Coral Cafe’s Vegetarian Supreme Pizza Recipe
In Coral Cafe, the second novel in my Coral Cottage beach series, Marina Moore creates a vegetarian pizza for her new beach cafe. Readers often ask me to include recipes for the dishes I write about. You’ll find some, including this one, in the back of my books, and I’m posting others here on the blog…. Read More
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS…OR IS IT?
by Elizabeth Lowell I loved the idea so much I once used it for a book title. I’d insert a shameless plug here, but this blog is supposed to talk about my newest novel, Perfect Touch. While this latest romantic suspense has plenty of the action and thrills I love to write, it also deals… Read More
The Romance of Place …
It’s that time of year when many of us are on the road or in the air headed to beloved or exotic locales. But whether you have a ticket to ride, or will spend summer in your own backyard, chances are a good book will be part of your vacation. And if books are part… Read More
There are Plenty of Treats for You to Read This October
by Jaycie Cash October can be scary, but don’t worry there are plenty of great books for you to enjoy this month. Check out these great reads being released by Writerspace Top Shelf Authors: Perfect Timing “A Harrigan Family Novel” By Catherine Anderson Mass Market Paperback and eBook Published by Signet Released Sept. 30, 2014,… Read More
Why Not Fill Your 30 Days in September with Some Great Books
By Jaycie Cash School is back in session and we’re heading full steam towards fall. While not fill all 30 days of September with some great reads by Writerspace Top Shelf Authors, like: The Homecoming A Thunder Point Novel #6 By Robyn Carr Mass Market Paperback and eBook Published by MIRA Released August 26, 2014… Read More
A Hot Talking Carny
Usually picking a favorite scene in a book is like picking my favorite chocolate from one of those Valentine’s Day boxes—I like them all! I have a ton of scenes that I love in This Year’s Black. There’s the makeover. Sex in a tent (trust me, it’s better than it sounds). The won’t-give-an-inch flirting/bickering. But… Read More
What I Know About Women
Like most writers, I also had a day job, because one does acquire a certain taste for the luxuries of life, such as shelter and food. I wound up, largely by chance, as a college professor, reading specialist type, working with teachers. So, at the ripe old age of thirty, I looked up to find… Read More
Lure of the Medieval
I had a friend suggest that maybe writers were drawn to the time period where they have the most memorable past lives. If this is the case, clearly I had a blast during my time as a medieval lady because I can’t seem to get enough of the time period. Some people look at the… Read More
Do You Like this Likeability Study?
A short video I saw a few minutes ago on msn.com provided info from a study about what makes people immediately likeable. You know, that all-important first impression that takes place within the first one-tenth of a second of encountering someone. I was surprised by the results. According to the video, the part of our… Read More
The Things I Do for Research
When I wrote The Protectors Series (Dangerous Pursuit, Dangerous Interlude and Dangerous Paradise), I wanted to showcase places I had been to in a story. I love traveling and using tidbits I’ve learned in my travels. In Dangerous Pursuit, my husband and I visited several different jungles so I could experience what it felt like… Read More
Fiction on Ice
In THE APPLE ORCHARD, Tess, an art provenance expert, keeps her handwritten notes in the freezer. Our dashing hero, Dominic, discovers this habit of hers (along with her other less-than-attractive habits, such as drying her undies by draping them over lampshades, and subsisting on Red Bull and microwave burritos, when he visits her apartment. I… Read More
Wielding Procrastination as a Weapon
I was going to talk about procrastination as a weapon—like Thor’s Mjölnir!–but that sounds like a LOT of effort, doesn’t it? Maybe I should just call it a tool—although even that word makes me want to go take a nap. Writers, at least some of us, are fond friends with procrastination. It’s the pal that… Read More