Inspiration Post #15: The Midwest

Inspiration Post #15: The Midwest I consider myself a West Coast person. I’ve lived on the West Coast of the US for about 75% of my life. I feel most at home here. If I could freely choose any part of the US to live, it would be somewhere in California, Oregon, or Washington. But …

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We have a winner!

We have a winner in the Boring Contest! My kids read and graded all the entries and judged this gem by Sara to be the most boring: Very few people enjoy it, but washing dishes is vital for keeping a clean house. If you are not fortunate enough to own a dishwasher, you will need …

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Please welcome Christopher Hawthorne Moss!

Excerpt from WHERE MY LOVE LIES DREAMING by Christopher Hawthorne Moss WHERE MY LOVE LIES DREAMING by Christopher Hawthorne Mosshttp://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4126When the Civil War began, it split more than just brothers… On the Mississippi 1860 A loud explosion somewhere on the river ahead interrupted her response. They were south of Memphis, but only by several miles. …

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Inspiration Post #14: Toothaches

I dread going to the dentist. I’ve been fortunate enough to avoid too much major dental work, although I had an infected wisdom tooth 10 days before I got married (and over a holiday weekend), and a couple years ago I had a root canal. Ugh. So it was with considerable sympathy that I read …

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Please welcome Rob Colton!

Inspiration: Hello everybody, this is Rob Colton. Thanks for letting me take over for a little bit, Kim! Today I wanted to talk about the inspiration for my upcoming novella, The Ranch Foreman. It is coming out this Wednesday, August 14th, published by Dreamspinner Press. To be honest, the inspiration for the story came from …

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Boring Contest!

So it’s mid-August, and the new semester begins in a little over a week. Which is depressing, sort of. And I was sitting in a concert tonight (Chris Isaak–great show!) and it occurred to me that I haven’t done a giveaway in a while. It’s time! This summer I took a couple writing workshops in …

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Inspiration Post #13: Urchin Cove

Have you read my novella Treasure? It’s free! You can download it here: http://www.mmromancegroup.com/?p=3531 The lovely cover is by Eli Easton: The little inlet where Julian stays–and finds a man washed up on the beach–looks exactly like the one Eli found for the cover. The inlet is located maybe a mile from the village of …

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Please welcome Tempeste O’Riley!

Inspiration for Designs of Desire Thank you for having me over, Kim. So, Kim asked me a question about my recent release (and debut novel) “Designs of Desire”, “What was the inspiration for your story?” Today, I’m going to share my answer with not just Kim, but with you as well. “Designs of Desire” is …

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Inspiration Post #12: Praesidium

My first novel was Stasis. All of the action in that book–and much of the action in the rest of the trilogy–takes place in the city-state of Praesidium. I love maps in books and couldn’t resist including maps in the trilogy. Now, if you examine this map closely, you might notice that even though Praesidium …

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Please welcome Lane Hayes!

Better Than Good by Lane Hayes My new book (and yes… first ever) Better Than Good was released July 8th.  It is of course a love story because truthfully, that’s my favorite kind.  I will read almost any type of genre, but the ones I end up enjoying the most have at the very least …

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