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Daisy Blanket Reconstruction
Thank you Lisa Tomassetti for posting this picture on the Crochet Crowd Stitch Social on FB last week!
Greeting, Crochet-Luvin’ Friends!
Last week, on one of the crochet groups I belong to on Facebook, The Crochet Crowd Stitch Social, a friend named Lisa posted a picture of a blanket she saw online to which she was unable to find the pattern. She asked if anyone wanted to help her…
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Didja Miss Me?
It’s been two and a half years since my last blog post.
Life Summary Since Last Post
Kids are now 7 & 9. They can put their own clothes on and I don’t have to fumble with carseats anymore.
Residence is now in the woodsy foothills of the Cascades. I do not miss Seattle, but when people ask where I live, I still say Seattle.
My number of pets has quintupled.
My grumpy old Chihuahua-Terrier mix,…
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What Indie Means to Me
What Indie Means to Me
Photo Credit: Susanne Neal | Dreamstime.com – They lived happily ever afterI am a proud indie author. In this post from a year and a half ago, I write about my decision process and experience transitioning from traditionally-published author to indie author. Click over and check it out if you’re interested in finding out more about what it means to be indie, how much money an indie author makes…
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DIY Formatting PART 1 - File Management
DIY Formatting PART 1 – File Management
I’ve Got a Finished Manuscript. Now What? © Liz Van Steenburgh | Dreamstime Stock Photos It’s not just new writers asking themselves this question. I hear it all the time from authors at all stages.  Whether you’ve finished one book or twenty, formatting your ebooks and print books is an important skill. Poor formatting or inconsistent formatting can cost you sales. Inefficient formatting can…
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Choose this Highlander: Choosing the Highlander now in Audio Book!
Choose this Highlander: Choosing the Highlander now in Audio Book!
Highland Wishes Book 3 Is Now Available In Audio! When I discovered the joy of listening to romance novels in the car, my commute became 150% more awesome. I knew that as an author, I had to get in on this growing market. I’m so glad I did. Hearing my time-travel romances narrated by the amazing Marian Hussey has been one of the neatest parts of being an author. Characters come alive in a whole…
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Audio Books for Idiots Part 2: Can I Afford to Make an Audio Book?
Audio Books for Idiots Part 2: Can I Afford to Make an Audio Book?
How does an indie author figure out whether he or she can afford to turn their books into audio books? What is Amazon’s ACX platform, and how does it work? How does an indie author decide whether to produce their audio book using a royalty share agreement or by paying outright for production? If you’ve asked any of these questions lately or you’re a writer considering turning a book into an audio…
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Audio Books for Idiots Part 1: What You Should Know About ACX (+ A Giveaway)
Audio Books for Idiots Part 1: What You Should Know About ACX (+ AÂ Giveaway)
My Experience Using Royalty Share and Paid Options on ACX In the past couple of days, I’ve learned a ton about marketing audio books. I’ll share what I’m learning about marketing in a future post. But it seemed weird to jump into a discussion of marketing audio books before first talking about the process of producing audio books. There was a lot I would like to have known before starting the…
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Spotlight on Elementals
D. B. Sieders’ New Release Combines Fantasy, Romance & Brilliant Writing I’m thrilled to welcome my friend D.B. Sieders to my blog today. D.B. and I met while we wrote for the same publisher a few years ago, and we’ve been cheering each other on ever since. Her contemporary romance Red Shoes for Lab Blues hit all the right notes for me, and I can’t wait to dig into this next book of hers, this…
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Strap on Your Jingle Bells! It's Holiday Romance Time!
Strap on Your Jingle Bells! It’s Holiday Romance Time!
Announcing Passionate Kisses 3 Under the Mistletoe I love holiday romance. Don’t you? All that spiked eggnog, misunderstandings under the mistletoe, and pine-scented heroes! What could be better? Last year, I released my third Blue Collar Boyfriends novel, Cole in My Stocking, around the holidays. This holiday season, I’ve got a brand new release coming your way in a package deal you won’t be…
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Guardian's Secret out now!
Guardian’s Secret out now!
Woohooo! My friend Amy Raby has a new book out! Get it! It’s good. Here’s her post announcing her new release!
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Help a Highlander Out
Help a Highlander Out
Writing Updates and a Cover Poll My kids are both in school! The 4yo is in pre-K and the 6yo is in first grade! Which means I have time to blog again! And to write. And shower. It’s amazing! I’ll keep it quick, since I’ve got, like, five years of stuff to catch up on. Vote for Wishing for a Highlander in this cover poll on Story Finds. I’m up against some pretty stiff competition, so spread the…
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M.Q. Barber's New Release Delivers What it Promises: A Shirtless Gentleman
Gentleman Removes Shirt; Romance Ensues M.Q. Barber is one of my insta-buy authors. I was so excited to learn she was working on a new series to be released with Kensington’s Lyrical imprint. It’s finally here! You’ll want to get it as soon as humanly possible. I know because I got one of M.Q.’s coveted advance copies, which I happily reviewed for You Gotta Read Reviews. So, click over to YGRR to…
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RECKLESS is Free!
…Almost Confession time: I’ve never run a free promotion before, and I have learned a valuable lesson. Set price to free WAAAAYYYYY ahead of time. I scheduled some online promotions to spread the word that the first of my Blue Collar Boyfriends novels RECKLESS is free for the month of August. But as of this moment, it’s only free at Google Play and Smashwords. I did manage to discount it to $0.99…
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Take This Quiz, Enter to Win an $25 Gift Card:
Test your knowledge of toys from the year 1981 to enter my giveaway!
What I’m giving away:
$25 Amazon Gift Card
3 E-copies of my new release CHOOSING THE HIGHLANDER
What you have to to to enter:
You can enter in any number of ways. The point of the giveaway is for you to have FUN!
For the maximum amount of entries, do it all, but the bare minimum is to click HERE to visit my official Rafflecopter Giveaway page and click EASY ENTRY.
Show your 1980’s-Toy-Trivia Prowess:
Take my Quiz for another entry in my giveaway.
How many of these toys from the year 1981 can you name off the top of your head? Leave a comment below with your number of correct answers (out of 11) for another entry in my giveaway. You don’t have to be right. Just have fun!
The answers are in the comments, so down’t scroll down if you want to give this your best effort!
Did you get all 11 out of 11? If so, you did WAY better than this child of the 80’s!
I knew 7 of 11 without needing to look them up. For some I got half the name but couldn’t come up with the rest, so I decided not to count those.
For more giveaway entries, visit my Rafflecopter page and jump through all my shameless promo hoops.
I decided to feature toys from 1981 specifically, because this is the year my heroine, Connie, is from before she gets sent 500 years into the past and meets her Highlander hero, Wilhelm. Check out Connie’s story in CHOOSING THE HIGHLANDER, my new release!
Some of you will remember Wilhelm and Constance, the older couple from WISHING FOR A HIGHLANDER. This is the story of how they met and the odds they had to overcome in order to be together.
Keep reading for the blurb and buy links:
As a mechanical engineer in 1981 Chicago, Connie designs plumbing systems. She has also designed her life to perfection, right down to the man she hopes to marry. But when Mr. Right proposes, she can’t say yes. A head-clearing vacation brings her to the Scottish Highlands, where her free-spirited twin wishes for Connie to find true love. Neither sister expects the wish to send Connie hurtling five hundred years into the past.
Wilhelm Murray, heir to the barony of Dornoch, hopes to one day hold a seat in parliament and bring urgently needed reform to Scotland. But everything changes when a woman slated for execution proclaims her innocence using the most peculiar language. Powerfully attracted to the brave beauty, he rescues her even though it means becoming a fugitive and forfeiting his dream.
As Connie and Wilhelm evade capture, she discovers his passion for justice. Scotland needs his ideas. It needs him. And so does she. But in order to clear Wilhelm’s name, she will have to turn her back on everything she’s worked so hard for and embrace the magic of love.
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Thanks for reading and sharing and for celebrating release week with me!
How Well Do You Know Your 1980 Toys? Take This Quiz, Enter to Win an $25 Gift Card: Test your knowledge of toys from the year 1981 to enter my…
Legwarmers, Walkmans, & a Highlander?
Highland warrior meets 1981 career-driven feminist. What could possibly go wrong? The latest installment in my Highland Wishes series is almost here! Release day is June 23rd But pre-ordering is available here: Amazon | B&N | iTunes | Kobo | Goodreads Reserve your e-copy now and it’ll magically appear on your e-reader on release day. No hag stone or ancient stone formation required. Or, if you…
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Here, Have an E-book
Highland Wishes Series Gets a Face Lift Free e-books for newsletter subscribers!
Some people celebrate with champagne, some with balloons and confetti. Others go streaking through the quad. I’m celebrating with a face lift and a giveaway. Why?
Because I made the USA Today Bestseller list!
My Passionate Kisses 2 Love in Bloomco-authors and I hit the list in February with our $0.99 boxed set, and…
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BookReport is the Icing on the Cupcake
KDPÂ Analysis For Dummies
Don’t get me wrong, I love Excel. Like, I really love Excel. I have difficulty making it through a day without entering something in a spreadsheet (This might require an intervention, but that’s a topic for another post). But it’s nice to have an easy-to-use tool available to help me analyze KDP sales data at a glance. BookReportdoes just that. Here’s my review after 48…
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