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Judging a Book by it's Cover

When You Dare by Lori Foster
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I totally picked this book by the cover . . . and loved it! Great mix of suspense, danger, romance and sexy sexy sexy. Fantastic characters, too. I'm a character kid and Lori Foster did not disappoint. Keep the great stories, and covers, coming!


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Christie Craig, Shut Up and Kiss Me

Shut Up and Kiss Me by Christie Craig
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is an absolute gem! I loved it, loved it, loved it! It was fantastically funny and sexy. Excellent read!


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When Words Collide 2012

What a fantastic weekend! When Words Collide 2012 was this past weekend in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

The panels I attended were top-rate, the fellow conference goers wonderful, the organizers incredible, and the overall feel was that of charged excitement, community and open knowledge sharing.

I had the wonderful pleasure to be on two panels this year and many thanks to those who attended. I had a great time as a panelist for Beyond the Bedroom - There's More to Romance than Sex with fellow ARWA members Jude Wilner, Billie Milholland and Sharon Wildwind. Romance in stories is so much more than sex and we got to gab about it. Check out my article Writing Sexual Tension, Heightening Your Readers' Satisfaction for more of my thoughts on this oh-so-fun and ridiculously important (ok, so it is important to me) topic.

I was delighted at the opportunity to panel with the three gentlemen Dave Duncan, Dave Gross and Tim Reynolds in Humour in Fiction. These guys were awesome and welcomed an adventure romance writer to their fold. Humour is vital in life and an integral part of the stories I love. Cheers guys, sign me up again for next year!

It was a great weekend. Thank you.

Self-Publishing Claiming Love

I'm re-releasing Claiming Love! Thank you to all who have asked, how can I get a copy? 

This time, I'm trying my hand at self-publishing. It is exciting and nerve-wracking. Weeeeeeeeee! Stay tuned for the release date.

Here's a sneak peak at the new cover done by Fantasia Frog Design. 

Critique Groups, Upping Your Writing Game

My critique group took a brief life-pause break, but we are back in gear and I am ecstatic! Whoo hoo!!

I've written before about how important it has been for me to have a writing community and I want share again.

Having a safe, supportive, knowledgeable community of writers to play with, learn from, and grow with is such an incredible resource and straight-up a good time.

My critique group inspires me, dramatically, to up my writing game every time, to push my writing and my discipline to new heights and then top it. I love deadlines. With the group, I have deadlines. It also keeps me in a writing head space.

To my critique group, thank you.

Happy Summer Solstice . . . last week

Whoo hoo, Happy Summer Solstice!! So I am a late getting this out, but I hope everyone had a great solstice last week!

My sincere gratitude for my laptop. I can write in the comfort of my backyard, with a beer, and pay homage to the sun while I'm at it. Calgary summers are great, just not as long as other places I've hung my hat.

Speaking of hats and Calgary, the 100th Calgary Stampede is just around the corner. Talk about people watching and character data collection. . . and Spruce Meadow's North American tournament is next week and the Canadian Track and Field Olympic Trials is this week in town.


Dang I love Summer!!