Marty on Being the Cover Model for Backward

Marty is the cover model for Backward and I asked him to write a few thoughts on being a cover model.  He is a great guy and takes one heck of a photograph!!!! Last summer I was contacted by my good friend Jesse Jackman. He mentioned that he had recommended me for a book cover and that he and Dirk had done ones as well. He showed me theirs and I was floored! Such great imagery and the photographer really captured them well. Being a fan of both of them as well as close friends I was touched by their … Continued

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Winter Guest Post

Yesterday I did a winter blog post with The Blogger Girls.  They were gracious enough to host me on their blog.  “I used to remember at eight years old, laying in my bed listening to the wind.  I’d get out and pad across the cool floor in my bare feet and flannel pajamas with cowboys on them so I could look out my bedroom window and watch the snow as it came down.  More than once my mom scolded me to get back into bed.  The power was out and we didn’t have any heat, so if I didn’t get … Continued

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Hope & Love Anthology. A CHBB – LGBTQ Charity Collection.

    100% of all proceeds will go to the MKE-LGBT Community Center. It starts with hope. That’s what LGBTQ Centers all over the world give us, the hope, the community, the care and education we need in a world that is often hate filled, scared of the unknown, and down right scary. When first introduced to community many of us rejoice as it’s often the first time we’re able to be out and be our true selves without fear or shame. This anthology is for the benefit of one such center, one that touches many many lives, and like … Continued

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Love Comes Around – Release Day Excerpt and Contest

Amazing Friday everyone.  Is there a Senses story you haven’t read?  In celebration of the release of Love Comes Around, I’m offering you a chance to win a copy of one of the first 3 Senses stories of your choice.  All you need to do is comment on this blog post with your email address and on Sunday September 21, I will pick the winner.     Dan was a throwaway child and learned to take care of himself in foster care. As an adult, he devotes his life to the business he started and his heart to raising children no … Continued

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A Heart for Robbie

My friend JP Barnaby has a new book releasing July 11, and this is what she said about it.  “On March 7, 1992 my daughter Kaitlyn was born with a pulmonary atresia, the same condition that affects little Robbie in A Heart for Robbie – because Robbie is her story. I wasn’t able to give her the same happy ending in real life, so I wrote her one. This book is her legacy.”     Waiting for someone else’s child to die so yours can live is the worst kind of Hell. Celebrated Young Adult author Julian Holmes pits the heroic characters … Continued

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First Love

Hello all.  Thank you for visiting my blog today.  I hope you all have a wonderful Easter morning.  I’m currently away from home at Rainbowcon and Dominic is at home, spending the day with my family.  I was very lucky in that Dominic was my first true love and we’ve been together now for over twenty years.  So he’s what I’m thankful for and truly blessed with on this Easter Day. I am participating in the Rainbow Gold Reviews Blog Hop. http://rainbowgoldreviews.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/easter-hunt-search-for-hidden-words-and-phrases-on-participating-blogssitespages-and-win/

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Rainbow Gold Reviews Scavenger Hunt

I’m participating in the Rainbow Gold Reviews Scavenger Hunt.  Look for the rainbow pot of gold at the end of a very recent blog entry.  You can find details about the scavenger hunt at the Rainbow Gold Reviews Blog:  http://rainbowgoldreviews.wordpress.com/   The best of luck!!         

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A Courageous Ride Releasing March 31

A Courageous Ride is releasing March 31 and I am already getting a wonderful response from the early reviews.  Both Sid Love and Mrs. Condit and Friends have given it wonderful reviews. With this story, I decided I wanted to create two different characters form two different worlds, throw them together and see what happened.  What I got was a story that really spoke to me about the power of love and deciding what was truly important.  I also got to explore the therapeutic aspects of love and healing on many levels.   Aspiring orchestra conductor Marshall is exhausted after months of … Continued

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One Good Deed Releasing at Midnight Tonight

One Good Deed releases tonight at midnight from Dreamspinner Press. This story is special to me and its one of Dominic’s favorites. Many of the themes in this story were his idea and I’m very happy with it. I hope you will be too.   Blurb Luka Krachec immigrates to the United States to find his cousin dead and his cousin’s wife hospitalized after a terrible accident. He meets Peter Montgomery at the funeral. The American seems nice and captures Luka’s attention when he offers to help him with his English. Peter has spent most of his life believing he … Continued

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Dare to Take a Ride

  Tonight at midnight is the release of A Daring Ride.  When I was writing this story I wanted to explore the idea of a double life to a degree.  So at the beginning of the story Simon is in the closet about his bull riding to his family.  He’s in the closet in other ways as well.  Mom and dad own a Christian bookstore chain.   So climb into the chute and hold on for the ride… If you dare. http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4183

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