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Life After Release Week
With Hero Duty out and earning some fantastic five star reviews, this little duckie can go back to paddling in her own writing pool. Joy! I’ve been reading some great books to take my mind off Release Week terrors, including Barbara Freethy’s Just As You Are which was emotional and compelling — and free! Unbelievable.…
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Hero Duty Happiness!
With Hero Duty releasing 1 June, this is the slightly crazy release week where my plans tend to go wildly askew. Never mind! Hero Duty has already garnered some five star reviews. Visiting Goodreads this week is making me very happy! Janie won my Aussie ephemera giveaway. Congrats, Janie! BookLikes chose three random winners of…
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“Hero Duty” Release Day!
Hero Duty releases today. It may take the various book sites a while to catch up (Australia being half a day ahead of the US), but this is it! I want to say a heartfelt thank you to some people who played a big part in getting Hero Duty out and awesome. First up, my critique…
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The Romance of Hope
I recently self-published an essay, “The Romance of Hope”, exploring romance novels not simply and traditionally as love stories, but as stories of hope: stories that show us the power of hope in our lives and how to use it. As a long time reader of romance novels this is my answer to everyone who…
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Coastal Escape
I had a very mini-coastal escape on the weekend. I drove down to a local beach. It seemed effective though, because on Monday I finished the-story-that-would-not-end and sent it off to my crit partner with the message “please, don’t hurry to return it!” The story is fabulous, but getting the emotional development right in under…