Where love always wins
Happy Mother’s Day, Everyone! If you are a mother, my hat is off to you who’ve undertaken the noblest profession in the world! I hope you do have a Happy Mother’s Day and that you spend the day with those you love. Mother’s Day On this day, I think of my own mother and how …
Hello, Everyone! Do you have your summer reading list ready? What books are you anxious to read? On top of my list are romantic suspense novels. I love it when a smart woman is matched with an alpha male. Recently, I read an interview with a romance editor and she discussed the romance tropes readers …
Hello, Everyone! Recently, someone made a comment to me about ending the romance novel. Sometimes, the novel ends too quickly. The reader would like to spend time with the characters and see how they are with each other now they’ve finally admitted they are madly in love and can’t live without each other. Should everything …
Happy Easter, Everyone! Whether you celebrate Easter or not, I want to wish you peace, love and joy! This is an important holiday for Christians as we focus on the meaning of the resurrection and breaking the bonds that hold us to the past. We move forward. We are reborn. Despite all the heartbreaks and …
Hello, Everyone! Spring is such a wonderful time of year. Everything is fresh and new. The trees turn pale green and their branches burst with pink and green buds. The daffodils, tulips, hyacinth and crocus are exploding with color in the garden. Last spring, we planted flowering trees. Thankfully, they survived the winter and now …
Hello, Everyone! Are any of you fans of reading or writing a series? When I first started writing, many, many years ago, I wrote standalone novels. I hadn’t read many series except Nancy Drew. Maybe Nora Roberts. I don’t remember if series were popular back in those days. Writing a Book Series Then I discovered …
Hello, Everyone! When writing a book, there are so many aspects to consider. The author isn’t just writing a story. She has other things to think about—like the cover and the title. Thinking of a book title can almost be as difficult as writing the story. It has to be unique, and it has to …
Hello, Everyone! I hope you’re enjoying a lovely spring, if you live in my part of the world. The nicer the weather, the more difficult it is to stay indoors and write, but I give myself incentives as I’m always looking for ways to convince myself to plop myself in front of the computer. Writing …
Hello, Everyone! It’s hard to believe that spring is around the corner especially since we’re digging out of the latest snow storm. I long for warmer climates. On these cold days, I reminisce about the places we’ve visited in the past which are enjoying lovely weather right now. Charleston One of my favorite places to …
Hello, Everyone! I hope you’re enjoying a wonderful weekend, even if we did lose an hour of sleep this morning due to daylight saving time. Last week, I blogged about the heroines that appeared in romance novels when I first started to read those books. These women were young and beautiful, but that seemed to …