August 10, 2009 – 11:10 pm
Thanks to everyone who participated! Our winner is : Carol Thompson Q: In Color My Heart, why does Billy linger outside the woman’s apartment as she goes inside? Hint: COLOR MY HEART excerpt Winner Blurb: The winner of the contest knew that in Color My Heart, Billy waits for an indication from his neighbor before he leaves; [...]
I totally have to share this fabulous article by Emily Cotler. A ROMANCE NOVEL FOR MICHELLE OBAMA President Obama thinks Geri Krotow’s Harlequin romance “looks sexy”. Oooh!
So my new site is up, and I love the work done by Waxcreative! I have a contest up, excerpts, tidbits, and more, so I hope you browse through the contents and enjoy!
There’s a difference between passion and bonding with your lover. Passion, when sparked, is fast and fiery, fed by a rush of dopamine (a chemical in the brain) which feels much like adrenaline. This rush cannot last, we all know this, and therefore, once the burst of passion dies, we are left feeling almost hung [...]
Dads are amazing. Dads are strong. Dads carry you over their shoulders and fling you up in the air even when mom says it’s wrong. Dads smell wonderful. They feel wonderful. They are wonderful. So to my big bear of a dad this Father’s Day I made a special card, saying thank you in every [...]
I just read a most amazing book by ANNIE DILLARD called The Writing Life. Annie has a divine prose, and this little gem is full of wonderful tidbits about writing and the realities of a writer’s life – which is not that glamorous. Being in a little room. Lost in your own little world. Not [...]
The cover for THE SATIN SASH!
Once upon a time, back when I discovered my first romances and RT magazine, I read the dedications some of my favorite authors wrote to their editors – then I saw pictures and pictures of authors with their editors. So, I thought. They go to dinner, they smile for the camera, they converse. And I used to sigh [...]
Goodness, I’ve been such a bad blogger. But then life DOES get in the way of blogging, doesn’t it? It’s been months, possibly a year, since I lost my old blog and it has taken that long for me to pull myself together, hire the amazingly talented people at Waxcreative to help me put an [...]