One Lost Summer is in many ways a novel about identity and lies. It is about the lies people tell themselves to survive and the extent to which they may remain unknown in a person’s character and by those closest to them. It is about desire and obsession and it is about summer and the… Read More
One of my favorite quotes comes from the movie You’ve Got Mail with Meg Ryan. I loved the role of Kathleen Kelly (played by Meg Ryan) because she lived the quote. Kathleen was facing a life changing moment, the closing of the bookstore that had been her life and her mother’s. Her longtime friend, Birdie,… Read More
Imagine you are a free-living Lakota. Your tiospaye, your clan, has set up summer camp with other friendly tiospaye. Last night you and some friends you haven’t seen since last summer’s gathering celebrated your grand reunion, visiting other camp circles, feasting on elk and deer and dancing into the dawn. Then as the sun peeked… Read More
Do you have a sister? If so, you know that despite quarrels, envy, frustration, and all the other negative emotions that siblings can arouse so easily, a sister is still a treasure. Your sister is the person with whom you never have to pretend. She’s seen the worst in you, and she loves you anyway!… Read More
Thanks for having me Writerspace! I’ve been a long time fan and chatter at Writerspace. Some might remember me when I used the nickname, Vitch36- *wink* With two releases out within 10 days of each other, I’ve been caught in a whirlwind of epic proportions! Yay, but ack! And…BOTH are vastly different genres! I’m going… Read More
There’s something seductive about a vacation. Maybe it’s the idea of leaving your everyday self behind along with your work and your worries. Maybe it’s the opportunity to relax, to recharge, to reconnect with the ones you love. Writers choose locations for their books as carefully as any family planning a holiday. It has to… Read More
I’m a sucker for a good redemption story, especially one where someone who seems completely irredeemable gets a second chance to get it right. That kind of story poses an interesting question: What does a hero have to do to be a hero? Regardless of background and history, what does it take to be heroic?… Read More
We’re well into June. So, here comes the sun . . . and the entertainment. Writerspace Top Shelf Authors with book releases this month include: Woman’s Own By Robyn Carr Trade Paperback Released May 17, 2013 (reissued from 1990) Published by Liza Dawson Associates www.RobynCarr.com Ablaze against the bustle of nineteenth-century Philadelphia is this sweeping… Read More
There’s something about a sexy hero with a conflicted past and a bad-boy attitude that makes us want to love him all the more. In real life, we often find we can’t change a man. But in an erotic romance novel, love conquers all. The hero changes for the better thanks to the heroine and… Read More
Thanks yet again to Writerspace for inviting me to blog. I was here just a few weeks ago discussing, among other things, the reprinting of my third Pet Rescue Mystery HOUNDS ABOUND with a special seal on it as part of Penguin Group (USA)’s Read Humane program. And now I’m here because of my first… Read More
Daniel Tennant, aka The Merger Mogul, has landed the project of a lifetime – to help make Barbados the #1 place to live, work and do business. However he doesn’t bargain for the opposition he will receive, or the lengths to which the conspirators will go to discredit him in an attempt to bring an… Read More
Krista Davis and Janet Bolin were online critique partners long before either of them was published. Now they share the same publisher, Berkley Prime Crime, and their most recent mysteries came out on the same day, June 4. THE DIVA FROSTS THE CUPCAKE is the seventh book in Krista’s Domestic Diva Mystery series. THREAD AND… Read More
Besides love? More book clubs! When I first came up with my idea for THE BEST LIFE BOOK CLUB, I thought I was being so original, so clever. A book about a book club – yes! And then, after I’d surfaced from my writing cave back into the sunlight, I blinked and saw… all kinds… Read More
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