It’s #BookQW and Fern wants an incredible ‘dream’! More from Chapter 15: Fern rubbed her throbbing temples. Lady Mimosa pulled Fern’s hands down and held them in hers again. “This is naught to worry over.” No, probably Mom didn’t love her less for lying, not if she’d kept quiet and continued to put charms on […]
It’s #BookQW and Cor ‘finds’ creative magic for beekeeping. From Chapter 15: Their bee yard was in a clearing between two terrace walls, four hives made up of two hive bodies each and a fifth with three. Additional hive stands stood empty. “This isn’t enough hives for the size of your orchard,” he remarked. “We […]
It’s #bookqw and Daeryn’s enemies might be as ‘tight’ as friends. I’m celebrating the 5th anniversary of publishing The Unraveling, Volume 1 of The Luminated Threads. Yesterday’s post included several insider details of my writer’s journey in this story. Read it here. I also posted an excerpt from my heroine’s viewpoint, that of a proper […]
2015. So long ago. And not that long ago. The Unraveling was the first of my books that I chose to release. I began writing it in 2012, a flow of words that reached over 200K. Critique partners suggested I break it into shorter novels and form a ‘serialized novel.’ Here’s my original promo when […]
It’s #BookQW and Coral hesitates a ’second’. More from Chapter 5: Coral backed toward the door. The stranger, slender and muscular, straightened to stand only inches taller than her five feet. He wore the dairy’s white work shirt and dungarees, but with a red bandanna capping his head like a pirate’s headgear. Dark brown locks […]
It’s #BookQW and this might be Coral’s lucky ‘year’! More from Chapter 2: She let out her breath. Not that her parents had ever caught her in the years she’d been sneaking off and back onto the ship. Creak. The sound meant little, but the subtle shift of weight on the schooner did. Had Lemon […]
It’s #BookQW and she won’t break a ‘promise’. Will he? More from Chapter 7: Orb curse it, what else had Ty overheard when she and Piper were speaking at the bakery? Nothing she could afford to have repeated to Spike. She had to gain control. Her arms crossed automatically, but she managed not to frown. […]
It’s #BookQW and neither my H or H are ‘prepared’ to be honest. More from Chapter 12: “Could you wait and take me onto your ship?” Ty asked. She didn’t answer. Was that too intimate a request since her family lived on board? Just when he was about to apologize, she said, “Aye, that would […]
It’s #BookQW and Cor gets a ‘lift’ he doesn’t expect. More from Chapter 1: In September—three weeks from now—Cor’s parents would return from their summer’s travel for the Gruen Foundation, and their family would be off again. Autumn in the States. The winter in Costa Rica. Spring somewhere else he’d forgotten after hearing they’d have […]
It’s #BookQW and Cor won’t trust his ‘luck’ to confide in Oy. More from Chapter 22: “Let’s hope I’m long gone by then,” Cor replied. “Or…” What was he saying? “Really?” Oy asked. “You’re working like you want this. All that singing and such.” “Heck, that was more of an automatic thought.” Cor snorted. “I […]