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Excitement and FearWelcome to our Back to School Bash! What a wonderful time of the year. Fun, books, prizes–oh, wait–that’s our blog all year long,...
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2023 Back-to-School Bash!It’s time to party like it’s back-to-school! Our Inspy Romance authors have, once again, joined together to offer a bunch of great prize bundles...
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Are You a Heroine? + giveawayA swoony hero. A relatable heroine. What would romance be without these two characters? If you are anything like me, there are two must-haves in...
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How to Make the Most of Your TimeWhen I’m the busiest, I always have the most ideas for a book and the biggest urge to write. And, of course, this is when I have the least...
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Forgetting the FactsI’ve written ten books. That’s only a modest achievement compared to many of my fellow authors. Still, it’s enough that I’ve now started to forget...
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Love Never Goes Out of StyleOne of the things I love about romance novels is that they’re reasonably timeless. It really is a tale as old as time, isn’t it? Boy...
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Behind the Scenes + #GiveawayLast week my novel, The Love Script, released. I’m always tickled when a new book baby releases into the world. I’m also a little...
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Love in the Everyday MomentsMy husband and I celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago. And to mark the occasion we…spent the day at home with our kids....
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Book Recommendation: The Love Script by Toni ShilohToday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Toni Shiloh’s new release. The Love Script is a fabulous contemporary Christian romance...
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Nerds are Sexy, TooNerds are the best. And I mean that sincerely. My family and I took a vacation recently. In fact, I’m still sitting in Vancouver, British Columbia,...
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Telltale Tropes + GiveawayMention tropes around a group of readers or writers and everyone seems to perk up a little. Folks often have strong opinions about the best and...
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Orlando Reads BooksHi, family! I am super excited to be gearing up for my second (and final, I think) book fair of the year. I have not participated in Orlando Reads...
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Let’s Hear it for August!I’m a child of the 1960s. When I was growing up, major national holidays in the US were something to look forward to. New Year’s in January;...
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My #1 Pet Peeve in Romance NovelsHarlequin, one of the biggest romance publishers in the world, recently conducted a survey to find out how people in 2023 feel about love,...
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Second Chances in Love: Why We Can’t Resist A Romantic Do-OverHey there, romance lovers! Have you ever wondered why we’re so captivated by stories of second chance romances? There’s something about...
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How Does a Story Come Together?Ask a dozen different authors this question and you could get a hundred different answers. It’s fascinating to look back on the process of...
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Gotcha! by Deb KastnerIt can be quite overwhelming when an author is facing a completely blank page at the beginning of a novel. I know who the characters are and have...
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National Dog Photography DayWe’ve had our share of dogs over the years, as well as cats, hamsters, and goldfish. Currently we are petless, but I have a number of books...
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I’m Sorry I Forgot!How often do you forget things? As a reader, I feel like I have this weird ability to remember strange points in books, while simultaneously...
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The book most likely to…Last weekend, I attended a writing retreat with a big group of wonderful women. One of the fun things we did was submit “superlative”...
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Picnics on the BeachDid you know that July is not only National Ice Cream Month in the USA but it’s also National Picnic Month? I don’t know why there are...
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Are You a Wanderer?Are you a wanderer? As in, “not all who wander are lost”? I happily admit that I’m one too. I inherited the wandering gene from...
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Which Kind of Reader is Better: The Tortoise or The Hare?We all know the story of the The Tortoise and the Hare. They race, and the tortoise wins because he keeps going, slow and steady. But let’s...
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Poll: What book should I write next?I finished writing all the books currently under contract, and now I get to decide what to do next. I have a few possibilities, and I’d love...
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My Life as a RomanceRecently, I posted a meme on my social media accounts that included my “real-life romance tropes.” One of my followers commented it sounded like a...
