the land of beautiful women, fast horses, and good whiskey Kentucky is about a one-day’s journey from 75 percent of the population of the United States. The Commonwealth is known for many things, especially horses and bluegrass. So what is “bluegrass?” My hero in Kentucky Blue Bloods wants to know. So he asks the heroine […]
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For my birthday gift to myself, I booked a horse farm tour in the Kentucky bluegrass with Unbridled Horse Tours. I reasoned I needed to do first-hand research for my current book in the Bluegrass Reunion series—Kentucky Blue Bloods. Early in September my friend Kathy joined me, and we drove to Midway, Kentucky. We met up with
Researching a book can be fun. Meet Monarchos! Read More »
I was challenged by a friend on Facebook to post pictures of my favorite horses. Heck, how can I do that? There are so many. My love of horses started in the fourth grade when I fell in love with The Black Stallion books by Walter Farley. It progressed to riding lessons at the local
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Yesterday a LinkedIn email popped into my work email box. It contained a list of blogs posted on LinkedIn. One caught my eye, so I opened it. Michael Blanchette had come up with a list: When You Stop Checking Facebook Constantly, These 10 Things Will Happen He believes many people “become almost obsessed with knowing
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“Hello. I’m an romance writer. Yes, I have published books. You can find them at Amazon. They are cheaper as ebooks.” When I tell people this and hand them my card, hoping they will buy a copy of one of my ebooks, I often get the standard “Oh, I don’t read ebooks. I love to feel
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An animal communicator, sometimes also called a pet psychic, is a person who has the gift and/or the skill to communicate telepathically with all other species. Several years ago, I took a “how to” workshop from a local animal communicator. I was terrible at speaking with pets, but fascinated. Never fear! A writer can do
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Years ago I was published by Kensington. An agent and many rejection letters later, I stumbled upon the brand-new world of ebook publishing. Thanks to Resplendence Publishing and later Turquoise Morning Press, I was able to republish some of those books rejected by Harlequin. I finished half-finished projects. I wrote and wrote. And I grew
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Meet Brody, Callie, Mercer and Parker—the four siblings in the clan of James McKenna, a Montana rancher. Growing up on the ranch was a great life, until Callie and Parker’s mother passed away, leaving James a widower. It wasn’t long, though, before he remarried, bringing stepmother Liz into their lives and her son Brody. The
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Okay, I know I don’t have control over my life. No one does, really, but we humans like to think we do. Lori Deschene writing in her blog 50 Things You Can Control Right Now comments that “According to Columbia Business School’s Professor Gita Johar, who studies consumer behavior, the greatest motivation for visiting a
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As a romance writer, I write a form of fantasy, but I also include a lot of truth in my books. More often than not, it’s my truth—things I’ve learned over my life. When my friend recently described her daughter’s divorce, I flashed back to my experiences. My Bluegrass Reunion Series is set in Kentucky
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