I Got THE CALL!
I'm excited to share with you all that I received THE CALL - or more correctly, THE EMAIL acceptance letter for my "polar bear" book, NORTHERN DECEPTION! On February 28, 2018 I participated in a 12 hour event on Twitter called #FaithPitch where participants can...
An Author Interview with Jenn Pierce
LAURIE: Jenn, I'm so glad you could join us today to talk about your debut book with Anaiah Press and your writing journey. What inspired you to write this story?JENN: My father died in January 2014 and I spent the rest of the year with my nose in books. I read a...
When Romance Is The Last Thing On Your Mind
This month was supposed to be all about Romance on my blog, and yet we've had another mass school shooting in the US, and in Canada, we've had two murderers of two Indigenous young people get off scott free through legal loopholes, and it's hard to...
Happy Valentine's Day with Patti Jo Moore!
LAURIE: Patti Jo Moore, I'm so glad you could join us today to talk about your new book, A Seaside Romance, and your writing journey. First of all, can you tell us a bit about the book and what inspired you to write this...
Putting the "Romance" in "UnRomantic"
When we were "young marrieds" my husband commuted to work out of town and I stayed home with our two special needs kiddos. Our address was RR#2 and I had no car at the time, so back in this Pleistocene era before the internet and cell phones, my...
The Most Romantic Movie of All Time
It's February so we're going to be talking about Romance all month here on my blog and I thought I'd start off by sharing my personal love of THE most romantic movie of all time here...unequivocably, absolutely, stay-with-you-for-life romantically...
2017 in the Rear View Mirror
January has almost come and gone! Usually, it’s the longest month of the year for me. I dread the long, dark and cold days. I’m especially glad to see 2017 in the rearview mirror of my life. It had every obstacle to my writing going: a car accident...
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