Curl my toes, Sarah Waters! #amreading The Paying Guests
Yes, three years after it’s release. Don’t judge me: I’ve been busy. OMFG. Toes curled, tongue taut, fingers trembling, and other more personal parts of me also fully engaged. Sarah. Goddess. Idol. Mentor. I touch my head to your feet,
Curl my toes, Sarah Waters! #amreading The Paying Guests
Yes, three years after it’s release. Don’t judge me: I’ve been busy. OMFG. Toes curled, tongue taut, fingers trembling, and other more personal parts of me also fully engaged. Sarah. Goddess. Idol. Mentor. I touch my head to your feet,
End of Summer Reading Binge, I <3 5 Star Reviews, & Jack Gilbert’s prose pornography
Hello, kittens. Today, a smorgasboard! First: I want to swell your TBR list a little. 🙂 Cherry Pie Cure and Consequences are both part of this final summer promotion at the fab Reads2Love along with some other interesting titles–pick up
End of Summer Reading Binge, I <3 5 Star Reviews, & Jack Gilbert’s prose pornography
Hello, kittens. Today, a smorgasboard! First: I want to swell your TBR list a little. 🙂 Cherry Pie Cure and Consequences are both part of this final summer promotion at the fab Reads2Love along with some other interesting titles–pick up
When Words Collide: The ‘little’ yyc reader + writer festival that could change your life
I can’t believe it’s only been one year. Wait. That’s not quite how I was going to start this. I was going to choose one of my highlight moments from When Words Collide 2017—Calgary’s amazing reader and writer con that
When Words Collide: The ‘little’ yyc reader + writer festival that could change your life
I can’t believe it’s only been one year. Wait. That’s not quite how I was going to start this. I was going to choose one of my highlight moments from When Words Collide 2017—Calgary’s amazing reader and writer con that
I’m not dead, I’m writing + secrets from the process journal
The first part of the title of this post is also the title of an email I’ve been composing to my friends and family to explain my effective absence from their lives lately. (Friends, you’re getting it on Monday. It
I’m not dead, I’m writing + secrets from the process journal
The first part of the title of this post is also the title of an email I’ve been composing to my friends and family to explain my effective absence from their lives lately. (Friends, you’re getting it on Monday. It
Winning Google & a LOT of GRATITUDE as Cherry Pie Cure turns one (week)
So Cherry Pie Cure is a week old today and I’m coming up for post-new release air to whisper a few sweet things into your ear, and to share some beautiful things from around the web (all about me) (because
Winning Google & a LOT of GRATITUDE as Cherry Pie Cure turns one (week)
So Cherry Pie Cure is a week old today and I’m coming up for post-new release air to whisper a few sweet things into your ear, and to share some beautiful things from around the web (all about me) (because
Time for a…. Blind Taste Test
One week til Cherry Pie Cure and I’m up to my elbows in fresh cherries (cherry season! yes!) and trying to find a cherry pie recipe that is as magic as the one Susan makes that… well… I can’t
Time for a…. Blind Taste Test
One week til Cherry Pie Cure and I’m up to my elbows in fresh cherries (cherry season! yes!) and trying to find a cherry pie recipe that is as magic as the one Susan makes that… well… I can’t
Would you like some wine with that?
Did I ever tell you that I’m easy? Outrageously so. Like, put the words “hedonistic” in a book description, and then make the heroine a wine agent based in my favourite city in the world, add a pair of hot
Would you like some wine with that?
Did I ever tell you that I’m easy? Outrageously so. Like, put the words “hedonistic” in a book description, and then make the heroine a wine agent based in my favourite city in the world, add a pair of hot
Chocolate covered cherries, cherry pie, so much love
Food is love, right? Now, before you get to taste Cherry Pie Cure—and find out what it is Susan’s cherry pie does and how—I want to tantalize your taste buds with something else. First, a true story: the reason Susan
Chocolate covered cherries, cherry pie, so much love
Food is love, right? Now, before you get to taste Cherry Pie Cure—and find out what it is Susan’s cherry pie does and how—I want to tantalize your taste buds with something else. First, a true story: the reason Susan
CHERRY PIE CURE
“Soo-zaahn,” he said. “Soo-zahn,” he said it again, and I felt the bones in my toes dissolve. “I am so grateful for this gift, and so touched by your thoughtfulness. Soo-zaaaahn,” he said my name again, and I thought
CHERRY PIE CURE
“Soo-zaahn,” he said. “Soo-zahn,” he said it again, and I felt the bones in my toes dissolve. “I am so grateful for this gift, and so touched by your thoughtfulness. Soo-zaaaahn,” he said my name again, and I thought
Diary of An RT Virgin, Day 5: Fans Gone Wild
It’s Saturday, the day RT plans to deliver a very full Teen Day Program and a FAN-tastic (get it? FAN-fastic? Ok, fine you got it right away; it took me six hours) Day Program. The conference attendance is about to
Diary of An RT Virgin, Day 5: Fans Gone Wild
It’s Saturday, the day RT plans to deliver a very full Teen Day Program and a FAN-tastic (get it? FAN-fastic? Ok, fine you got it right away; it took me six hours) Day Program. The conference attendance is about to
Diary of An RT Virgin Day 4: Fan Girl Gone Mad
Today I have two very important items on the agenda. I am pitching Molly Jones (and myself) to Sourcebooks, and I am pitching myself (and Molly Jones) to Saritza Henderson of the Corvisiero Literary Agency. To Sourcebooks, because of other
Diary of An RT Virgin Day 4: Fan Girl Gone Mad
Today I have two very important items on the agenda. I am pitching Molly Jones (and myself) to Sourcebooks, and I am pitching myself (and Molly Jones) to Saritza Henderson of the Corvisiero Literary Agency. To Sourcebooks, because of other
Diary of An RT Virgin, Day 3—Battle Fatigue
Thursday, May 4, 2017 Exhaustion does make you sleep like a rock, don’t it? I sleep, not like a baby (a metaphor created by someone who did not have an infant that woke up every 15 minutes demanding a nipple,
Diary of An RT Virgin, Day 3—Battle Fatigue
Thursday, May 4, 2017 Exhaustion does make you sleep like a rock, don’t it? I sleep, not like a baby (a metaphor created by someone who did not have an infant that woke up every 15 minutes demanding a nipple,
Look what INSIDE ROMANCE did for my birthday!
LOOK! OK, I don’t know that they know it’s my birthday. They probably don’t. They just did it. Because they’re lovely. Inside Romance is a brand new romance e-book store, spun off The Romance Reviews e-zine/website. I like TRR a
Look what INSIDE ROMANCE did for my birthday!
LOOK! OK, I don’t know that they know it’s my birthday. They probably don’t. They just did it. Because they’re lovely. Inside Romance is a brand new romance e-book store, spun off The Romance Reviews e-zine/website. I like TRR a
How a story is born–from the Afterword to Cherry Pie Cure
For Saeed, who always wants to know how the stories get written (and never reads any of them but might read this), and for Sean and Paola, my beloved alpha readers who read everything almost before I’m done writing it—in
How a story is born–from the Afterword to Cherry Pie Cure
For Saeed, who always wants to know how the stories get written (and never reads any of them but might read this), and for Sean and Paola, my beloved alpha readers who read everything almost before I’m done writing it—in
Diary of an RT Virgin, Day 2: I figure out RT is Disneyland for Romance Readers
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Today, I need to clone myself, because I want to do EVERYTHING, and it all happens at the same time. Today, I also need to medicate myself, because I’m pitching to Kensington Books in the morning
Diary of an RT Virgin, Day 2: I figure out RT is Disneyland for Romance Readers
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Today, I need to clone myself, because I want to do EVERYTHING, and it all happens at the same time. Today, I also need to medicate myself, because I’m pitching to Kensington Books in the morning
Diary of an RT Virgin, Day 1: “What are all these lines for?”
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 Ready? Brief intro for the uninitiated: the Romantic Times Booklovers Conference, put on by Romantic Times magazine since 1983, brings together thousands of readers and hundreds of authors for a week-long romance-celebrating, book-lovin’ extravaganza. Translation: It’s
Diary of an RT Virgin, Day 1: “What are all these lines for?”
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 Ready? Brief intro for the uninitiated: the Romantic Times Booklovers Conference, put on by Romantic Times magazine since 1983, brings together thousands of readers and hundreds of authors for a week-long romance-celebrating, book-lovin’ extravaganza. Translation: It’s
The Photograph… a full chapter audio-teaser
Consequences begins with a question about a photograph. This is NOT that photograph: …but it’s a fab photo of almost all of the first-wave beta readers of both Tell Me and Consequences. It’s true. Are they not ridiculously gorgeous, one and
The Photograph… a full chapter audio-teaser
Consequences begins with a question about a photograph. This is NOT that photograph: …but it’s a fab photo of almost all of the first-wave beta readers of both Tell Me and Consequences. It’s true. Are they not ridiculously gorgeous, one and
Do you want to listen to a teaser?
When I was planning the Tell Me launch party, I reached out, casually and awkwardly, to an acquaintance from the past, who knew me in a totally not-an-ER-writer kind of context, and I said, “So. Um… you don’t know about
Do you want to listen to a teaser?
When I was planning the Tell Me launch party, I reached out, casually and awkwardly, to an acquaintance from the past, who knew me in a totally not-an-ER-writer kind of context, and I said, “So. Um… you don’t know about
CONSEQUENCES
a TASTE… What’s that? —This? Nothing. A photograph. He looks at the photograph, and demands a story I don’t want to tell. Isn’t this what all women want? A lover who’s passionately interested in the quotidian details of their
CONSEQUENCES
a TASTE… What’s that? —This? Nothing. A photograph. He looks at the photograph, and demands a story I don’t want to tell. Isn’t this what all women want? A lover who’s passionately interested in the quotidian details of their
Flower Face Foot
for/from “Bohemian Rockstar” I never understood the appeal, point of foot fetishism until the moment that his right foot pressed against my left cheek, and oh-god, I wanted to stay in that position forever… and after he lifted it, I
Flower Face Foot
for/from “Bohemian Rockstar” I never understood the appeal, point of foot fetishism until the moment that his right foot pressed against my left cheek, and oh-god, I wanted to stay in that position forever… and after he lifted it, I
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