Browsed by
Month: July 2012

Enter Now! Davis Bunn’s New Novel

Enter Now! Davis Bunn’s New Novel

Here’s how you enter to win Davis Bunn’s new novel, Hidden in Dreams. Leave a comment answering one of these questions: If you had a recurring dream, who would you ask to help you interpret it? Have you ever had a dream or vision about future events that later came true? Describe the scariest dream you’ve ever had. For an extra entry, sign up for Davis’s newsletter (listed on my blog post from yesterday), for a third entry ‘like’ him…

Read More Read More

Book Drawing–Davis Bunn’s Newest!!

Book Drawing–Davis Bunn’s Newest!!

Want To Win a Copy of This New Novel by Davis Bunn? Watch for Instructions in tomorrow’s post. This book is AWESOME! ISBN (Trade Paperback): 978-1-4165-5672-5$14.99; 256 pp ISBN (ebook): 978-1-4516-6381-5 Release: July 3, 2012 from Howard Books, a Division of Simon  Schuster Just when the world’s foremost expert on dream analysis, Dr. Elena Burroughs, thinks she is getting her life back under control after losing her position at Oxford University and the man she hoped to fall in love…

Read More Read More

Writing a Historical Novel? Research is the Key!

Writing a Historical Novel? Research is the Key!

When I wrote my first historical romance, Love Find You in Last Chance, CA, I had a short panic attack. Not long, just a few seconds, as I’m not prone to panic, LOL! But I’d never written a historical before and wasn’t sure I’d be able to find the information I needed to bring the story to life. High school and one year of college taught me something about research, but that was years ago and so much has changed. The…

Read More Read More

July 4th is About Heroes

July 4th is About Heroes

My daughter Marnee and I have a hero and he’s younger than me. In fact, I gave birth to him 33 years ago. Our son Steven served in Iraq an Kuwait during the ‘Shock and Awe’ campaign when the troops were all moving in and the fighting was at its worst.                                 Marnee took this picture to send to her brother while he was in…

Read More Read More

Forty Years Ago…..

Forty Years Ago…..

I married the man of my dreams–I was 18 (three weeks shy of 19),  and Allen was 19 (almost 20–mere babies). We honeymooned at Wallowa Lake, Oregon, and spent our first year renting the parsonage from our church (our pastor built a house). We took care of the lawns for the church and house, as well as the flower beds, and only paid $50 a month in rent. A couple of years later I was expecting my first child….a beautiful…

Read More Read More