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Author Spotlight - Q&A with Michelle Levigne
STEPH: I don't know much about "Invitation to a Wedding." What's it about? MICHELLE: Drake Ashcroft, ex-Marine now in seminary, comes home for the wedding reception for his sister, who eloped with his...
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Author Spotlight - Michelle Levigne talks about bullies
In "Invitation to a Wedding," our heroine faces the ultimate nasty trick, played on her by the "mean girls" who have come back to town for the wedding celebration of her best friend from...
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Author Spotlight - Michelle Levigne casts the characters!
This is a story where I had the germinal idea, and had to fill in all the blanks. Sometimes, I start with a character in a situation, and have the situation "come to a head," and work through it. For...
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Author Spotlight - Michelle Levigne - Teasers vs Spoilers
Don't you hate it when someone does a book review, and they basically give you the whole plot of the story? They tell you the names of all the characters, the history between the hero/heroine and their...
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Author Spotlight - Excerpt from "Invitiation to a Wedding"
Thank you so much for supporting Michelle's week in the spotlight. Michelle has written a short Christmas story, that she will post on her website as a PDF that readers can download.The title is "One...
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Author Spotlight - Q&A with Maria Hammarblad
STEPH: I don't know much about “Undercover.” What's it about?MARIA: Undercover is a contemporary romance. It’s about Jenny Moore, whose life is pretty safe and a little boring. She dreams about...
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Author Spotlight - Merry Christmas from Maria Hammarblad - Christmas in Sweden
Merry Christmas! I am honored to be here on the Desert Breeze Publishing blog on Christmas Day. Regardless of what you celebrate this holiday season, I hope it finds you well. I’ve always been...
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Author Spotlight - Character Interview with Jenny from Undercover
Today, I’ll let my heroine, Jenny, take over the pen. She’s been slumbering in my mind ever since Undercover was published, and I think she wants to come out for some air.Jenny, it’s good to see you...
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Authors Spotlight - Maria Hammarblad talks about finding inspiration
The holidays are a time for sharing, so today I will share a secret. Well, I guess it won't be a secret any longer after revealing it here on the blog, but anyway...I wrote the first draft of...
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Author Spotlight - Excerpt from "Undercover"
Thanks so much for supporting Maria during her week in the spotlight. Leave a comment today, Saturday, and Sunday along with your email and we'll pick a random winner to win a copy of Maria's book,...
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Author Spotlight - Q&A with Barri Bryan
STEPH: I don't know much about "Forbidden." What's it about?BARRI: Forbidden is set in 1980. It is the story of a young woman who takes a summer job with an over-the-hill billionaire playboy to help...
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Author Spotlight - Barri Bryan talks about Researching History and Writing...
Originality does not always mean making something from nothing. It can mean making interesting changes in what has gone before. I have developed as a writer of historical romances by playing with...
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Author Spotlight - Barri Bryan talks about writing Description
Description has been called the essence of fiction. When properly related, descriptions can provide concrete illustrations of general principals. To my despair, I often find there was nothing in my...
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Author Spotlight - Barri Bryan talks about expressive writing.
Learning to communicate expressively is not achieved the way one assimilates facts about geography or learns by rote the meanings of symbols. It is a process of practice, discovery, and creation....
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Author Spotlight - Excerpt for "Forbidden"
Thank you for supporting Barri's week in the spotlight. Leave a comment today, Saturday and Sunday along with your email (so we can get ahold of you) and we'll pick a winner on Monday, 14 JAN to...
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Author Spotlight - Q&A with Delores Goodrick Beggs
STEPH: I don't know much about Substitute Lover. What's it about?DELORES: Substitute Lover is the story of Tennyson Wells, sister of hearing-impaired Mauranie Wells in Book One of the Place in the...
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Author Spotlight - Friendship learned with my horse by Delores Goodrick Beggs
It would be easiest to start this with saying "Friendship I learned FROM my horse,"but that is not the way it works. Learning, between a human and a horse, is a shared experience. In Place in the Heart...
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Author Spotlight - Humpty Dumpty by Delores Goodrick Beggs
I have a problem I suspect is common to most writers. My days are unbalanced. I spend too much time writing at my laptop and not enough time exercising. In addition, I usually also have a small dish...
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Author Spotlight - Going The Distance by Delores Goodrick Beggs
As my 50th birthday approached, visions of over-the-hill accoutrement and skidding down into life's shadows vanished when I made an impromptu decision to participate in a newspaper-sponsored10K mile...
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Author Spotlight - Excerpt from Substitute Lover
Thank you so much for supporting Delores' week in the spotlight. Enjoy this excerpt from Substitute Lover.SmilesModerator Steph*****When she looked up at him, he clamped his mouth shut. "I heard Jasper...
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