking to our readers! It’s always a treat to welcome my pal and fellow Tule Publishing author Carol Light to the Spotlight. I love her mysteries and the fact that I always get a first look because besides being her travel buddy, I’m also her copy editor. I love seeing if I can figure out the whodunnit before I get to the end of the edit. Carol Light is an avid reader and writer of mysteries. She loves creating amateur sleuths and complicating their normal…
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Author Spotlight: Mystery Author Kris Bock Is in the House!
I love it when my friend Kris Bock comes to visit–I can just turn the blog over to her! Here ya go, Kris… Thanks, Nan. I’m always glad to be here, and today I’ve got big news! The Accidental Detective Is Back! Something Prowling in Paradise Park (The Accidental Detective Book 7) Kate has built a new life in Arizona, with the help of family and friends eager to keep her busy with new mysteries to solve. Her eccentric senior pals introduce her to the Standishes. These snowbirds returned to Arizona early to investigate their high utility bills and discovered squatters with a forged rental agreement. It could take months…
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Sunday Snippet: The Another THE END & a Cover Reveal Edition
What a wonderful feeling to be able to type “The End” at the finish line of a long arduous writing experience. I have another novel done—really, truly done! And my critique partners are on-board, one even said, “I love this story!” That is high praise indeed from a person whose writing I’ve admired for years. Help Wanted, Cowboy is out to betas right now, and I’ve been going through it in preparation for sending it to my editor next week. Since I got to THE END, how about I do a cover reveal for this book? The amazing Lee Hyat has given me another wonderful cover for Help Wanted Cowboy,…
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Author Spotlight: Welcome Back Mystery Writer J.C. Kenney!
We have a winner! HiDee Silverwood Ekstrom, you are J.C.’s giveaway winner! Thanks to everyone for stopping by! Nothing makes this author happier than welcoming great writers who also happen to be good friends to the spotlight. Today it’s my real pleasure to welcome mystery writer and fellow Tule author J.C. Kenney to join me here on the blog! (Confession? I’m in love with Elmo Simpson!) J.C. Kenney is the Agatha award winning and bestselling author of The Allie Cobb Mysteries, The Darcy Gaughan Mysteries, and The Elmo Simpson Mysteries. He’s also the co-host of The Bookish Hour and Bookish Moment webcasts. When he’s not writing, you can find him…
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Sunday Snippet: The January 2026 Musings Edition
How it’s already January 18? Wasn’t it just Thanksgiving? Heck, wasn’t it just summer, for heaven’s sake? Time is going by too quickly. Basically, we’re hunkered down here because the weather is so bitter, flu and Covid are rampant, and I’m doing a round of a topical chemo cream on some pre-cancerous spots on my face, which makes me look kinda gross. I feel safe in my little brick house in the Nest, but the days are are dark–not just because of the season but also because of what is happening in our nation and in the world. We watch events in Minnesota with horror, praying for the folks there,…
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Author Spotlight: Kris Bock Kicks Off Our 2026 Spotlights with Her New Cozy!
What a treat to have fellow Tule author Kris Bock as my first guest in the Author Spotlight for 2026. Kris is an amazing mystery writer and keeps me totally intrigued with every book. Her romances are also great fun! Kris Bock writes mystery, suspense, and romance, often with smart, snarky heroines finding adventure (sometimes against their will) in the Southwest. She lives in New Mexico where she enjoys hiking with her husband and playing with their ferrets. Quick Fun Fact: Kris also writes The Felony Melanie series with her brother, scriptwriter Douglas J Eboch, who wrote the original screenplay for the movie Sweet Home Alabama. If you haven’t discovered…
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Author Spotlight: Shelly Jones Is Still Here with More Fun and Games!
We have a winner! Congratulations, Carol Alscheff. You are Shelly’s winner. She will be in touch with you. Thanks to everyone who stopped by–we love talking to our readers! Well, as Shelly is fast learning and most of you who know me are already aware, I can be dippy. I posted this Author Spotlight a week early–Shelly was scheduled for December 3, which is today. Mea Culpa! So…Shelly is here again and I’m so delighted to give them an extra week in the Spotlight, because I know when fellow Tule author Shelly Jones stops by it’s always going to be fun and games! Delighted they’re here with us this week! …