I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!
December 22, 2010
December 12, 2010
Six Sentence Sunday 12/12
For this week's Six Sentence Sunday I've decided to share with you six sentences from my woman-in-jeopardy romance, Not Without Risk.
Not Without Risk is out now and features photographer Paige Conroy and homicide Sergeant Justin Harrison, the man who's just broken all the rules by bringing Paige home with him in order to better protect her.
Not Without Risk is out now and features photographer Paige Conroy and homicide Sergeant Justin Harrison, the man who's just broken all the rules by bringing Paige home with him in order to better protect her.
He was gentle at first and then, as she surrendered, his mouth explored hers with greater intent. He kissed her almost roughly, completely on fire, sweeping his tongue possessively into her mouth. His hands settled on her hips, gliding upward beneath her shirt until his palms closed over her naked breasts. His moan of approval, so raw and husky, vibrated into her mouth and made her heart pound even harder. The sensation of bare flesh against bare flesh sent waves of heat spiraling from her head to her toes. Her nipples hardened.
There's no way I could post about Justin without providing you with my inspiration for him, country singer Ty Herndon.
Be sure to visit all the Six Sentence Sunday authors. You can find a list of them HERE. See you next time!
December 10, 2010
Spotlight On... KM Daughters
Today I have the incomparable K.M. Daughters with me at the keyboard. Welcome, can you tell us a little about yourself(s)?
We’re sisters who love each other dearly and hardly ever fight like we did when we were little and there was blood – lots of blood.
Thank you for inviting us to share this special day in our career. ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE AND LAW is book four in the Sullivan boys romantic suspense series. Books one through three have garnered great reviews and a devoted following of lovely Readers, so we’re very excited about this installment because we think it’s the most electric and interesting so far.
The story involves a brutal murderer, a hotshot defense attorney and a newly appointed police captain:
The enchantress on stage at an amusement park review captivates new Chicago police captain Patrick Sullivan. Stunned to learn she’s the infamous defense attorney, Charlie Demarco, who substituted for her twin at the performance, Pat battles Charlie in and out of the courtroom. With CPD cutbacks and a serial murderer to apprehend, Pat struggles to uphold the law and his reputation, while Charlie seems determined to undermine him. Chained to her job to restore her family’s finances, Charlie has no choice but to defend the criminals Pat wants behind bars. Her biggest battle yet involves defending her heart against Patrick Sullivan.
The book is available in digital formats and paperback online in The Wild Rose Press, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.
Online E-book and print book retailers and paperback by order at your local bookstore.
As a writing team, how do you handle the writing process? Do you each select a character to write or divide it by scenes?
We divide it by scenes, alternating chapters. We act as critique partners and “self-editors” for each other’s chapters as we construct the initial first draft. Pat keeps the master document.
How did you start writing? Have you always worked together?
When we each had completed romance manuscripts independently, we aspired to become published authors. So we searched for opportunities to learn all we could about the craft of writing. We attended the Iowa Writers Summer Festival at The University of Iowa, and completed an intense two-week novel writing course. A link on Nora Robert’s website brought us to the Romance Writers of America. RWA is an excellent educational resource for wannabe writers, so we joined and attended RWA national’s conference in Reno, Nevada. Kathie had an idea for a contemporary romance. We tossed plot premises around during early morning walks leading to the “light bulb” moment to team write the novel. Those discussions resulted in PAST, PRESENT AND FOREVER, published by Sapphire Blue Publishing last year in Ebook and soon to be re-released in paperback.
Do you ever disagree on how a scene should play out?
Sure we do. Actually that’s part of the fun in team writing – and an essential ingredient in producing our blended voice.
Why did you choose your genre?
It is entirely possible the genre chose us since story lines and characters seem to materialize in our brains, haunting us until we do something with them. We love to read the sub-genres we write. Plus we always were and will ever be devotees of happy endings.
What has been your highlight of your career(s) to this point?
Congratulations! What are three things you wish you’d known before you began your writing career?
1. Book promotion is extremely difficult and humbling.
2. Blurb writing is extremely difficult.
3. Line editing is extremely humbling. i.e. Don’t repeat words, even for emphasis, as we just did with “extremely” three times. As our beloved Editor for the Sullivan Boys books might comment, “What’s the matter girls? Lose your thesaurus?”
What advice would you give to the new/unpublished author?
Learn your craft, tell the stories of your heart, be true to your voice, write what you love, polish to the best of your ability, and have faith.
We love visitors at http://www.kmdaughters.com/
Is there anything you’d like to ask our readers?
No questions, but we would like to convey a message. Thank you to the wonderful readers who purchase our books. We are deeply grateful for you.
Thank you so much, Sarah, for your hospitality.
Thank you both for being with us today.
December 5, 2010
Six Sentence Sunday 12/05
Today's Six Sentence Sunday is from the same book as last week, After Midnight, my contemporary romance coming soon from The Wild Rose Press.
“I have to know,” he murmured.
“What?”
“Your taste.”
He slipped his hand from her hip to the small of her back, pulling her against him. Their bodies molded, soft to hard. His thigh slid between hers and desire curled her toes, tightened her nipples into hard, aching points.
You know what, I feel like we need a little bit of eye-candy today.
“I have to know,” he murmured.
“What?”
“Your taste.”
He slipped his hand from her hip to the small of her back, pulling her against him. Their bodies molded, soft to hard. His thigh slid between hers and desire curled her toes, tightened her nipples into hard, aching points.
You know what, I feel like we need a little bit of eye-candy today.
So here he is, the inspiration for Noah Clark, the hero of After Midnight.
Be sure to visit all the Six Sentence Sunday authors. You can find a list of them HERE. See you next time!
December 1, 2010
Just Because
Because it's that time of year, I've decided to reward all of my readers with a gift. Well, okay, all of my readers won't get a gift, but you'll all be entered to win one. What's up for grabs?
An Amazon gift card you can use
toward whatever your heart desires. ♥
What do you have to do to be entered?
Just 'like' my Facebook fan page.
Once I reach 200, I'll draw a winner.(if you've already joined my fan page, then you're already entered)
And just to make this even more interesting, for every 50 over 200 that I receive before the end of December, I'll draw another winner for yet another prize. I haven't chosen what other prizes will be up for grabs, but I promise they'll be fun.
So come on, it's easy. Just click the 'like' button.
If you'd like to check out the page,
you can see it HERE
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