Author on the Couch: Ruth Kaufman This week on Author on the Couch, I’m conducting a session with… Ruth Kaufman. GIVEAWAY! Ruth is giving away an ebook of her medieval romance AT THIS COMMAND to one person who comments on this post. Me: Tell me about an experience that...
Life & Books: Hanging Out With Our Characters Characters. Characters. Characters. Every writer has a cast of characters inside their mind. Some of the cast are great people, people who–if they were real–you’d want to be friends with. But then there’s those other characters… The villains. The alpha male who reads good on the...
Favorite Lines Friday… Because you’re a writer and you’re awesome! *Open to published and unpublished writers* This is a place to show off your favorite lines! Those sentences that every time you read them you think “Damn. I wrote that!” Show them off! Be proud of your work! In the comments, post some of...
Life & Books: YOU and HIDDEN BODIES My favorite book of 2015 was YOU by Caroline Kepnes. Why did I love it? It was different than anything I’ve ever read. Joe the main character isn’t a good guy. He’s a bad guy. But there’s just something about him. Something compelling and almost redeeming....
Favorite Lines Friday… Because you’re a writer and you’re awesome! *Open to published and unpublished authors! This is a place to show off your favorite lines! Those sentences that every time you read them you think “Damn. I wrote that!” Show them off! Be proud of your work! In the comments, post some...
Author on the Couch: Sheridan Jeane, 2nd Session This week on Author on the Couch, I’m having a 2nd session with Sheridan Jeane–sometimes one session just isn’t enough. You can find Sheridan’s first session here: http://wp.me/p5h5aN-5n GIVEAWAY! Sheridan is giving away an e-copy of her novel IT TAKES A SPY...
Race the Darkness: Cover Reveal and Excerpt It’s precisely 7:22 pm ET, the sun has just set in the Eastern Time zone, and it’s starting to get dark. I am excited to reveal the cover of Race the Darkness, my dark, gritty, emotional and sexy romantic suspense novel! First in a gripping...
Excerpt Reveal: THE DARKEST LIE by Pintip Dunn ABOUT THE DARKEST LIE: “The mother I knew would never do those things. But maybe I never knew her after all.” Clothes, jokes, coded messages…Cecilia Brooks and her mom shared everything. At least, CeCe thought they did. Six months ago, her mom...
Life & Books: When Characters Surprise Their Writers I LOVE reading books where the characters surprise me. A few weeks ago, I was listening to HIDDEN BODIES by Caroline Kepnes. Joe her main character did some things that had me literally yelling out loud. “No, Joe. No.” “Joe. Don’t do it.” “Oh,...
You’re a writer. You’re awesome. Show the world your awesomeness on Favorite Lines Friday. *Open to published and unpublished authors! This is a place to show off your favorite lines! Those sentences that every time you read them you think “Damn. I wrote that!” Show them off! Be proud of your work! ...