Free Book Day

It’s been a while since the last one, so it’s about time for another Free Book Day! I’m still on an adrenaline high after selling my first books to Sourcebooks. It’s such an incredible honor to work with a company who publishes some of my favorite writers. Among them is Shana Galen and to celebrate my new contract, I’m giving away a signed copy of her The Rogue Pirate’s Bride. Here’s the blurb from Ms. Galen’s website: The Marquis de Valère escaped certain death in the French Revolution and is now an infamous privateer. Out to avenge the death of his mentor, Bastien discovers himself …

It’s time for my inaugural post at See Jane Publish. In honor of Halloween month October, all the Janes are writing about scary things in writing and publishing. Hop on over to see what terrifies me. I’m on my way toward becoming a professional writer, an author. I know this because I’ve measured success one rejection letter at a time. Slowly—oh so slowly—the responses to my queries went from no reply to form reply to personalized rejection to editorial feedback. And then, I arrived in that magical place where agents and editors wanted to read my first three chapters. Some …

I’m on Bark today, talking about how much I learned about voice from Sophie Littlefield’s Stella Hardesty series. Stop by and join the conversation. As an extra bonus, your comment enters you into a drawing for an author-signed copy of A BAD DAY FOR SORRY, the first book in this fantastic series. “Very early in my writing life, I shared a story with some local writers during an event at the library where I lived in California. My prose told of an adventure involving pirates, pick-pocketing urchins, and buxom wenches. The writers read my tale and after a long moment …

Many years ago, I went to my very first writers’ conference. More than a little frightened and overwhelmed by the number of workshops and the large egos of some of the writers, I considered staying in my hotel room the second day. Instead, I pulled on my big-girl panties and braved another day of feeling out of place, answering rude questions, and attending workshops that taught me I would probably never make it as a fiction writer because few people ever did. That afternoon I attended a panel of romance writers. As soon as I stepped into the room, I …

I’m delighted to have Sheila Roberts answer questions about her Icicle Village series on the blog today. I’m a big fan of the books and when my husband and I took a mini vacation in Leavenworth, the town which inspired Shelia’s series, I was delighted to find her signing books at the fabulous A Book for All Seasons. If you haven’t been to Leavenworth yet, you should definitely visit this Bavarian inspired village. Until you do, there is always Shelia’s wonderful novels to tie you over. Two lucky visitors to the blog will receive author signed copies of Sheila’s WHAT …