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Blog postWe made it to #88 of the top 150 books in the Nation last week, according to the USA Today Bestseller List.
Many authors have sought this title in the last few years with a targeted campaign to sell a ton of books in one week through the specific retailers that report to the publication. I once turned up my nose at the authors who banded together in box sets to offer their 10 book sets at 99 cents to cash in on this phenomena of making the USA Today Bestseller List with a deal most romance -
Blog postDo you love this time of year? Do you like spooky but not too scary? Me too.
I write somewhat spooky stories but am always aghast to be clumped with Stephen King on book lists. No horror here. No gore. No ghoulish stuff. Just some ghostly action and suspense.
I have a number of books that are perfect for reading at Halloween time.
ROCKY BLUFF is a Maui Murder Mystery that takes place over October leading up to Halloween and is set during the ROCKY HORROR SHOW at M -
Blog postLife is tough, my mother always said, optimist that she was.
In these days of strangeness and worry, we need entertainment.
Badly.
For this reason, I keep on writing Christmas romances. Christmas embodies a simpler time when the world is at peace, when we focus on love rather than hate and when we get to let go of our worries and get back to remembering the good times.
I have several Christmas Romances novellas for sale at etailer book stores like Amazon, No -
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Blog postDid I catch your attention with the title?
It's true there's a FREE COOKBOOK now on several ebook sites that I compiled in an effort to draw attention to our 10-Book Box Set - CHRISTMAS AT MISTLETOE LODGE.
(If you think it's easy typing mistletoe try doing it 3x fast. I often leave off the first e)
The cookbook has recipes for:
Easy Delicious Turkey, Cranberry Sauce, Scalloped Potatoes, gooey Mac & Cheese, Vichy Carrots, Seafood Chowder, Wild Rice Stuffi -
Blog postHollywood loves book adaptations. And Hollywood loves unique storylines.
Do you have a story that would translate well to the screen?
Myth #1: You have to be a screenwriter to pitch to film people. Not true!
Producers are open to authors pitching books. They know screenwriters who can adapt your amazing book to a screenplay if you haven't already. You do need to have a story that speaks to the producer as the wheels turn in their heads imagining if they -
Blog postIf you've ever wondered what I write, I put together an easy-to-read list of my novels and novellas.
Dream Jumper Series - 3 Novels - 2 Novellas
The Dream Jumper’s Promise - A Suspense Mystery set on Maui with Romance elements
The Dream Jumper's Secret - A Suspense with Romance, set in Seattle & Afghanistan
The Dream Jumper’s Pursuit - A Suspense Manhunt to Central America to find a child
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Blog postThis is me. Right here, at the table. Look how focused I am!
I'm not sure if I'll be up for an Emmy Award next year, this time, but my acting skills look amazing in this TV movie, from what I've seen, which is only this photo.
The Producers
In early June 2019, I drove all the way across the state of Washington to be an extra in a movie by two women producers. One is JD, my agent/literary manager and the cracker jack who sold my Christmas Romance screenplay recently to a -
Blog postBook covers are super-duper important to authors' sales! A great book cover leads to the person reading the blurb. A great blurb leads to... You get the picture.
My Dream Jumper Series was first published in 2013 with a cover I made myself. I didn't have the extra money to commission a cover artist for $150, so I made my own. Looking back, it was a DIY rinky dinker.
I fiddled with probably ten different versions of that photo of the two holding hands on a beach, then fi -
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Blog postWho doesn't love Pasta Salad in the summer?Here you go...INGREDIENTs
1 baby eggplant, sliced and quartered
1 medium zucchini, sliced and quartered
1 red bell pepper, cut into chunks
1 yellow bell pepper, cut into chunks
1 red onion, cut into chunks
1 package grape tomatoes
1/2 cup favorite olives
2 tablespoons avocado oil or olive oil
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Freshly ground salt and pepper
Cashew Pesto:
¼ cup c -
Blog postTonight, I launch Book 4 in a fun series, Moody & The Ghost. It's about a blind paranormal investigator who can see in the presence of the ghost of a Spanish Sea Captain from the 1850's.
It's a love story entwined in supernatural occurrences, set among smuggling practices back then.
My readers love it and I wish I had tons of money to promote the series because I think women (and maybe men) need light-hearted, fun entertainment that challenges their minds.
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Blog postAre you an author or a reader?
Authors, do you take promo materials to conferences or book signings to give out and if so, what?
Readers, what do you like to secure at a reader conference?
I once made 400 DREAM necklaces to put in registration bags for the writers at a conference I attended. Sometimes I have book marks. I've used pens, recipe cards, even little chocolates with the book cover on the packaging. Who knows if anyone sees the promo and goes to the site to buy -
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Blog postYears ago, I taught my first workshop at the Emerald City Writers' Conference in Seattle on exuding self-confidence.
Thing was, that day I didn't feel as confident as I wanted to and had to rely on my own tricks to appear confident.
Sent from a Front Row AttendeeHere's my story...
As I gazed out on the audience of attendees who came to ‘Channeling Your Inner Rock Star’ and I cautioned my listeners how to avoid reading the audience too closely, I reali -
Blog postThe 40 Second EASY REVIEW!Did you like or love the book but it's hard to know what to say in a review?
Ready to write a 4**** or 5***** REVIEW?
Go to AmazonBooks
-Type the title in the search box, Click
-Find the Book's landing Page-Scroll down the page to where you see a bunch of GOLD STARS on the left
-Below that it should say
Write a Customer Review
Click on it
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Blog postI wrote Girl of His Dream after writing the Dream Jumper series because I wanted my readers to know Jamey and Tina's history, years before The Dream Jumper's Promise begins.The book leaves you wanting to find out what happens to these two, I'll warn you.It's permanently FREE on Amazon Kindle (just download the Kindle app if you don't have a Kindle and read on your phone, laptop, device).
http://amzn.com/B01LMDXT24
GIRL OF HIS DREAM
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Blog postRead a bit, see what you think...
DEAD AHEAD
Chapter 1
Five months ago, I was perfectly capable of more than descending a staircase on my own. I often took two stairs at a time.
These days, I must be helped down stairs by my younger cousin, Eve. Being dependent on someone else 24/7 was on my This Totally Suck -
Blog postToday I leave Puerto Vallarta Mexico, a place I've been to many times, a place where I met my darling husband, a place that is different enough to be a foreign country but holds familiarity and safety for me.
It's been an incredible trip of touring around, checking out coastal towns, visiting my husband's friends from back in the day and eating amazing food.
Yesterday we traveled away from the coast, following a river, through tiny villages and up into the mountains to a place -
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Blog postThe view north of MarinaDay 2 in Mexico involved driving north from Puerto Vallarta to check out the towns along the coast. After a large Mexican breakfast made by Rosario at our friend's penthouse, (papaya, refrieds, eggs and banana) we took off in our rental Hyundai and joined the long line of traffic heading north, cutting through the mountains to get north quickly. Our plan was to work our way south.
We are big fans of the HGTV show Mexico Life and hope one day to own a place in -
Blog postOur friend's balconyI'm in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and feeling like I won the lottery.
I know I just got back from Maui and if I could have spaced out these amazing vacations with a few months, I would have gone to Maui in November or early January but...
My husband has business here and I decided to tag along. I think my exact words were "You're not going to Puerto Vallarta without me."
There's my plane out there
His buddy of 30 years has a pentho -
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Blog postYesterday was Leave Maui Day but not until eleven p.m. so I had the whole day to think about making my flight and whether I packed everything. On the day you leave a vacation, you wake up partly gone. It's a strange day.
I leave clothes and shoes and toiletries on Maui at Lynn's house so after sorting out what needed to bring home, and throwing my sheets in the laundry, I jumped in the car and went up to Kapalua Bay for a snorkel. I have good parking Karma, wherever I go, which mean -
Blog postNo morning showers here!
Solar panels on the Maui house need a few hours to warm up the water so the first few hours of my days on Maui are spent drinking coffee in PJ's, writing and whale watching.
Every morning, humpback whales jump off shore in exactly the same spot between two palm trees in my field of vision. Not sure why but I can look to the right down the coast and see nothing, yet almost every twenty minutes there's big breaches out of the water between those trees. < -
Blog postMonday was a work day for me on Maui. I needed to get this Christmas Romance Screenplay off to a producer on Tuesday so I had to plant my butt in the chair, overlooking the ocean and get busy. It didn't seem strange to be writing about snow and mistletoe and going caroling while listening to the palm tree fronds swish together off the deck in the trade breeze. Not at all. I wrote for 2 hours before I allowed myself a break to walk around the garden and make some breakfast.
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Blog postBook Signing Day on Maui!
Barnes & Noble, Maui was kind enough to invite me to sign books at their new location near the Kahului Airport and although the Saturday spot was taken, the Sunday spot was not and so I toted my big honkin' banner across the Pacific to erect for the event.
The people at B&N are so lovely and dedicated to getting books to deserving people, I just love what they stand for--Jenifer, Jordan, Kelani etc. And the new spot is very nice conside -
Blog postI woke up on Lanai to the scent of coffee brewing. My host and good friend of over 30 years, Bill, was making coffee for us!
The Maui-Lanai FerryOutside the rain drizzled down on Lanai City, a village of several hundred residents who choose to live in a place with a small town feel and one grocery store and gas station. Because the town is on the highest point of Lanai and is full of trees planted long ago specifically to reach up and catch clouds for rainfall, it isn't unusual to have dri -
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Blog postLahaina Harbor as we left MauiDay 3 on Maui started with a cup of Kona coffee on the lanai, watching whales jump off shore.
So much nicer than coffee at home, looking at all the housework I should be doing!
I worked at my "desk" for a few hours until it was time to drive in to Lahaina (means merciless sun) and check in at the harbor for the ferry across the ocean to the closest island--Lana'i, which used to be the Pineapple Island. The ride across was full of whales -
Blog postDay 2 on Maui involved chocolate cake for breakfast!
Lynn practically forced me to have some by putting cream cheese icing on top so once I had my first cuppa Kona coffee, I knew I had to have a big slice of that cake calling me from the fridge.
I worked most of the day on a screenplay, taking breaks to walk in Lynn's garden where she was pulling weeds and harvesting oranges and snow peas. Things grow really easily here. No babying and tending and coddling plants--they
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