My fellow 2014 Golden Heart nominee and agent sister Jessica Ruddick is revealing her cover for her debut book LETTING GO today. I have a severe case of cover envy right now. Isn’t it gorgeous? If you are a fan of smart and spell-binding New Adult fiction, you want to put this book on your To Read list. The release date is May 26, click here to add it to your Good Reads list. LETTING GO How long do you hold on? Cori Elliott likes order. Her schedule, her social life…even her GPA is perfect. Then she finds out her …

Tomorrow is the day the RITA and Golden Heart Finalists are announced. These two prestigious Romance Writers of America awards are a huge deal in the romance writing and reading community. The prizes not only gives you exposure to readers and agents and editors, but they are marks of validation by your peers. A sign that you and your writing are stellar examples of everything that romance novels can be. One year ago, I received a phone call that told me I was a Golden Heart finalist in the Paranormal category. It was the most surreal moment and I blubbered and blabbered to poor …

I had a great time with the Florida Romance Writers, even if the trip started a little tense because my suitcase didn’t make it until right before the cruise ship was about to leave. It was hard to return to the Pacific Northwest winter after some glorious days in the sun of the Caribbean. How how we writers suffer. 🙂 When I got back, revision comments from my editor were waiting in my inbox. So, it will be a while before I can give you more details about the conference. Until then, I leave you with my Rub-a-Dub Viking Ducks who …

I love the covers of Amy Patrick’s New Adult 20 Something series, but her new YA Fantasy cover has me drooling. Plus, the book sounds amazing. It’s the first in a trilogy, which I usually prefer to not start reading until all three books are out. I get impatient when I have to wait to spend time with characters I just fell in love with. For the Hidden Trilogy though, I may just have to suffer. I don’t know if I can wait for book one and two when the first one, HIDDEN DEEP sounds so good. As it is, …

The Janes are off to a 2015 rocket start. Our posts for January were all about new beginnings, new hope, new plans and we dubbed our theme Battle Plans. Hop on over to the blog to learn about Jessa’s analysis of friends’ and family’s resolutions, go with Jamie on a quest to streamline not only your physical life, but your cyber footprint. I wrote about my battle plan to breathe, and Jessie talks about breaking down all of your resolution into one word that says it all. We have so much fun planned for this year and are branching out to a …

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My conference schedule for 2015 is almost full already! As much as I love hiding out in my office with only my characters and story plot for company, I also need to get with my peeps a few times a year for conferences and other literary events. That’s when we writer types (and reader types) mingle with like-minded people and gossip about made up characters that seem as real to us as our family members or day job coworkers. When you put more than one writer in the same place at the same time, wonderful things happen. Creativity flows and new stories are born while pesky plot …