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Progress Report! I’m doing a paper read-through of Surrender to Ruin, which is going about as expected. It’s a little unusual that I’m at 82K words without a final chapter and with all but chapter 1 to read and revise. That’s because, per usual, I have heavily revised chapter 1 three times and then got […]
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Writer’s Diary – Romance Author With A Few Opinions
I am redoing the cover for A Notorious Ruin because it needs to fit with the style of Book 1 (Lord Ruin) and Book 2 (Surrender to Ruin) and it currently does not. I would LOVE to know which you prefer. Image quality is not final. Neither is background color.
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Writer’s Diary – Romance Author With A Few Opinions
Some of you may have seen my post about gaming hells over at the Risky Regencies or seen me tweeting about some of the research. One of the things I came across was a reference to maggot racing and how to cheat at it, and Meljean Brook and I had a hilarious twitter exchange about […]
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Writer’s Diary – Romance Author With A Few Opinions
I really love this cover. So so much. I knew Mickael would be the perfect model and he is!
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My historical romance novella A Seduction in Winter is a finalist in the 2015 NCRA (National Reader’s Choice Award): 2015 NRCA Finalists That’s pretty exciting. Congratulations to all the finalists! Do you have your copy? Amazon | iBooks | Kobo | Nook | Google Play | All Romance
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After looking around and not finding the right images for the cover of Surrender To Ruin, I decided to go the custom route, using photographer Jenn LeBlanc. I knew the kind of image I wanted and which model I thought would be perfect. A couple of hours after I contacted her everything was set up […]
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While I’m working on finishing up a completed first draft of Surrender to Ruin, Sinclair Sisters Series Book 3, here are some flower pictures I took.
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It’s been mad busy here at Jewel HQ and it occurred to me that I have neglected to mention books that are available to buy or pre-order. I have more coming your way so stay tuned for more exciting news. A Seduction in Winter – On Sale Now A Seduction in Winter, my novella from […]
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I guess first I’ll mention that Emily and Devon’s story is going well. Last year’s decision to rent offsite office space has made a huge difference in my ability to get words written. There is nothing I can do about the situation that made this necessary, but now I’m able to meet word count and […]
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Writer’s Diary – Romance Author With A Few Opinions
Life has been busy here at Jewel Central. I attended the RWA board meeting this month. We got a lot of important work done plus I got to spend time with some really smart women and men. The RWA staff is just amazing. The Board meeting was the weekend of the time change, so Sunday […]
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