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Sometimes loving someone means not saying anything. Sometimes silence is sacrificial … you give up all your right answers for the sake of someone else’s need to be valued. You choose not to stifle their pain with words, words, and more words. Love should always be safe. When you tell someone you love them, in a very real sense you are …
My novel, Catch a Falling Star, asks the question: What do you do when life doesn’t go according to plan? My heroine, Kendall Haynes, greets her 36th birthday wondering “Just what exactly was she celebrating?” Her life is good — successful — but not all her dreams have come true. Specifically, happily ever after has eluded her. Today’s post is …
There’s a lot I like about being an author with Howard Books. A lot. One of the things I appreciate the most? My editor, Jessica Wong, and the art director, Bruce Gore, invite me to participate in discussing the covers for my books. It’s an interesting process to get from my manuscript all the way to a cover that represents …
httpv://youtu.be/ZE02mnin-QM I’m looking forward to having some fun this month as I celebrate book clubs over on my Author Facebook page. As I mention in the video, I love connecting with readers. I also helped start a Mother-Daughter Book Club several years ago with my youngest daughter, CJ, as well as visiting with several book clubs after Wish You Were …
My novel, Catch a Falling Star, asks the question: Is life about accomplishing plans … or wishes coming true … or something more? Today’s post is the final entry in the “When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan” Wednesday blog series, 11 guest posts by authors and writers, including Deborah Raney, Rachel Hauck, and Susan May Warren, who explore the question: What do …
My newest contemporary romance novel, Catch a Falling Star, tells the story of a romance between a man and a woman in their thirties — their late thirties, to be exact. The romance is of the “are these two really right for each other?” kind. I’ve talked with others about whether there’s an expiration date on romance — I even …
Yes, I am still smiling about my “Catch a Falling Star” FB party — and it happened two days ago! The best part of the party for me? Talking with everyone who joined the celebration. Yes, “talking” meant typing … and refreshing the Facebook page multiple times … and scrolling up and down (and repeat, repeat, repeat) — but it …
My just-released novel, Catch a Falling Star, deals with the question: What do you do when life doesn’t go according to plan? The heroine, Dr. Kendall Haynes, has a satisfying life in a lot of ways — except her dreams of happily-ever-after haven’t come true. While Kendall is an imaginary person, the disappointment she struggles with is one many women …
A book takes quite a journey to publication: idea to synopsis to pitch to book proposal to book deal to submission deadline and rewrite deadline and another rewrite deadline and then (finally) the galleys. All of this leads to today: Release day! I had a lot of help and encouragement along the way — and I mentioned many of …
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uj3KGMKgvU&feature=share&list=UUyGzAHQFpqqEX6YlnLZ0yUQ Book Dedication for Catch a Falling Star: In memory of Ian Lyons, who taught me about courageous faith. June 23, 1995-April 27, 2009 “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an external glory that far …
