Doing the happy-happy dance as I've just found out that
NOT WITHOUT RISK has been nominated for
Long and Short of It's Best Book of 2010!
I keep pinching myself, but it's true!
They even gave me this wonderful banner to prove it. ;)...
January 31, 2011
January 30, 2011
Six Sentence Sunday 01/30
Today my six is from my woman-in-jeopardy story,
NOT WITHOUT RISK, available now from
The Wild Rose Press.
The first forty-eight hours of any investigation are critical. After those first crucial days, trails tend to go cold. Once cold, dead isn’t far off.
One hundred and two hours after Detective St. John was gunned down in his hotel bed, Justin sat on a case colder than Becky O’Riley the night he tried to go a little too far in the backseat...
January 27, 2011
Spotlight On... Laura Hogg
Welcome to 'the keyboard' Laura, can you tell us a little about yourself?
Thanks for the welcome!
Let’s see, I’ve been married for 21 years to a younger man, and I have a daughter in college. Most of the work I have out is historical or paranormal fiction, romance, but I sometimes venture from that. Oh, I also play a little guitar and piano and hope to be in a band again someday. During the day, I work in a school, and at night, I edit for an...
January 25, 2011
Teaser Tuesday
A sudden thump sounded against the door, then a second time, louder than the first. Paige jumped, her pulse skipping as the sound came again and again. She screamed when with a resounding crack, the front door swung in and slammed against the inside wall.
The man stood, framed in the doorway, one arm raised and holding the door against the wall to keep it from swinging back at him. His glasses were gone now and the sight of those eyes looking at...
January 24, 2011
How to make a book trailer
For a while now I've been tossing around the idea of making a book trailer. Why haven't I made one? Honestly, every time I decide to do it, I realize I'm totally unprepared. How exactly should I go about putting one together? Is there a system? A secret that those who have made one know and I don't?
My confusion (along with an overwhelming feeling that I was in over my head) caused me to go out and do what I do best when I have questions......
January 23, 2011
Six Sentence Sunday 01/23
Welcome all! First off I want to thank everyone who stops by and comments every week.
It really does make my day.
This week is the continuation from my work-in-progress, Midnight Heat. If you recall last week, Dominic has just apologized for walking out on Becca three years ago.
“Dominic, we… I can’t give you anything for the pain until after the scan.”
It was his turn to sigh. “It doesn’t matter.” There was nothing she could give him...
January 21, 2011
Ah, the kiss...
Can a kiss really be perfect? Is ‘true love’s’ kiss actually powerful enough to wake the dead? Does anyone really know? I don’t.
What I do know is that there is something very powerful about a kiss. Think about it. In movies as well as books, the anticipation of the first kiss is…WOW.
You know what I’m talking about. Heck, you probably vividly remember your first kiss. (I know I do)
The heightened sense of awareness.
The wonder.
The SweeTarts…
Sorry,...
January 20, 2011
Spotlight On... Liz Arnold
Today I have fellow The Wild Rose Press author Liz Arnold with me at the keyboard. Welcome, Liz, can you tell us a little about yourself?
Hi, Sarah, and thanks for hosting me today. You have a great blog. I love visiting and I’m honored to be your guest.
I live a busy life as a writer, freelance editor, and teacher in the mid-west. I teach in a small liberal arts college.
Tell us about MESSAGE TO LOVE and where we can find it.
Audra Wakely’s father...
January 17, 2011
Question
I'm putting together a promotion idea and need your help.
It's quick, easy and if you help me out, I'll enter you in my January contest.
What's up for grabs?
A $25 Amazon gift card.
So, will you help me out? Okay, here's the easy part:
What's your favorite song?
The one that has you turning up the radio every time, no matter what you're doing. The one you replay at least once when listening to your MP3 player.
You know you've got one, let...
January 16, 2011
Six Sentence Sunday 01/16
Welcome once again to Six Sentence Sunday. Today's post is another six from my hot contemporary work-in-progress, Midnight Heat.
The following is a continuation of last week's post. A car accident has brought Dominic to Rebecca's ER and he's just beginning to realize just how large a mistake he made walking away from her three years ago.
God, he’d fucked up. If he hadn’t been absolutely sure of that before, he was now. Laying here,...
January 13, 2011
QR Codes - What are they?
I've been spending a lot of time online lately and have noticed these nifty little boxes like the one above. What are they? What do they do? And why, oh why, do you see them in all different colors?
Curious, I began my search for answers and guess what? Not only did I learn what they are and what they do, but that I could make my own. Cool!
The little box at the top of this blog post is called QR Code. It's a two dimensional code readable by...
January 12, 2011
Story Ideas - Where do they come from?
As a writer, the question I get asked the most is ‘Where do you get your ideas?’. The answer to this question is very simple. It is also a bit complicated. Confused? Hang in there, I’ll clarify.
Story ideas come to me all the time, from lots of different places. Sometimes it is as simple as a line in a song sparking my imagination. Usually a line of dialogue comes to me first. From there, I begin to imagine just who said it, the hero or the heroine....
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