Thank  you so much to Bewitching Blog Tours for a great tour, and a giant thank you to all the bloggers/reviewers for hosting me!!! Giveaway: Thanks to the ~1400 people who entered the giveaway raffle of a $50 Amazon gift certificate. I'll have more of these as new releases come out, so please check back.... Continue Reading →
Book Covers: Do People Sell Better?
Guest Post Re-Post: Originally posted as a guest post - part of my Black Orchid blog tour organized by Masquerade Crew. *** We all know book covers are the first way readers are drawn to a book they buy - especially from an author they haven't read. A book cover needs to stand out among the multitudes... Continue Reading →
Insta-Love: Love It or Hate It?
Guest Post Re-Post: Originally posted 6/30/2014 as a guest post on Coffee Talk Writers - part of my Black Orchid blog tour organized by Masquerade Crew. *** I have a theory about who loves and who hates insta-love. I have been reading romance novels of various sub-genres (contemporary, paranormal, teen, etc.) since I was about twelve years old.... Continue Reading →
Black Orchid Blog Tour: Retrospective
Another awesome blog tour. And, as always, due entirely to Ms. Deejay and the awesome folks at Masquerade Crew Tours! Thank you for the excellent servies! And giant thank you to all the bloggers/reviewers for hosting me!!! Giveaway: The giveaway of a $40 Amazon gift certificate and eBook copies of the first 3 Svatura books... Continue Reading →
The Appeal of Fated or Destined Love
Guest Post Re-Post: Originally posted 6/29/2014 on Bitches Be Writin' as a guest post - part of my Black Orchid blog tour organized by Masquerade Crew. *** One of my personal favorite paranormal romance devices is that of the destined or fated lovers. In the Svatura series, I call them te'sorthene. By this I mean that fate or the... Continue Reading →
Oh the Drama!: The Incorporation of Serious Issues in Contemporary Romance
Guest Post Re-Post: Originally posted 6/28/2014 on 3 Partners in Shopping as a guest post - part of my Black Orchid blog tour organized by Masquerade Crew. *** I am, primarily a writer of paranormal romance. However, I both read and write contemporary romance as well. A trend I have noticed just in the last five to ten years... Continue Reading →
My Top 10 Desserts
Guest Post Re-Post: Originally posted 6/27/2014 on Lilly Mac's Blog as a guest post - part of my Black Orchid blog tour organized by Masquerade Crew. *** Is it possible that you know me personally? Because you could not have asked this question to anyone who would struggle more to answer. I am a dessert-aholic. In college, when I... Continue Reading →
The Evolution of Sex in Romance
Guest Post Re-Post: Originally posted 6/25/2014 on Getting Personal as a guest post - part of my Black Orchid blog tour organized by Masquerade Crew. *** As a reader of romance for the last 25 years (I started young, what can I say) – one of the trends that I’ve found particularly interesting is the evolution of sex in... Continue Reading →
Key Elements of Paranormal Romance
Guest Post Re-Post: Originally posted 6/24/2014 on Cabin Goddess as a guest post - part of my Black Orchid blog tour organized by Masquerade Crew. This topic was requested and I really enjoyed thinking about and writing this post. Kriss had some awesome graphics to add to her post. I highly recommend you click that link and read the... Continue Reading →
My Top 10 Bad Habits (or Bottom 10)
Guest Post Re-Post: Originally posted 6/23/2014 on Indie Author How To as a guest post - part of my Black Orchid blog tour organized by Masquerade Crew. *** I had a lot of fun with this top 10 list. There were so many ways I could take it. My personal bad habits, my writing habits, my pet peeves for other’s... Continue Reading →

