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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Come See Me this Weekend!

Be one of the first to get an autographed copy of LEADING HER TO HEAVEN, stock up on fun goodies, and just have fun!

Where:
USA FLEAMARKET
11721 US Hwy 19
Port Richey, FL 34668

When:
March 8 & 9th

Stop by The USA FleaMarket, 11721 US 19 in Port Richey FL. on March 8th and 9th between 10 AM and 4 PM to meet some of Florida's bestselling authors. There will be something for everyone to read in this multi genre event.

Chat with the authors, have your picture taken with them, and all of them will be autographing the books for you.

Authors attending Saturday and or Sunday will be:
Tiva Wallon, R.W. Langston, Veronica Towers, Scott Harper, Carol Bartolet, Cheryl Rogers, Skyler Grey, Kayleigh Jamison, Adra Steia, Susan Cronin, Valerie Washington, LeRoy Coffie and cover model Marc Kempe.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Happy Sunday

Good morning and happy Sunday to you.
Things are hard now. There is the fear of recession and a new thing called stagflation-- whatever that is. I'm not even sure what the difference between recession and depression is.
My parents lived through the Great Depression. They told us the way it was then. But for all that no one had any money, there was a real sense of community. People shared what they had. Even before that, in the years before the Depression, before the fall of the stock market, in the time when my book, THE VIOLIN, takes place, people took care of one another.
There was no social security, no medicare or medicaid, no government programs. People became inventive. They made clothes from flour sacks and put cardboard in their worn-out shoes. There was no shame in poverty and there was no whining about being poor. Everybody was poor. But they worked together to help one another and they enjoyed the kindness of their family, neighbors and friends.
So what if there were a recession or depression today? Would we rally toward each other? Would we console and help one another? Would we become like the characters in my book acting from a love of humanity?
The depression started an upheaval of social change. Would that kind of economic disaster do the same today? As humans, would we band together for the better good? What are your thoughts. What would you do?
All good things to your corner of the universe.
Sarah McNeal www.sarahmcneal.com

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Sick mummy :(

Hello darlings, I have no good news and posts to share this week. My mother had a minor heart attack a couple of days ago. Rest assured, she will be well. We have figured out what the causes were and she is going back home this weekend.

So there is a lot of time being spent around my mother this week. And so, less time online.

But I will be back soon, and will be posting many more wondrous things anon.

*hugs*

Friday, February 29, 2008

A Kind Of Loving

I have been told that A Kinda Of Loving/Linda Sole/Red Rose Publishing will be out next month (March) and hopefully Chateau Despair in April. I have also contracted An Impetuos Miss and Ryan's Son to Red rose Publishing. An Impetuous Miss is a Regency and Ryan's Son is a contemporary love story.

I have been told that Eternal Press would like to publish Too Hot To Handle and would also like to see more of my work. Too Hot To Handle is contemporary and sensual. It was first published by Triskelion but the rights were bought and returned by Siren Publishing, which was extremely good of them.

On the print front, I am about to do the proofs for Love & War/Anne Herries/Severn House. This is the second in the Upstairs, Downstairs series set at the time of the first world war. I have a Regency out in the Uk next month with Mills & Boon and The Lord's Forced Bride is out in paperback and ebook in the USA. The third in the Sarah Beaufort Mysteries - A Different Kind Of Justice/Linda Sole/Severn House is out next month in hardback. So as you can see,I have been very busy over the past year or so, which is why I don't always manage to remember my blogs.

I recently had my website updated and the stories that used to be available are now on Linda's Story Blog, which can be acessed through the website.

I think that is all my news for this week. I am posting a cover of A Kind Of Loving for you. Best wishes, Linda

http://www.lindasole.co.uk/

http://www.booksfromlindasole.blogspot.com/

http://www.storiesfromlindasole.blogspot.com/

Thursday, February 28, 2008

When Dreams Come True is now available

By Pat Cromwell

When Dreams Come True is an upbeat romantic story. Not a lot of angst and turmoil, but a delicious fun journey with two people who are fated for one another. What a ride. The hero, Kenneth Ingram, must to have been a very good boy because his dreams certainly came true. He meets Chris and she slides into his very being like a runner to the finish line. She instantly becomes everything to him, his heart, his soul, his sweet inspiration, his dream come true.

He wants forever. But Chris is jaded – she’s given up on fairy tales and happily ever after. So he has to convince her to trust him, love him, and believe again and let dreams back into her life. He’s not worried that he will accomplish this and the challenge she presents is no hardship for this guy. Follow their journey as Kenneth enlightens his lady love that ... When Dreams Come True, nothing is left of yesterday's pain.

A couple paragraphs in a post is not enough to tell you about this guy and what he does to get his woman ... so check out the video as a prelude to the book and see in living color the recipe he cooks up to serve the lady he's determine to make his main dish - forever!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gZ9r5K7L8I8

The video touches on Kenneth's determination for happy ever after with the girl of his dreams -- the book is his expose of how he does it -- I merely took dictation.

And boy does this guy do it right! At the end of the day the lady in question, Chris, is dreaming of wedding bells, honeymooning in Fiji and baby booties! But she’s jaded and the battle between her head versus her heart (and those raging hormones) is in full force. To borrow a phrase from Macy Gray ... she's dreaming and feening, when she tries to walk away … well you know the tune. But he's not worried and he's definitely up for the task. After all, when dreams come true, the bumps in the road are worth it.

Excerpt (just enough to further wet you appetite):
“I think…this is about sex," she said nonchalantly. However, as she gripped the phone she indulged herself with a fantasy that maybe it wasn’t just lust. Could it be love?

"Perhaps it’s all about sex for you, but definitely not for me." The conviction in his voice was unmistakable. “I’ll work overtime to make sure you understand what it really is. You’ll see, honey, and when you least expect it, the realization will bite you in the ass the way it did me. But don’t worry, Chris, I’ll kiss it and make it better.”

You can read his story by visiting Red Rose Publishing and picking up a copy today.

As always … Happy Reading!

Pat Cromwell
When Dreams Come True (www.redrosepublishing.com)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gZ9r5K7L8I8
http://www.freewebs.com/patcromwell/
EMAIL: pacd97867@cs.com

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Destiny's Choices gets 4.5 Roses!!

Wow! I'm so psyched today, okay I admit it I've been psyched for a few days now! LOL Red Roses for Authors/Reviews gave my Native American romantic suspense Destiny's Choices 4.5 Roses. This was one of those unexpected reviews that comes like a thief in the night and surprises you. I am ever so grateful to Morna for the delightful review she did for Destiny's Choices, thank you Morna! :-)

This review is well worth checking out as are the others on the Red Roses for Authors website. So, if you were looking for one more reason to get your copy of Destiny's Choices, well here it is folks! You can read the review here.

For those of you who are wondering if there is going to be more in store for James and Tiana, the answer is a resounding YES! I am working on a sequel tentatively titled Destiny's Decisions, and of course there is my holiday short Destiny's Holiday which you can still win a copy of by visiting my website and participating in my current contest! So stay tuned, there is more to come.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Good morning--and I do mean morning. It's 5:15 am and dark outside but I wanted to say hello before I go out into the world to work.
I'll be happy when the sun will be coming up before I go to work and still be up when I get home at 7:30 pm. That's a long day but I only do it two days a week. Any way, I will be happy when Spring comes back and the snow melts away in a figurative and literal way. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm looking forward to warm sunny days and they're just around the corner. Thank goodness. March is about to arrive and, here in the South, that means Spring. No matter how March begins, the end is always wonderful. It's also my birthday month and, even though I'm not so crazy about the advance of years, that's a celebration, too.
I'm looking up Latin phrases for my WIP, Harmonica Joe's Reluctant Bride and I have found some good ones. I'll end my chatter with this one:
Die dulci freure (Have a nice day!)
Sarah McNeal
www.sarahmcneal.com

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Natalie-Nicole Bates

Natalie-Nicole Bates may be new to the world of publishing, but she’s always been a fan of books and is an active book reviewer. Now she gets to see what’s it’s like on the other side of the book fence when her paranormal romance, Antique Charming, is released through Books To Go Now Publishing this fall and her contemporary romance, Change of Address, will be published in January 2012 by Secret Cravings Publishing.

In addition to her love of books, Natalie also has an uncharacteristic love of hockey which can be attributed to the fact she was born in Russia. Natalie now resides in the UK with a collection of Victorian and Edwardian era photography, her favorites being the post-mortem photographs. Visit Natalie-Nicole online at Natalie-Nicole Bates.com

Tara Fox Hall

I'm an OSHA-certified safety and health inspector at a metal fabrication shop in upstate New York. I have a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a double minor in chemistry and biology from Binghamton University. My writing credits include nonfiction, horror, suspense, erotica, and contemporary and historical paranormal romance. I am the author of the paranormal action-adventure Lash series and the vampire romantic suspense Promise Me series. I also coauthored (with Eric Dietrich) the nonfiction book Forbidden Conversations. I divide my free time unequally between writing novels and short stories, chainsawing firewood, caring for stray animals, sewing cat and dog beds for donation to animal shelters, and target practice. Visit me at Tara Fox Hall.com

Lindsay Townsend

Lindsay lives in Yorkshire, England, where she was born, and started writing stories at an early age. Always a voracious reader, she took a degree in medieval history and worked in a library for a while, then began to write full-time after marriage.

Her first unpublished historical found her an agent and the second got a publisher in London interested. They wanted her to write with a modern setting, which she did – several romantic thrillers set in Greece, Italy or on Dartmoor in the English West Country - and enjoyed it, but historicals are really her first love. Lindsay is currently writing medieval romance for Kensington, who published ‘A Knight’s Vow’in 2008 and are following it with ‘A Knight’s Captive’ in spring, 2009.

She is also fascinated by the ancient world, especially Rome, Egypt and the Bronze Age. ‘Flavia’s Secret’, set in Roman Britain, came out from Bookstrand in 2008, and two more historicals, ‘Blue Gold’, set in ancient Egypt, and ‘Bronze Lightning’, set in Bronze Age Greece and the Britain of Stonehenge, have also just been released early in 2009.

Please visit Lindsay's blog.

Linda Sole

Linda writes as herself and under several other names. As Linda Sole she iscurrently published by Severn House of UK and USA. She also writes as Anne Herries for Harlequin Mills & Boon. She is happily married and lives in England with her husband. Linda enjoys visiting Spain where she loves to walk, swim and lie in the sun. Writing is her passion and she manages a few words every day, but she also loves animals and especially squirrels. She is known as the squirrel lady at her local supermarket because of all the nuts she buys for them!

Visit her website for more information.

Sarah J. McNeal

I became interested in writing at a young age. My parents didn’t allow us to have a television so my sisters and I became avid readers. We read everything from Shakespeare to my mother’s True Detective Stories that, by the way, scared the hell out of me. I submitted my first story and received my first rejection when I was thirteen years old.

I am particularly drawn to writing fantasy and time travel and have created a magical place called Valmora where winged people with various magical abilities are in constant struggle against the evil forces of the Dark Isle. Two of the books in this series are presently available at New Concepts Publishing: THE DARK ISLE and LAKE OF SORROWS. I am writing the third now: THE LIGHT OF VALMORA. I have written a time travel novel in which a woman goes back to the 1920’s to save a man from dying in THE VIOLIN that has been submitted to New Concepts Publishing. I intend to write a series of musical instrument stories including THE PIANO and one that I intend to start in the near future titled, HARMONICA JOE’S RELUCTANT BRIDE.

Until recent years, I wrote short stories, two of which were the early inspiration for the Valmora series and three other stories that were sci-fi and paranormal.

I have also written nonfiction including an article in The Charlotte Observer and a monthly newsletter from the emergency department of CMC Mercy Hospital that, unfortunately, I no longer have time to write.

Writing brings me a joy and fulfillment that nothing else can. I love creating magical worlds and people who want to make a difference. I hope that anyone who reads them will love them, too.

Please visit her website for more information.

Patricia Richardson

My desire to write began at a young age; my mind was always filled with great stories. However, my dreams, and aspirations were put on the back burner and even at times forgotten after I became married with children. Later the divorce came, which meant I had to become both mother and father to my children. I worked overtime and weekends just to support my family. The struggle to survive and give my children a healthy, loving home lasted until they were grown. Late author, Gracie Cornish, Ph.D. inspired me to follow my destiny. I met her at a place of employment, "just sit down and start writing," she told me and I did just that. I wrote every chance I got; at work, on the subway, and in my spare time at home. This all started in the latter part of 1998. That very same year God impressed upon my heart to relocate from New York to Maryland. I was obedient and moved.

The move meant that once again I had to put my writing on hold to become familiar with my new environment and learn to cope with the conditions of a highly stressful job. Most evenings when I arrived home the only thing I wanted to do was turn the ringer off the telephone and sleep. I seldom picked up my manuscript, which was kept under my bed just waiting for me not to be too tired and stressed to write. The time for writing again did not come until late in 2001 when I finally came to the realization I would always be stressed and tired from working and if I did not use the gift God gave me I would never achieve the independent financial freedom I wanted. After this epiphany I set a goal for myself; to have the manuscript completed and sent to my editor in March of 2002. Finally, in March of 2003 the book cover for my first novel, "A Place for Ida," was approved and I was published! This of course came with a price. I lost work, I cried, and I virtually had no social life. I was on a personal lockdown. I was on a mission. Most of my spare time was spent researching publishers, cover letters, and anything else I felt was pertinent to my success. Since then I established Leap of Faith Publishing and republished "A Place for Ida" and soon after published the sequel, "A Time for Jonathan."