BODICE RIPPER COVERS...BEWARE?

Hey, there's nothing wrong with typical romance covers. Who doesn't like gazing at a hot guy without a shirt on?

Yummy

Now let me switch gears. I know I've talked about this before, but I really love this idea! How about an artistic/modernized romance cover? No bare-chested guy to gaze at? What the?

But I want bare-chested guys!

Book Giveaway

I often wondered about book giveaways on blogs. Do they help sales, or does one enter simply to get a free book, never to visit the blog again?

Well, I'm taking a chance on you. I'm certain once you read the first book in my Magic Stone Series, you will want to read them all. This in mind, I am offering a chance to win a copy.

Thanks to BREATHLESS PRESS and their staff of amazing editors, proofers, cover artists and more, I am thrilled with this new and improved edition, For All Time.  And there's more news! The Magic Stone series--all three books-- is accepted by Breathless Press.

Now, for book one:

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." - Ronald E. Osborn

Will I ever master my craft? Is there a key to doing so? I don't know, but no matter how much I study, I learn something new from editors.

During edits for my book, For All Time, I learned about em dashes. That being said, I'll share that bit of knowledge with fellow writers. I mean, I'm not the only one who didn't know the correct usage of em dashes. Right? *crickets chirping* Ahem...okay I'm sharing anyway.

Magical Art

Cover Art Sneak Peek!

After I received rights back from another publisher, Breathless Press acquired my Magic Stone Series. We are currently polishing  the manuscripts, extending word counts and making this series even more enjoyable.

This is the cover to book one, For All Time. 
(Release date: May 27, 2013)

 The cover artist, Victoria Miller, gave me a choice of using models or creating a modernized-artistic cover. (I was clueless as to the latter, so she explained the difference.) As you can see, I chose the modernized-artistic cover. 

Romance, Reality and Suds

 Be it right or wrong,  I  expect the relationship with my husband to resemble a romance novel.

Reality tends to get in the way of my expectations.
Just the other day, I had this conversation:

Time to Kick the Bucket and Spill The Contents

We all have bucket lists, right? Okay, so maybe everyone doesn't have one written down, but I bet the majority of you out there at least have one nestled in your thoughts somewhere.

Why or Why Not...that is the question.

I have post-it notes all over my work space. Some have been there for years, others for a day or two, but all of them have a quote scrawled on them.  Here are a just a few of my favorites and why I decided someone else's words were important to post where I could see them everyday.

Much Ado About Something

Sometimes I write to escape—that’s called hanging out with my characters. It’s fun and healthy. Every single person needs to escape,for just a little while.

You Can Fly!

Today, someone asked me what I was up to. It might be because I had my feet in a bowl of green grapes, but ...well I’m not even going to try to explain that.

Time For Today

TIME FOR TODAY

One day...

I'm going to climb Mt.Everest.

I'm going to join a gym.

I'm going to write a novel.

One day...

Cheryl Hart, a fellow author, who also happens to be my sister, sent me an article from an advice columnist.