Ring in the New Year with a book!

'Tis the season of giving. Of family gatherings, parties, and...reading? I wish! Amidst all the cleaning, wrapping, the cooking and travel time, reading drops to a spot just below sleeping on my list. Until now. It's New Year's Eve and while a lot of my friends are planning on attending yet one more party, I'm planning on spending the evening at home. Reading. Sounds wonderful, doesn't it? It does to me. Before I can do that, I need to do a bit...

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Welcome Guest Blogger Liz Flaherty

Thanks for having me, Sarah. I hope you had a great Christmas. Before the lights have even dimmed on the Christmas tree—which they seem to do the minute the presents have gone from underneath—I begin thinking about the New Year. I don’t make resolutions anymore, at least not out loud where anyone I don’t pray to can hear me, but I do contemplate what I might do differently after the ball drops. Here is my list so far. I will write every day....

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Welcome Guest Blogger Louisa Masters

'Twas the day after Christmas and all through the house, chaos ruled. I don't know about your house, but the day after Christmas, mine resembled a bomb site, and I didn't even host Christmas! I spent Christmas Eve at my parents' place and stayed over, Christmas lunch with one aunt, and dinner with another. Most of Christmas Eve day I was baking, so there's a pile of dishes that was left to air-dry on the draining board. I'm actually quite impressed...

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Happy Holidays

Here's wishing you a happy and hopeful year end and start for 2012....

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Welcome Guest Blogger Jennifer Ann Coffeen

All I want for Christmas is… a final, completed, fully edited draft with no typos, plot holes, or one dimensional characters. Oh! And a great love scene. I know, I know, Santa can’t work miracles. But I can always ask, can’t I? I’ve been wrestling with the third draft of my latest WIP since it was still warm enough to wear open toed shoes (and I live in Chicago so that means something). My deadline for the final final draft was Labor Day, which...

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Open Promo For Authors ~ January Releases

Welcome to Open Promo for Authors!  Once again I've decided to open the floor (or blog post as the case may be) and allow you, my fellow romance authors, a chance to tell me about your book. Do you have a new release next month? Then I want to hear about it! I do have a few pesky rules though: The book has to be a romance. I don't care what genre romance, but my readership is romance so we're going to give them what they love.  You can...

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The Page 99 Test ~ After Midnight

The Page 99 Test is simple: After reading page 99, would you want to turn the page and keep reading? Let's have a look at my current release, After Midnight:        His mouth curved. "I guess it was."    "He loves you, he didn't want to see you waste away."    His smile faded as he gazed at her. She curled her left hand around his wrist. "What's the matter?"    "Henry's not...

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Going Indie with Catherine Bybee

Hi Sarah, thank you for having me here today. I’m going to talk a little bit about Self Publishing… or going Indie as people are starting to say. I need to start by saying that Self publishing isn’t for everyone. An author may think that if they self publish they get to skip a few steps, get published faster. Although there is some truth to the ‘getting published faster’ part, there are more steps to doing it yourself than there is when going with...

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Welcome Guest Blogger Jeanette Grey

These Words Aren't Precious Three separate times in my life, I decided I was going to be a WRITER. One of those serious ones that bleeds for her art. The first time, I was sixteen, and I immediately went out and bought a fancy leather-bound journal and a fountain pen. I still have that journal. I even wrote in seven of its pages. The second time, I was twenty. Cue another expensive journal, another pen. This time around, I also started a Word...

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Spotlight On...Calvin Davis

Welcome, Calvin. Tell us about The Phantom Lady of Paris and where we can find it. Who is the Phantom Lady of Paris? I knew her well. I lived several years with her, haunting me day and night. Contrary to what her name might suggest, she was not some paranormal creature prowling the streets of the French capital, or a blood-sucking vampire, the type quite popular in fiction. On the contrary, in my novel, the Phantom Lady was a somewhat ordinary,...

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Spotlight On...Linda Engman

Today I have fellow Wild Rose Press author Linda Engman with me at the keyboard, talking about her wonderful new release, Manhattan Holiday. Welcome Linda, what surprised you the most when you became a published author? I have to say I was surprised how many people it takes to get a book from manuscript form to a published novel. At my publisher, The Wild Rose Press, there is my wonderful editor, senior editor, copy editor, talented cover artist,...

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Spotlight On...Vonnie Davis

I'm so excited to have the fabulous Vonnie Davis with me at the keyboard today. Vonnie not only shares with us an emotional excerpt from her book Storm's Interlude, but she's agreed to give a copy of the book to one lucky commenter.  Welcome, Vonnie! What surprised you the most when you became a published author? The reviews. When I received my first one, my heart beat so hard and heat infused my body like a super hot flash. My eyes quickly...

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Favorite Reads of 2011

Book Lovers Inc is spotlighting some of their favorite reads of 2011. Each day during the 24 days until Christmas they're offering a great read along with a giveaway and today's spotlighted book is AFTER MIDNIGHT. Stop by and check it out for your chance to win a copy! Book Lovers Inc. Advent Calender Day 5 Don't forget to check back daily to discover all of their favorite reads of 2011. Your TBR pile will thank you. :-...

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Snippet Sunday

I spent most of yesterday working on the promotional items for After Midnight that I'm putting together special for RT 2012. So today I thought I would share with you the first kiss between Isabeau and Noah. Enjoy! His shirt sleeve slipped down as she pressed the warm cloth to his skin. She shoved it back out of the way. “Wait,” he said as it slipped a second time. He reached his arm over his head. Fisting his hand in his shirt, he pulled it...

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Spotlight On...Melinda Leigh

**WINNER: Christine Warner - see Melinda's msg for you in comments** My special guest today is award winning author Melinda Leigh. Melinda is here to tell us about her thrilling new romantic suspense, SHE CAN RUN. Make sure you leave her a comment as she's decided to give away a copy of her book to one lucky commenter! Welcome, Melinda. Can you tell us a little about yourself? Hi, Sarah, and thanks for inviting me to your blog today. I’ve been...

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