Fangtastic Friday Debunks “Quality” Time
What’s the meaning of “quality” time? Do we need non-productive periods to recharge and become productive, again? Isn’t all time, quality time?
Happy Holidays!!
As I sat down to write this blog, I wasn’t exactly sure what I wanted to say in it. I knew I wanted to write something about the holidays, since it is Christmas Eve, and I wanted it to be upbeat and happy, since that’s how I’m feeling. But, for the life of me, I … Read more
Fangtastic Friday Finds a Muse
When I returned from a Civil War tour of Virginia and Pennsylvania this summer, I knew my next tome would be about our country’s most devastating conflict. Before I did my character sketches, I devoured a series of historical novels, including The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize), Gods … Read more
Baby It’s Cold Outside
I baked a lot of cookies this weekend. It’s a tradition that started when I was young. At first I helped my mother bake cookies to give as Christmas gifts, then I slowly took charge of the baking, and now my relatives won’t let me through the door on Christmas Eve unless I show up … Read more
Patience…It’s more than a virtue.
It was about three years ago that I commented to my mother, “I’ve been praying for patience a lot lately.” My boys were three and six and I remember those ages as being particularly difficult. My mom looked at me for a moment and then said, “Be careful praying for that virtue. It’s not one … Read more
Fangtastic Friday Survives Manhattan
It all started with having my ponytail frisked. Yep, you heard that right. The TSA in Charlotte must have thought I was harboring a stick of dynamite inside my scrunchie. I didn’t mind the full-body x-ray, and when the TSA gal with the blue rubber gloves said she needed to check my ponytail, I complied. … Read more
Happily Ever After
The night I met my husband he had just been attacked by a vampire assassin. The assassin didn’t kill him, he just knocked him out for a bit, and because we were members of the same vampire clan I was dragged into a room to help deal with the mess. My memories of what went … Read more
Best of the Best Clash of the Covers 2010
It’s December. Twelve beautiful months of romance are drawing to a close and that means it’s time to celebrate all of our winning covers for this year. Some sexy, some sweet, some out of this world…EtS has featured hundreds of eye catching covers created by the best cover artists in the business in our Clash … Read more
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