Category: Guest Author

Shana Galen and hero pirates. Oh yeah!

My guest today is the beautiful Shana Galen. And I mean that literally. Just look at her! I’ve met Shana and can attest that the pic below is not doctored. LOL! Best of all, Shana is as lovely inside as out. Shana came to Sourcebooks a year or so after...

Katherine Bone Reporting for Duty!

Author Spotlight Wednesday is going rogue. Thar be pirates afoot! Novelist Katherine Bone confesses to a serious infatuation with Captain Jack Sparrow, so you can imagine what that leads to! After seeing Katherine’s name frequently in the two historical RWA groups we both belong to, we finally met in 2012...

An interview with Marie Force

You folks know me, so are aware that I am a sentimental chick. Well, get ready for some sap! Marie Force is the first romance novelist to take me under her wing, so to speak, and lead me into this marvelous world of author relationships. In 2008 I knew not...

Regina Jeffers Tells All!

I feel like I have known Regina Jeffers forever…. and I mean that in a good way! Yet the truth is that we became acquainted in the fall of 2010 when Austen Authors was being formed (Regina was one of the original members), strengthened our friendship entirely via the blog...

Spotlight on Merry Farmer

Guest Author Wednesday dawns bright with my pal Merry Farmer in the spotlight. I first “met” Merry through the Beau Monde and Historical Hearts Through History chapters of the RWA, specifically via the wonderfully insightful blogs she writes. And now, thanks to the friendships forged with romance writers, Merry is...

Winners & News

Congratulations are due to six lucky winners from my recent Guest Author Spotlights.  ~ From Grace Burrowes on April 30 ~ $25 Amazon gift certificate to Anne Hoile signed copy of Trenton: Lord of Loss to Alisha and Manuela ~ From Loucinda McGary on May 14 ~ eBook of The...

Loucinda McGarcy: A true “Romance Diva”

I am very excited to welcome my pal Loucinda McGary for my third week of hosting guest authors. Loucinda – who in another incarnation is Cindy or “Auntie Cindy” – is one of my oldest romance writer friends. Lucky for me (until now), she lives in California so we were...

Sandy James Celebrates a New Release

For my second guest author Wednesday I am thrilled to welcome Sandy James, and share in her celebration for a new release: The Bottom Line. I was introduced to Sandy by my friend Cheryl Brooks several years ago at an RWA conference, and each year thereafter it has been my...

Grace Burrowes, NYT Bestseller

Today begins my Author Spotlight Wednesday endeavor, and who better to launch it than New York Times Bestselling historical romance novelist Grace Burrowes! I am deeply honored to welcome Grace to my blog, and very thankful the publishing fates crossed our paths. Grace and I met several years ago at...