Category Archives: About the book

My Must Haves – when beginning a new book Part I

Posted on November 4, 2013 by admin

This blog is for fellow writers. I’ve just finished writing one book and must now begin another.  Whenever I begin a new book I panic.  How the heck am I going to get the story dancing around in my head onto the … Continue reading →

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Introducing Nan Reinhardt and her two new books

Posted on October 14, 2013 by admin

Hello, Nan!  Welcome to my blog.  I’m going to let you get right to your topic because I think it’s so funny. Not My Mother’s Stretch Pants…Honest! My friend C.L. (whom I’ll credit with the title for today’s blog), and … Continue reading →

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Do You Prefer the Bedroom Door Open or Closed? (when reading fiction)

Posted on October 7, 2013 by admin

Recently I got lambasted by a reader at Goodreads who held nothing back in her review of The Medic’s Homecoming, my July 2013 Special Edition.  I understand that we are from different cultures, but she seemed to hold my western … Continue reading →

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DO YOU LOVE ER ROMANCE?

Posted on September 23, 2013 by admin

Once in a blue moon I get an opportunity that is too good to pass up.  It happened last fall with The Mammoth Book editor Trish Telep when she asked if I’d be interested in participating in a multi-author anthology. … Continue reading →

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Soap Opera in the ER

Posted on September 9, 2013 by admin

The most famous TV soap I know is General Hospital.  It first aired April 1, 1963 and twelve-thousand-six-hundred plus episodes later, in my opinion, it still rules the day.  I remember spending summer vacations getting hooked into the plot line.  … Continue reading →

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Little Did You Know…

Posted on July 29, 2013 by admin

I once had an old unpublished manuscript that did really well on the contest circuit about nine years ago.  It was the book in which I finally found my writing voice.  There was one really fun scene in that languishing … Continue reading →

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Short Q&A

Posted on July 15, 2013 by admin

I will be guest blogging at the following locations: July 15: Special Edition Authors’ blog – Little Did You Know + gift card giveaway July 16th: Seekerville – The Gracious Critique Partnership + book giveaway July 26th: Romance University – … Continue reading →

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Rascal Flatts Made Me Do It

Posted on July 1, 2013 by admin

Music is a springboard for emotions.  There’s something magical about mixing poetry with a tune, and often the results make me think – what if?   Certain song topics always make me cry.  I’m easy that way.  Nothing got to … Continue reading →

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The Medic’s Homecoming – Dear Reader letter and excerpt

Posted on June 17, 2013 by admin

Dear Reader, I’m so happy to share Lucas Grady’s story with you in The Medic’s Homecoming.  He is Anne Grady’s younger brother from my debut Special Edition, March 2012, Courting His Favorite Nurse. Lucas is a good man who has … Continue reading →

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The Scariest Part about Writing Books by Lynne Marshall

Posted on May 14, 2013 by admin

The most nerve-wracking part about writing a book is, well, after starting the book, and after turning that book in to your editor, oh, and after waiting for the editor to get back to you about whether or not they … Continue reading →

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