After writing about Italy in Her Billionaire Spy, my thoughts turned to… Ireland. My sister married an Irishman and our family traveled there in 2014 over the Fourth of July, so Ireland is special to me. Our three then-teen children declared, emphatically, that it was the most beautiful place […]
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Her Billionaire Spy was by far the hardest one of my Her Billionaire CEO books that I’ve worked on. I timed writing it in November, which was NaNoWriMo, so that was a good motivator to write 50k words and complete it. During the same time, I helped a client publish […]
The story behind Her Billionaire Spy
On Facebook today, someone asked what trends did people foresee in sweet romance in 2019. Here’s my prediction and advice to authors. Billionaires will remain hot. Regency will continue to have timeless appeal. Cowboys will always be strong. Royals will stay fascinating. Produce good books and you will do well […]
What sweet romance books will sell in 2019?
Photo: My novel, A Cowboy for Christmas, after I uploaded it to Draft 2 Digital As an indie author, I am always looking for ways to cut down on expenses as well as keeping control over the production of my books. When I accomplish both, hallelujah. I used to outsource […]
How to format an e-book on D2D
I used to pay a bestselling author forty five bucks per book to write my blurbs, that dreaded copy that goes in your Amazon description or the back of your print book. She would ask me to summarize the synopsis of my novel on two pages, double-spaced, and then I […]
How to write a book blurb
A little after 11 p.m. last night, I finished my 16th book, Her Billionaire Spy, for National Novel Writing Month. I’ve written 50k words in 5 days before, so it almost felt anti-climactic to celebrate writing one in 30. In light of so many other projects I was trying to […]
November in a Nutshell
Yesterday, I finished my first pass-through revisions on Her Billionaire Santa which launches 11/24. I loved writing this sweet Christmas romance! As I have been writing stories for my Her Billionaire CEO series, I have usually tried to come up with the plot in this order: 1) title, 2) trope, […]
The Story behind Her Billionaire Santa
Can you say bucket list? Although in fairness, I didn’t know a gondola ride in Venice was on my bucket list until I went to Venice. Drew and I had the lovers’ seat, but we actually had two other ladies with us, Filipinas whom we met outside a building and […]
Italy Day 8 – Venice
Ah, Venice. Drew and I arrived a little before two on a 90-minute ferry ride to San Marco, where our little hotel was located. Venice is only accessible by water. From the airport, one could either take the Alilaguna (the ferry we took), a water taxi for more euros, or a hired […]
Italy Day 7 – Venice
A great start for the day. Another beautiful sunrise. This time, as if custom-ordered, with a hot air balloon even! I could hear the gas ebb and flow as it fed the large flame. The passengers all waved down at us. What a fun way to see the Tuscan countryside! […]
