Historical and Contemporary Romance Author
It’s finally here! It’s finally here! I’ve been dying to reveal the cover/cover copy for SKIN IN THE GAME, my Entangled Brazen debut, for weeks. And now, I finally can. *drum roll, please* SKIN IN THE GAME (A Play Action Novel) Angela Peterson was always the quiet, shy kid growing up in Harper Falls, crushing on the high school quarterback and…
Yesterday, I was discussing with another author her puzzlement that a reviewer had given her book one star on Goodreads but a C- grade on a website. “Doesn’t one star mean F?” (She was totally okay with the fact that the reviewer didn’t like the book, by the way, just surprised that the grade was so much higher than she’d…
Um…short answer: I don’t know. Longer answer: I finished Skin in the Game, the first of two contemporary novels I’ve contracted with Entangled for their Brazen line, earlier this week and sent it to my editor. They have not yet given me a formal release date, though, so I really have no idea when to expect it to be released.…
Introduction Please welcome Joanne Renaud to the blog. While I’m in the Yucatan peninsula soaking up the sun, climbing Mayan pyramids, and trying not to worry too much about whether the book I just finished sucks, she’ll be here to talk about her new book, A Question of Time. Some of you might remember that Joanne is also a talented…
If you follow me on Twitter or are friends with me on Facebook, you may already have heard that I accepted an offer from Entangled Publishing last week for two books in their Brazen line. These are category-length contemporaries, released pretty much exclusively in digital format, although there could eventually be a print version. For those of you who aren’t…
I’m having a bit of a love affair with this song. The lyrics really speak to me about the challenges of modern romantic relationships. Until today, however, I hadn’t seen the video. Now that have, I love the song and Matt Nathanson himself just that little bit more. Edited: I am having malware issues with my site, which I think…
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I’m getting ready to do a major overhaul of my website. As much as I love the look and feel of this template, which Croco Designs did for me quite a few years ago, it’s time for a change, not just for “freshness,” but because I’m branching out into more genres and this…
Okay, maybe I shouldn’t promise “soon.” People’s definitions of soon vary greatly. That said, I do have a vision and I plan to implement it as soon as humanly possible, which, given my life and other priorities, probably means late this year or early next. In a nutshell, what I’m hoping to do is improve the website branding to represent all three…
Last week, I became tangentially aware of a fairly new website/service called LendInk. The concept behind this site was pretty simple: people with lendable Kindle or Nook books could sign up for the site and list the books they owned that had an available “lend.” They could then also use the site to search for books they wanted to borrow…
I’m working on cover art for my next historical series, the first two books of which should be out in the first half of 2013. I’d already approved the cover for the second book in the series (Unashamed), but when I got the comp for the the cover of the first book (Unbridled), it was apparent that the font that…