Someone Worth Protecting is Finally Here!!!

And it’s only 99cents until Sunday 8/25! So grab your copy today! Get Someone Worth Protecting and 24 other amazing stories in this incredible collection! https://books2read.com/SweetestObsessions By some fluke, he’d managed to land on top, pinning her to the ground with her arms above her head. Her breasts strained against the thin material of the …

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An Excerpt from SOMEONE WORTH PROTECTING

Get your copy Here! “I’m sorry. I’ve been too busy living in a world with real action, actual bad guys who try to kill me with real bullets, and dodging explosions that literally blow things to pieces, to watch you play grown up while your adoring fans eat popcorn and dream about licking melted butter …

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New Book News!!!

I have a new book coming soon!!! August 20th to be exact. SOMEONE WORTH PROTECTING will be part of the SWEETEST OBSESSIONS romance boxset with 22 other books. The boxset just went on preorder today at iTunes, Nook, and Kobo! Kindle preorder will be available in May. Check it out! There’s something for every reader. …

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Family Life Friday

I have 2 daughters and I want more than anything for them grow up knowing they are strong, independent, and capable of anything they set their minds to. Sometimes that seems overwhelmingly difficult while raising them in a world that feels chaotic so often now. There are so many messages out there for them to take …

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Sep
07
2011

Ask an Author: AKM Miles-Believing in Your Heros

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Heather: Today I’m excited to welcome AKM Miles to my blog! Let’s not waste any time with chitchat. How do you plan out an idea before you start writing? Or do you just fly by the seat of your pants?
AKM: Mostly I have a page on the computer…not anything as formal as an outline or anything…it’s an idea page. It rambles on. Like right now I have a Take It Slow Ideas page and I add to it as I have ideas for the book I’m writing now. It’s a sequel to Take It EASY and I’ll think ahead and go put that idea down on the “ideas” page and I can refer to it later. Also on that page are things from the other book like locations or hair color or other characters I need to keep straight so they flow into this book. I mostly go by the seat of my pants when writing. I may have no idea what is coming next in the story, but I’ll sit down and start typing and it comes to me as I do the work. I have a friend that I talk ideas through with and that has been very helpful to me lately. We enjoy discussing how things might happen. I like that, having a sounding board. (Thanks, JD) I get an idea for a book and then start throwing ideas down, ignoring some of them if they don’t fit with how the story ends up going as I write, but they’re there on the “ideas” page if I need them.

Heather: I’m more of a plotter myself, but I’m always fascinated at each individual writing process. Someday, I’ll try pantsing it! What quality do you love most about your heros?
AKM: Oh, definitely how caring they are. My guys are good guys. That is both what I get the best response about and the worst crits about. My fans know what they are going to get from my men. I write them the way I want men to be and I know there are men, and relationships, out there like that.

Heather: I love that answer! I love that you know who your readers are and what they want, but more than that, I love that you have a clear vision of who your heros are and you stay true to that despite criticism. You focus on one sub genre mainly, but do you ever plan to write another genre? If so which one?
AKM: I write contemporary because that is what I know. I love westerns and would love to do one, maybe someday. I just have so many ideas for future books in my genre, I don’t know that I’ll be branching out. I like what I do…and feel I should leave the other to those who are better at it.

Heather: I agree. There are lots of genres I like to read, but I have no intention of writing one. What’s your favorite genre to read when you’re not working on your own writing?
AKM: Not sure what you mean…I prefer to read M/M…whether it is modern, historical, paranormal, etc. Just give me men in love and I’m there (cowboys, firemen, doctors, lawyers, policemen, truck drivers, bartenders, counselors, teachers, businessmen, you name it. I will never give up JDRobb, though…autobuy!

Heather: And last but not least, the most important question of them all… What’s the one item you’d want with you on a deserted island?
AKM: A huge box. A solar-powered generator in the huge box that also holds my Kindle, a fan, a water-filter thingy, folding chair. Hey, I’m set to go.
Heather: Hmm, there’s an awful lot of items in that one box! LOL. Thank you so much for coming on my blog today and answering a few questions. Good luck with your upcoming books!

Gom Marsh is all grown up, but he looks years younger than he is. A police officer, he works undercover as a high school student to help fight the extreme bullying cases that school staffs can’t solve. The work is heartbreaking and wearing, but lucky for Gom, there’s a new man in his life. Casey Tanner, though, doesn’t like to be touched. That could be a problem. Gom is still at Scarcity Sanctuary to keep up his cover, so Soldier and Dillon are always there to help. Can Casey redeem himself after a bad first impression? Hopefully.  Gom needs him.

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Sep
07
2011

Interviewed by Jen Daiker

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Hi everyone,

I’m being interviewed over at Jen Daiker’s blog today! She asked me all kinds of awesome silly questions. So fun! Come on by and say hello!

 

 

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Aug
28
2011

Six Sentence Sunday 8/28

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It’s Sunday again. CLICK HERE for the list of participating authors. As always, thank you to everyone who stops by my blog to read and comment on my snippet each week!

This week I’m giving you another little snippet from my upcoming release LOVE AND LATTES, A Meadow Ridge Romance. It is available on 9.10.11 everywhere or for pre-order now from the Silver website. Click HERE if you’d like more info.

This snippet happens right after Chase learns Julia is his new employee! Yikes. Not good for them since they’d like a repeat of their steamy night together…

Chase sat on the bench out front of the store trying to enjoy the warm early spring air, but his thoughts were too clouded for even the heat of the sun to break through. Women hurried past him, shopping bags gripped tightly in their hands as they walked back to their Mercedes, and BMWs, and over-priced SUVs. They wore heels so high he wondered how they didn’t just topple over on the spindly spikes. As the click of their heels faded into the distance, he groaned and rubbed a hand across his forehead. Those were perfect examples of the girls he was tired of dating. Why couldn’t one of them work for him instead of Julia?

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Aug
24
2011

Ask an Author: Debra Holland-Why She Chose Self-Publishing

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Heather: This week I have self-published author Debra Holland on my blog for Ask an Author. There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the benefits of self-publishing for authors in all stages of their careers, so it seems like a good time to interview someone who’s actually doing it…and doing it well! Debra has sold over 15,000 books in just under 4 months!! That’s outstanding.
How did you come to the decision to self-publish or was that always your chosen path?
Debra: It was never my chosen path for fiction. My first book, Wild Montana Sky, won the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award in 2001. I had two agents try to sell WMS and the next in the series, Starry Montana Sky. But alas, a “sweet” historical Western, as opposed to a sexy historical Western, couldn’t sell. I wrote two other series, one a fantasy romance, the other a science fiction/fantasy romance, both of which were Golden Heart finalists. My agents also tried to sell the fantasy romance and couldn’t. (So I’ll be self-publishing them too. I’m aiming for mid July.)
I had planned to self-publish the book I’m writing on dealing with difficult people when my agent couldn’t sell the proposal. I knew I could sell the books on my website and in the back of the room when I give talks (I’m a psychotherapist and speaker.) Then last year, Delle Jacobs started self-publishing some of her books. Delle and I are members of the Wet Noodle Posse, the 2003 Golden Heart finalists. Delle has won the Golden Heart multiple times and couldn’t sell to New York, although she has published with small presses. Delle began having amazing success. I was buried in deadline hell writing The Essential Guide to Grief and Grieving for Alpha Books (the publishers of the Complete Idiots Guides) and was stricken with envy. Not that that I envied Delle’s success, I’m thrilled for her. But it gave me the idea the self-publishing could be successful, and I wanted to do it right then and there. But I had to wait until I turned the grief book in. In the meantime, I’ve watched my other Wet Noodle Posse sisters start self-publishing–Norah Wilson, Trish Milburn, Theresa Regan, Colleen Gleason, and MJ Fredrick–all put out these amazing books.

Heather: It’s amazing that so many Golden Heart finalist have trouble selling to New York. I don’t think that it speaks to the quality of their writing at all. I think it simply speaks to the state of the publishing industry in our current times. It’s good that there are now multiple options available for authors who seek to have their stories published. I know there’s a lot of work involved when you have to not only write the book but also edit it, format it, make cover art and promote it. Did you find the process of self-publishing challenging?
Debra: Actually much of the work is the same as for any book. You write the best book you can and make sure it’s well edited. I had mine professionally edited before I submitted them to agents and editors. Early on in my writing journey, in an RWA chapter meeting, I heard a multipublished author say you should always have your books professionally edited before turning them in. So I followed her advice.
The cover…I had an idea for each cover that I described to the designer, Delle Jacobs, and she produced them. I LOVE them.
I paid someone the vast sum of $20 per book to convert them. Although I know friends who have done it themselves. It’s time consuming, but doable. Not worth the time and effort in my opinion. I would have paid far more to have someone else do it. You market the book just like you would with a book put out from a publisher.
Heather: I think your covers are beautiful! The cover artist did an amazing job. What’s one thing you wish you would have known before self-publishing?
Debra: I studied articles about self-publishing and read posts on forums. I have my Wet Noodle Posse friends coaching me. So as far as I know, I didn’t make any mistakes. I wish I could have started six months ago, but I couldn’t with my crazy deadline.

Heather: Research is definitely key in all aspects of writing and publishing! How do you come up with your story ideas?
Debra: Wild Montana Sky came about because I was dating a young cowboy at the time. We had nothing in common, but he was cute and fun. I thought to myself, “If we’d lived 100 years ago in the West, this might actually work.” That young cowboy changed my life, and I’ll be forever grateful.
The other ideas all came in different ways. I thought of a story when I was in San Diego with my boyfriend last weekend. We walked around the USS Midway, and I found myself toying with an idea. It played in my head for the rest of the afternoon, and I jotted the ideas down on the way home.

Heather: I love when an idea comes to you out of the blue and just seems to stick. It can settle into your brain like it has always been there and then we just have to write the story to be rid of it! And last but not least, the most important question of them all… If you could be granted one wish, what would it be?
Debra: You besides World Peace? Let me think for a few minutes. This is actually a very good question. I’m very blessed in my life, so as much as I’d love to say millions of book sales, which I’d still love to have, I will say World Peace. 🙂
Heather: Ah, good old world peace. Easy-peasy, right? Thank you so much for joining me on my blog today!

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Aug
21
2011

Six Sentence Sunday 8/21

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Another Sunday, another snippet. Click HERE to find all the other participating authors! As always, thank you to everyone who stops by my blog to say hi and leave comments!

For the next couple of weeks I’m offering up snippets of my debut release LOVE AND LATTES, A Meadow Ridge Romance available for pre-order from Silver Publishing now, and everywhere else on Sept. 10! Click HERE if you want more info!

This snippet happens right after Julia and Chase meet again for the first time since having one spontaneous night together. She’s not too thrilled with the discovery of who Chase really is…her new boss.

Of course he’s my boss. That’s just my kind of luck. Julia knew her cheeks must be bright red, but there was nothing she could do to calm the embarrassment burning inside her.

I slept with my boss. She shook her head, trying to comprehend how in the world this could have happened. Of all the places she could have gotten a job, of all the guys she could have fallen into bed with on one spontaneous night, she had picked this store and this man.  

 

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