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Sunday Snippet: The Cover Reveal & A Real Snippet Edition
It’s been a writing week, mes amis. Liz and I went on retreat and we wrote words–lots of words! We also processed stories and okay, we had a little wine and a little chocolate and we enjoyed a hair & history day where we got our washed and blown out and visited some of the historical sites around Galena, Illinois. It’s a lovely town, full of history, shops, and beautiful trees and hills. The perfect place for a writing retreat. Today, a new week begins and since I’ve started book 3 in the Juniper Falls Ranch series, this feels like a good time to reveal the cover for book 2,…
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Authors on the Road Day 3
Well, kids, I’m tired, I’m brain dead after a day of writing and I’ve had too much wine (I blame Liz for that, although I poured it myself, but she could’ve stopped me.) That’s me in my “writing sweater”–a very tattered sweater that once belonged to my sister Kate, who left us way too soon. I wear to write because it’s magic–words come when I have it on. I think they come in through the holes… I could be wrong about that, but I don’t think I am. It was a day of all writing all the time. We didn’t even leave the condo building. It was a miserable weather…
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Authors on The Road Day 2
Day 2 from beautiful Galena, Illinois. Liz here… We slept pretty well last night, considering we weren’t in our own beds. We do have those fireplaces in our rooms, which have a lovely mesmerizing affect. At least until the timer goes off and the fire goes out. We were up pretty early this morning, ramping up our word counts and talking about what we would do this afternoon and what we needed to do with our works-in-progress. Oh, and we ate some stuff. And drank some stuff. And talked some more. This is the exciting, dramatic stuff writing retreats are made of. We had a good late lunch at Durty…
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Author Spotlight: Meet Debut Thriller Author John David
We have a winner! Sandy Pride, you are John’s giveaway winner! John will be in touch. Thanks to everyone who stopped by–we love talking to our readers. I love a good thriller, so it’s particularly special to me today to welcome debut thriller writer and fellow Tule Publishing author, John David to the Spotlight today. We had a fascinating chat, and he’s got a giveaway for you! John David is a long-time public relations and crisis communications consultant, author of a non-fiction business book, and a corporate ghostwriter. His debut novel, The Bystander (The Lemaster Files Book 1), was longlisted for the BPA First Novel Award. When not working or…
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Author Spotlight: Shelly Jones Is Back for More Fun & Games!
We have a winner! Congratulations to Donna E Hammer Durnell! You are Shelly’s giveaway recipient. Shelly will be in touch with you. Thanks to everyone who stopped by–we love talking to our readers! Shelly Jones is a professor by trade and a nerd by design. Woefully introverted, their pockets are full of post-it notes and their head is full of (unsaid) witty come-backs and un-won arguments from years past. When they aren’t grading papers or writing new cozy mysteries, Shelly can often be found hiking in the woods or playing a board game while their cats look on. Website | Instagram | Bluesky | Goodreads ~*~*~*~ Thanks for having me on…
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Author Spotlight: And … It’s Me!
We have a winner! Jonna Niles your name was randomly selected to receive my Montana goodies box! I’ll be in touch to get your mailing address. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to celebrate with me! I’ll be all over the place in the next few weeks, so keep your eyes open–there will be other goody boxes to be had! Hello, mes amis. Today I’m in the Author Spotlight with my new and very first cowboy romance, Forever Cowboy! I’m so excited to share this book with you because it was a big step outside of my comfortable River’s Edge box and into a brand new setting in Marietta, Montana.…
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Sunday Snippet: The Imprinting Edition (A Peek into the Writerly Mind)
So many authors I know often talk about how much they love to write and how it seems as though every situation–good or bad–gets filtered through their inner writer. That’s so true. I’m wondering right now if it is a bad thing that even when I am in the midst of chaos and crisis, sickness and grief the writer is still creating–inventing scenes, conversations, and scenarios. I’ve thought it about it a lot as we’ve been in such crisis in our country, and I’ve been trying to decide if it’s something to feel guilty about or not. I think it’s not. It’s never a bad thing when our gift kicks…
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Author Spotlight: Nicole Flockton Is Here with Book 2 In Our Montana’s Rodeo Cowboys Series
We have a winner! Debra Pruss’s name was randomly drawn for Nicole’s giveaway. Debra, Nicole will be in touch! Thanks to everyone who stopped by–watch for Sinclair James next week with Rogue Cowboy, Book 3 in the Montana’s Rodeo Cowboy series! Hey, mes amis! We are celebrating all things Marietta, Montana, this month with the release of four brand-new Cowboy Romances that happen around the 87th Copper Mountain Rodeo. This week’s release is Book #2 in Tule’s new Montana’s Rodeo Cowboys series–Headstrong Cowboy by the amazing Nicole Flockton! USA Today Bestselling author Nicole Flockton writes contemporary romances that sparkle and seduce you one kiss at a time. Nicole likes nothing…
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Sunday Snippet: The More Questions for the Universe Edition
Summer is almost over, and I’m damned if I know what happened to it. One minute it was April and we were opening up the lake cottage, and the next, it’s September and the leaves on our little sweet gum tree are changing. My personal life has been an upheaval of joys and sorrows lately, but I’ve been working practically nonstop all summer long. Editing gigs are always a good thing, except they interfere ferociously with my writing time. If I work for eight or ten hours, I’m loathe to sit down at the computer again after supper to write some more. But this week, I’ve been working on the…
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Author Spotlight: Jeannie Watt Is Here with the First Montana’s Rodeo Cowboys Book!
We have a winner! Cindy Pearson, you are the winner of Jeannie’s giveaway! Congratulations! Jeannie will be in touch with you. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to help us celebrate the start of Montana’s Rodeo Cowboys! Stay tuned for more Montana fun! Mes amis, I am so very excited! September is finally here, which means that Tule Publishing’s new four-author series is here! Each week this month, Jeannie Watt, Nicole Flockton, Sinclair Jayne, and I will release a new Montana’s Rodeo Cowboys novel! I’ve been so honored to be a part of this series with these authors who are Western romance author-heroines of mine! They are all fabulous writers!…