Not Another Cover Model Contest?
Yes, sorry. I, Lyn Cote, need your help with yet another cover model for a new book, titled Uncertain Spring. If you didn’t read my blog, “Can a Grandmother Be a Heroine in a Romance?” perhaps you’d like to click here to read about the story line. This is in my Northern Shore Intrigue series,… Read More
Can a Grandmother Be a Heroine?
I’m beginning to write my next romantic suspense in my Northern Shore Intrigue series. My heroine is a late-40 something grandmother. That’s why I asked my question in the subject line. Here’s the first page of the book. Does it grab your interest? Do you mind that Lois is not in her twenties? Driving north… Read More
Help me Name My Hero! Please!
Lyn Cote here… I’m in the midst of writing a Christmas novella for the upcoming Sweet Romance Reads Novella series, titled “Puppies for Christmas.” (Six authors have gotten together to release novellas once a week, starting October 1st–so watch for these. All of them have puppies and Christmas in them! Imagine that? My novella is… Read More
Pinch Cook or Recipe Cook—Which are You?
Are you a pinch cook? Or a recipe cook? Or a little of both? Or a non-cook? I define a pinch cook as a cook who walks into the kitchen examines the ingredients in her pantry and fridge and comes up with a meal that she creates, kind of like a ‘play by ear’ musician…. Read More
How Do You Get an Idea for a New Book?
Lyn Cote here—This is a question that authors get often. And it’s hard for us to reply because I think it’s different and the same for all authors. Something catches our attention and then it starts our imagination spinning. Sometimes it’s a person we glimpse while we’re idly people watching as we wait for a… Read More