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Read an excerpt from ‘A Wyoming Family Holiday’
The fifth and final book in my Harlequin Heartwarming Back to Adelaide Creek series is now available. A Wyoming Family Holiday is overflowing with community, holidays, and found family. It’s the perfect book to kick-off your season-themed binge read. Here’s…
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Children’s Book Week (Nov. 3-9)
Children’s Book Week is part of the longest-running national celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading. Schools, libraries, and bookstores celebrate November 3-9 with special events, literacy promotion, and tips to get kids curious about reading.…
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October Reading Recommendations
These three books are all October releases from author friends of mine–each one part of a series (and you know how much I love a series), and each unique in its storytelling. Since her teen years, Opal Hughes has taken…
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Banned Books Week – By the Numbers
The theme for this year’s Banned Books Week is “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” As the American Library Association puts it: “With the escalation in attempts to ban books in libraries, schools, and bookstores around the country,…
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Joyful Moments: Book Unboxings
No matter how many books you publish, there is nothing like the moment you hold a print copy in your hands. Here are six reasons unboxing books is a momentous occasion for authors. It’s a milestone moment.Holding a finished copy…
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5 Tips to Stay Healthy in Autumn
It’s officially autumn! While temperatures are still steamy in some regions, we’ll soon be celebrating sweater weather, apple cider and pumpkin spice, and shorter days. Take advantage of the seasonal change to reset your healthy routines. Here are 5 tips…
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Who Are You Serving?
Long ago, when I first became conscious of readers, and asked myself what they would expect or hope for, I realized that writing, at its core, is a service occupation. We’re entertainers, performers, but also guides through difficult topics. In…
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September Reading Recommendations
I never have to look very far to find authors releasing new books. The women whose books I’m listing below are only a sample of the authors I know from the write-ins sponsored by the Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA).…
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Eye Health and Books
August is National Eye Exam Month. Don’t think you need regular eye exams? Think again! According to the CDC, about 7 million people in the U.S. are visually impaired, a million of which are blind. The number of Americans with…
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Best Friends and Friendship in Women’s Fiction
August 1st is National Girlfriends Day, an opportunity to celebrate our best friends and recognize the many ways our relationships with other women make life better. Remember that saying, men are from Mars and women are from Venus? That sums…
