At last, the days are getting longer, but there's still just enough winter "meh" left to slog through, and I've got the cure: let's FIESTA! See below for more, and to get in on this vibrant and sizzling new giveaway. One grand prize winner will receive a signed copy...
I started this book and decided I really wasn’t interested in reading a story about F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood at that particular moment, preferring something lighter and fluffier. But I decided to read a few pages, and the next thing I knew I’d finished the...
Shari Randall pops in today for my weekly interview with an writer. She's the author of the Lobster Shack Mystery series from St. Martin’s Press. The first, Curses, Boiled Again, was recently nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel. Author Shari Randall A...
The San Antonio Romance Authors, fondly known as SARA, took me in when I was a fledgling writer and held my hand through the various revisions of my two novels. Now, we've banded together to create Love Fiesta Style, an anthology of seventeen short stories...
Today I am interviewing Negeen Papehn, author of the Forbidden Love series. She was born and raised in southern California, where she currently lives with her husband and two boys. She wasn’t always a writer. A graduate of USC dental school, Negeen spends half of her...
The Forgiving Kind was released by Kensington on January 29, 2019. Immediately, I was drawn to the story because I grew up with a similar hard-scrapple cotton farming family in Texas and picked cotton with my cousins and migrant farm workers. Author Donna...
Author MV Ellis An avid reader, Ellis always knew that she’d write a book of her own one day. She was right about that. Following a career spanning advertising, marketing, and social media, she finally wrote her debut novel, Catching London in...
Because books + food = passion! In case you haven't noticed here on my blog, I love to bake and cook just about as much as I love to write. So I thought it would be fun to give away a Penzey's Spices gift set, a signed copy of my book, A DIFFERENT KIND OF FIRE, and a...
I have read every single Tony Hillerman book and, being raised in the Southwest, loved how he (and later his daughter Anne Hillerman) captured so beautifully the aura of the land and its people. When I heard Hearts of the Missing had won the Tony Hillerman Prize for...
Mike's time-travel novel, Here and Now and Then, is being released by Mira today, January 29, 2019, so this is a celebratory interview. Mike Chen is a lifelong writer. He has contributed to major geek websites (The Mary Sue, The Portalist, Tor), covered the NHL for...
What Doesn’t Kill You is Aimee Hix’s debut novel. She now has a second out in the same series (Willa Pennington, PI Mysteries), Dark Streets, Cold Suburbs, which I am eager to read. If you like strong female protagonists in detective/mystery series such as Sara...
Sadira Stone has been spinning steamy tales in her head since her first kiss. But it wasn’t until her 50s that she tried her hand at writing one. Now she’s a happy citizen of Romancelandia, penning contemporary romance and cozy mysteries from her home in Washington...
I was tempted to read this book by its title. Having lived abroad, I have fond memories of Europe and wanted to see if Blackwell’s writing lived up to my memories. The Lost Carousel of Provence is a complex book in multiple points of view in multiple settings and time...
Today's interviewee, Megan Collins, holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Boston University. She has taught creative writing at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts and Central Connecticut State University, and she is the managing editor of 3Elements Review....
Judith Leyster (1609-1660) was the first female painter admitted to the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. After her death, her works were attributed to males, and she was essentially lost to the world of art history. A Light of Her Own, the debut novel of Carrie Callaghan,...
Kate Ryder writes romantic suspense in which her characters often face challenging situations laced with moral dilemma. An avid reader and writer since childhood, Kate always dreamed of being a novelist. However, on leaving school...
Click to Enter Just a quick update to let you know I'm doing a brand-new giveaway for 2019! One lucky winner will receive the following prize package: $20 Amazon gift cardA Freehand brand paint setOne signed copy of A DIFFERENT KIND OF FIREOne handmade, beaded velvet...
SS: Today, I have with me Anne Armistead, author of Dangerous Conjurings, which was released by Soul Mate Publishing on April 18, 2018. When she’s not wearing her story-telling hat as Anne Armistead, historical romance author, she’s Sandra Havriluk—English teacher,...
An interesting premise with a page-turning plot with multiple twists, superb world-building, an compelling protagonist who often acts in her own best interest because she’s a bit of a smart aleck, and a love interest who is as emotionally tormented as the protagonist all make this a good read.
This is called a large cake for a reason. Use your biggest bowl—this recipe barely fits in my Kitchen-Aide bowl. The cake is so good an ex-boyfriend, before we decided to not get hitched, wanted it for his groom's cake. Mom's Large Banana Nut Cake 3 cups sugar 1 cup...
If you love literature, art, photography, exclusive sneek peaks, author giveaways, and things that light up the soul, you will want to sign up for Suanne's low-volume newsletter...
