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Count Down to Love Trailer!

I'm so excited to announce that Count Down to Love now has a book trailer! Special thanks to my sister-in-law, Stephanie, for putting this together. Click here to watch: Count Down to Love Trailer

No Holly Christmas .99 for October Giveaway and Book Blast

It's never too early to start compiling your seasonal reading list. And really, No Holly for Christmas is not just a Christmas book. The story incorporates the entire holiday season from Halloween to Thanksgiving and then on to December 24th. Synopsis: Love at first...

Story Plotting: Leaving the GPS at Home

Every now and then I’ll hear a writer—generally an unpublished author—say that plotting is his/her least favorite part about writing a novel. Okay first of all, “novel” and “plot” are nearly synonymous. Without a plot, there is no novel, no story. So technically, if a...

Count Down to Love Encore Blog Tour and Giveaway

In celebration of Count Down to Love's first anniversary and being a Whitney Award Finalist, I've decided take the book out for another tour. So stop by one or all of these blogs between now and September to read a review, a clever guest post by me, or peruse an...

Writing is Not for Wimps!

A little while back I was lamenting with a fellow writer over my frustration with publishing. I’d finally finished my fourth manuscript, a project that had taken me nearly eighteen months to complete, and had just been rejected by my publisher. My editor had said that...

Whitney Award Finalist

I'm very excited to announce that Count Down to Love was chosen as a Whitney Award Finalist! Click here to view all of the Whitney Award Finalist. Count Down to Love was also mentioned in an article at Dawning of a Brighter Day. Check back in May for a list of the...

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