Go on, you know you wanna! Temptation is only $.99 at all retail outlets (except the ones that use different currency, duh!). Read more…
Spring Fling Facebook Party!
I’m almost late to the party on this, but I’ve been busy recovering from the flu. My publisher is doing a special promo for my book Temptation and tonight, several of us are hosting a Facebook Party! Come on by and chat, and enter to win some prizes. I’m giving away a basket of gardening […] Read more…
Temptation, now for the great price of 99¢!
My publisher decided to push Temptation in a promotion blitz. They knocked the price down to $.99 and had it accepted at BookBub, “a free daily email that notifies you about deep discounts on acclaimed ebooks.” They only accept about 20 percent of the books that are submitted to them, so that in itself is […] Read more…
More good news!
I got this email yesterday: It‘s my pleasure to inform you that your novel, TEMPTATION, has been selected by our reader judges as the winner of the HOLT Medallion Award for Best Mainstream/Single Title. Congratulations! Also, TEMPTATION has been selected as an Award of Merit recipient in the Best First Book category. Double congratulations! […] Read more…
Temptation won the Golden Quill Best First Book contest (with a little help from my editors)
I’m thrilled to announce that Temptation has been chosen as the Golden Quill Best First Book! Yesterday I was tearing my hair out over revisions for my next book. I block out the internet while I work, so when I logged on, I had a few emails waiting. One was the announcement that my debut […] Read more…
Book-aversary!
One year ago today my debut novel Temptation was released by Entangled Publishing. I remember going for a walk that day, a long walk at Burnham Beeches in the freezing cold. I was a mess. For some reason, having a book “out there” in the wide world of Amazon and Nook and all the other […] Read more…
Let It Snow Books at Ex Libris book reviews: My favourite holiday
Guys, I am over the moon*! My book Temptation was selected by Stella at Ex Libris as one of the best books of 2013! She’s featuring each book during the month of December and today she’s featuring mine! I wrote a guest blog post about my favourite holiday, and nope, it’s not Christmas (although that […] Read more…
Rodmarton Manor, an Arts & Crafts Manor House in the Cotswolds
When I was researching Arts & Crafts furniture for Temptation, I came across the website for Rodmarton Manor in Gloucestershire, near Tetbury. It’s a home built in the early 20th century by a follower of William Morris, who really established the Arts & Crafts movement in England toward the end of the 19th century. Here’s […] Read more…
Give your hero a job
I wrote a blog post for Rachel Firasek’s blog called The Professional Hero and Heroine. In it I talk about how important it is for characters to have careers—not just as background but as key parts of their characterization. No, not every novel calls for your characters to have exciting careers, but when the author […] Read more…
Deleted scene: How to make a keepsake box
During the last pass of edits on Temptation, my editor asked me to delete a scene that shows Jacob, an Amish woodworker, creating a keepsake box for Laura. Later on he takes the box to her, a last gift before she leaves the country to work on another film. The scene didn’t add anything to […] Read more…