For the past several years, I’ve chosen a word of the year…and it has not always worked out! The year I chose “Fun,” for example, hoping to focus on fun activities, was one of the least fun years of my adult life. I’m happy to say that I have learned absolutely nothing from my disappointments. After all, on a few
For my romcom novel that came out last month, I tried a lot of author marketing… I made TikToks and Instagram posts and reels, trying out different angles and tactics. (I also tweeted, but I’ve since left Twitter/X for Bluesky, because Twitter/X stopped letting you block mean people and had way too much yelling.) I got into my hometown paper
When I started this blog for writers and other dreamers, with the tagline “tell your stories, love your life,” a couple of people laughed right in my face. It was in early December, 2014, and they said, “Nobody reads blogs any more!” Since that time, I’ve had over 13 million visits to the blog, and countless people have told
My romcom / fantasy romance novel, Her Knight at the Museum, is now out in the world… But if you get my newsletter or follow me on social media, you already knew that! I’ll share one of my favorite moments from the book below, and then I’ll talk about the release week! “Readers looking for a fresh and fun take
I put together a press release for my upcoming book launch, and I thought that my fellow authors who follow the blog might like to see how I did it—just as one example! Be sure to pin it to Pinterest if you think you might want it for future reference! Why did I send out a book press release as
I dug up some actual historical love letters from the Regency era because I was doing research for my forthcoming novel Her Time Traveling Duke. It’s going to be the sequel to my book Her Knight at the Museum ! I wanted to get a sense for how my hero would phrase things romantically in a couple of instances. I
Hey writers! Let’s share what we’re working on! I’m still working on my sequel to Her Knight at the Museum, and I’m really enjoying it! I’ll share another one from this WIP next month, but that’ll be it. I’m writing it on contract and I don’t want to share spoilers…plus, it may change quite a bit in edits. I’d love