Fantasy and Romance

When I was growing up I read a lot of fantasy novels. For the most part I loved them. They were an escape to somewhere else, where the ordinary could become extraordinary. And who doesn’t want to discover they were a secret princess with latent magical powers destined to rule the three kingdoms and marry the handsome prince…oh wait, to save the kingdom and keep your magical powers you have to sacrifice the prince—or he, you. Those bits I hated....

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The Reader Revolts

by Rolynn Anderson I’m still absorbing what I heard at the Cuesta College Writer’s Conference last weekend. One of our keynote speakers was SMASHWORD’S Mark Coker. I was lucky enough to hear him speak on four different occasions during the two-day event, and I’m still revved up about his plan to give power to the reader. Now, I grew up during the feminist movement with Gloria Steinem and other brave women guiding me; in the end of my career I...

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Six Sentence Sunday 9/18

Welcome to Six Sentence Sunday! This week I'm celebrating the fact that my HOT contemporary romance, After Midnight, became available in print this past week. Yup, more than two weeks early!  It's only with The Wild Rose Press right now, but it will hit places like Amazon and Barnes and Noble on 9/30. “You think you’re not the type to draw a man’s attention, think again. I can’t stand in the same room as you without wanting to taste you....

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Spotlight On...Rachel Brimble

Please help me in welcoming Rachel Brimble to the keyboard today! Welcome, Rachel. Can you tell us a little about yourself? I am married with two daughters who are twelve and ten so my house is like hormone central at the moment, lol! My calming influence comes in the form of my Black Lab, Max who is about the most chilled out dog in the world. I live in a small market town near the City of Bath in the UK. I have been writing seriously for about...

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Release Time!

Today may not be the official release day for AFTER MIDNIGHT but it is the day The Wild Rose Press made the print edition available. I'm so excited I can't stop smiling! Thirteen years—that's how long Isabeau Montgomery has been living a lie. After an automobile accident took her mother's life, Izzy hid herself away, surviving the only way she knew how. Now she is happy in her carefully reconstructed life. That is until he walks through the...

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Six Sentence Sunday 9/11

To all of those affected by the 9/11 tragedy 10 years ago, my thoughts and prayers are with you. ~*~ Welcome to Six Sentence Sunday. Thanks so much for stopping by! This week's snippet is from my romantic suspense, Not Without Risk. “So you say.” “You don’t believe me.” She was surprised by how much that hurt. “You still suspect me of killing Leroy, don’t you?” “I believe in the evidence, Ms. Conroy, and until I have evidence that proves otherwise,...

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Spotlight On...Katherine Grey

While I was thinking about what to write, my gaze landed on the numerous cookbooks on the book shelf. After contemplating them for a while, I’ve decided I love food. Not just eating it, but reading about it, watching TV about it. I like to watch the Food Network on occasion, look through cookbooks, and I read about 6 different mystery series that all revolve around food. Most of them include recipes either within the story itself or at the back...

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Summer Scorcher Blog Tour Week 6 - The Perfect Hero

Welcome to part three of my blog post on the Scorcher Blog Tour. If you’re just joining us, to catch up go here: Part 1: http://findingthewritewords.blogspot.com Part 2: http://arialburnz.wordpress.com/ Thank you, Sarah, for hosting me on your site! In my last post we started breaking down our hero. We talked about his personality, his hair, his eyes, and his voice. Moving right along...Next up is our hero’s face. Sarah’s doesn’t have a preference...

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Six Sentence Sunday 9/04

Welcome to Six Sentence Sunday! In honor of my 2011 Readers Favorite Award win, I'm going to share with you six from my silver medal winner, Not Without Risk. Each stroke, each caress of her hand pushed his blood pressure up another notch until he had to steel himself from closing the distance and pulling her into his embrace. Want consumed him. He wanted her hands on him, not just on his car. He wanted to taste her, feel her, to fist his hands...

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Not Without Risk is a Winner!

I can't possibly explain just how excited I am to make this announcement, but here goes...NOT WITHOUT RISK was awarded the Silver Medal in the 2011 Readers Favorite Awards! Honestly, I never really believed I would make it to the finals, let alone place! I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it, but I've received the 'Official' notification so I need to get over my doubts, don't I? It's like winning the lottery. Really. As writers we struggle...

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