Welcome back for Daniel’s third postcard to Alli! Let the guessing begin: Where in the world is Daniel this week? Leave your comment below or on my Author Facebook page for chances to win a prize package worth over $100. (Share on Twitter and your FB for extra entries. Be just sure to let me know!): a collection of sixteen …
Contest: Where in the World is Daniel (Postcard #2)
Welcome back for Daniel’s second postcard to Alli! Let the guessing begin: Where in the world is Daniel this week? Leave your comment below or on my Author Facebook page for chances to win a prize package worth over $100. (Share on Twitter and your FB for extra entries. Be just sure to let me know!): a collection of sixteen postcards …
Contest: Where in the World is Daniel (Postcard #1)
Let the contest begin! Daniel Rayner, the hero of my debut novel, Wish You Were Here, is traveling again — but, of course, he’s sending Alli postcards. He’s given her — and you — a clue to his whereabouts today. Where in the world do you think Daniel is? Leave your comment below or on my Author Facebook page …
August Contest: Where in the World is Daniel?
Tomorrow, August 1, is Allison Denmark and Daniel Rayner’s three-month anniversary. It’ll be three months since my contemporary romance novel Wish You Were Here debuted and readers were introduced to Allison, the woman who kissed her fiancé’s brother five days before her wedding. I loved launching Wish You Were Here with my fellow “Debs,” whose books also debuted in May: Dani …
In Others’ Words: Celebrate
“Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as that.” ~Michael Leunig (1945-), Australian poet & cartoonist It’s wedding week at the Vogt household. This Friday, July 20, my daughter marries a wonderful young man named David Baker. Amy Baker. It may take me a while to get used to that. My husband …
In Others’ Words: Plans
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” ~John Lennon (1940-1980), English musician, singer & songwriter If I told you what kind of life I’d planned for myself versus the life I’m living now … Wait. Let me do just that. Life I’d planned for myself: Single woman. Hotshot reporter for the Washington Post. Living in …
In Others’ Words: Criticism
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.” ~Jack Handey (1949-),American humorist So I posted this quote because it made me laugh out loud. Literally. And then I read it to my daughter, Amy, and her fiancé, David, and …
In Others’ Words: Smile
“All people smile in the same language.” Anonymous It’s Friday. Just saying those two words is enough to put a smile on a lot of people’s faces. So tell me … what are you smiling about? Are you remembering something you did this past week –or someone you got to spend time with? Or are you looking forward to the …
In Others’ Words: Twins
“There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: Twins.” ~Josh Billings (1818-1885), American humorist I am a twin. I tend to forget that, while I know this — hey, I’ve been a twin all of my life! — lots of people who know me don’t know that I have a twin sister. Let me …
In Others’ Words: Right
“Always do the right thing. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” ~Mark Twain (1835-1910), American author & humorist I know, I know. We do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do. But I do so like Mark Twain’s take on it: Isn’t it fun to think that by doing the right thing you might …