Did You Hear the Latest? #gayromance @emlynley
3 Audiobooks Now Available! I’m so thrilled to announce that some of my favorite and most popular titles are available for your listening–uh–pleasure! All audiobooks can be found on Audible.com, iTunes and Amazon! Get in the Holiday Mood! Listen to the sample A week before Christmas, Alex Bancroft’s bakery goes up in flames. When he runs back inside after a dog, firefighter Kevin Flint has to rescue Alex – and Quincy – from the smoldering building, endangering them...
Back online…. but still cleaning up
It happened again!! Unfortunately my websites were hacked last month and I’m just getting everything back online after switching web hosts. Some of the most recent content was lost in the changeover and I’ll be adding it back as time allows. If you haven’t been following me on Facebook, you may not know that I went back to college full time for a paralegal certificate in September 2015 and I put writing on hold until I finished. But now I am getting back to writing and being part of...
Camels, Horses and One Amazing Bull #mmromance @dreamspinners
A couple of years ago, Brandilyn Carpenter asked me for my favorite places in the world. I can’t find the list right now (that would have been a miracle!) but I do know that you’d find Jaisalmer, India in one of the top spots. I’ve been lucky enough to travel extensively around the world and even luckier to have been able to set stories in many of my favorite places so I can share the joys (and the occasional horror) of my own experiences. So I knew that eventually I’d set a story in one of the most...
Delectable NEW Release: “12 Courses” & Exclusive Recipe #mmromance @dreamspinners –
12 Courses, the sixth book in the Delectable Series is officially here! I can’t believe it. Six books. Actually more than that, when you count the missing scenes and freebies along the way. Working on this series has been nothing short of a joy for me, a real dream-come-true to combine my passions into one project. I love cooking. Not just cooking, but trying new things, but challenging myself in the kitchen. Except for a few cooking classes here and there, I’m mostly self-taught, through trial, error...
Building a Character We...
All writers know that you need conflict and tension to drive to story forward, and to engage readers so they want to keep reading. In a thriller, writers can rely more on plot because the reader is anxious to see what happens next. In romance the reader wants to know what happens to the...Wet Wednesday Teaser fr...
I’m in edits for Crush, book 3 in the Delectable series. The main characters are Austin Kelvin who owns and runs the family winery, and Simon Ford, a business analyst who works for the wine-industry version of a venture capital firm. Here’s a little taste of what you have to...Ten Tips on Using Tribe...
I’m not particularly hip to new social media sites: It took me a few years to even get a Facebook account, so when I first heard of Triberr I admit I ignored it. But author Kayelle Allen made me think twice about using the service. And I’m glad I did. I’ve absolutely...Building Characters: Wh...
In a previous post I discussed the concept of starting out with a character with issues and how the plot action affects the character, creating the character arc. Character x Plot = Ending Let’s rewrite that a little bit Starting Character x Plot = Ending Character Today’s...Last-minute tax advice ...
Panicking because you aren’t ready for tomorrow’s tax deadline? Here are some last-minute tips to make the process a little less painful. To get all the deductions you deserve and plenty of tax planning and prep advice, check out my book Tax Tips for Authors. 1. Didn’t...5 Top Tax Tips for Writ...
As both a published author, and a tax preparer, I know exactly the worries and frustrations my fellow authors go through every year. If you use tax prep software, you’re never sure what’s allowed or where on Schedule C to put the cost of your website and cover art–or...
