Welcome to my blog which is usually about romance and happily-ever-afters, but for Christmas 2012 has been partially hijacked by the creation of a zombie Santa. Last week, in The Zombie Santa Project- part one, I discussed why an apparently normal family would want a zombie Santa. So if you are struggling with the WHY… Continue Reading
Today on First Sight Saturday I welcome Alisa Anderson, author of Give & Receive, a 53 page erotic romance novella. (Don’t worry, Alisa has kept her excerpt PG!) Alisa has written a great first meeting between a strong woman and a man who sounds like he needed one. Take it away, Alisa! SCENE SETUP: Ty… Continue Reading
One of my favorite family traditions is adding a new Santa Claus to our collection. We choose one almost every year and label it so we can look back at all of them, remembering the year and what led to choosing that particular Santa. As the included pictures show, we have a pretty wide variety.… Continue Reading
First Sight Saturday featuring The Secret Santa Wishing Wellby Nikki Lynn BarrettOn First Sight Saturday we get to read a first-meeting scene from a different book every week. Not all meetings are love at first sight, but this week’s looks like it might shape up that way. I am so happy to welcome Nikki Lynn… Continue Reading
First Sight Saturday As we all know, first impressions can make or break a relationship, so it occurred to me that the initial meeting between characters in a book might be an interesting theme to explore. I’m calling it First Sight Saturday. I’ll start off with the first meeting in my first book between the… Continue Reading
My Next Big Thing I’d like to thank Stacy Juba for inviting me to participate in a fun blog idea. A wide variety of authors are answering questions about their current works-in-progress which is a great way for readers to find new writers to enjoy and get the scoop on upcoming books they don’t even know they… Continue Reading
Rules of Writing Move On and Improve There are all kinds of rules for writers. Grammar. Formatting. Spelling. Punctuation – although did you know that colons and semicolons are old fashioned now? (I miss them.) Most of these rules are hard and fast, and you can remain safely consistent within your own body of work… Continue Reading
Olympic Images – beauty and achievement in motion Author’s note: I wrote this in August but did not quite get the final touches done until now! I am wasting my weekend watching the spectacle of the Olympics on TV. I have loved the Olympics since I was a little girl, and I keep watching even… Continue Reading
Is that a *bleeping* beaver? – subtitle Life In The Woods – sub-subtitle When I Write Early on Saturday morning, when hubbie and I were fast asleep, our fifteen-year-old son’s voice roused us. “Hey guys.” “Huh? What?” (this is us, barely coherent) “Don’t you hear that?” He is now joined by his thirteen-year-old brother. “Hear… Continue Reading
