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  • Liliana Hart, A Rising Star

    Friends, I want to tell you about a young author who is shooting to the top. Liliana Hart is a member of Yellow Rose RWA, the chapter I belong to. As I’ve gotten to know her, I have come to admire this amazing woman more and more. She is not only a terrific writer, she’s…

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  • Blogging Today

    Friends, I should have announced this much earlier, but it’s been a crazy day, plus I managed to lock myself out of my blogger account. Sigh. Anyway, I have a blog running today on Sweethearts of the West . The subject is Kiowa History and Mythology. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the…

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  • Great Reviews Bring a Smile!

    I woke up today not feeling so hot. I have bronchitis and the coughing kept me awake much of the night. I really needed a pick-me-up, something beside coffee, my drug of choice. Not too eager to get busy and write, I idly checked out my books on Amazon just to see how they’re doing.…

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  • Cowboy Kisses Rocks!

    I want to share some great news about Cowboy Kisses, a group blog I’m proud to be part of. Our site hostess, Ginger Simpson announced that over the past year the blog has had 48,773 page views. She says, “Even more impressive to me are the people who are reaching out from all over the…

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  • New Year’s Two Book Deal

    To kick off 2013 I’ve put together a special offer titled Texas Druids Duo. A compelling combination of historical fiction, western romance and Irish magic, this two-in-one book brings together Darlin’ Druid, volume one in my Texas Druids trilogy, and White Witch, a prequel novella. The novella introduces the Devlin siblings, descendants of ancient Irish…

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  • Kidnapped, A Dearest Druid Excerpt

    I bet you thought I’d forgotten my promise to post another excerpt from book three in my Texas Druids trilogy (coming in spring 2013.) Actually, I waited to post it just in time for Christmas, my little gift to you, dear readers. Enjoy! Choctaw Jack needs Rose Devlin’s magical touch to heal someone he loves.…

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  • Christmas for Cowboys

    Hey cowgirls & cowboys, please come visit me on Sweethearts Of The West. I’m blogging there today about “A cowboy’s Christmas Dream,” with a poem and painting by Charles M. Russell, the cowboy artist.

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  • A Lumberjack’s Christmas Feast

    This post is dedicated to my dear friend Sharla Rae, who has written a wonderful book about life and love in an Oregon lumber camp, ca. 1880s. With hope for its speedy publication! I recently added a gem of a book to my home library: Christmas in the Old West, A Historical Scrapbook by Sam Travers. The…

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  • Self-Publish on Amazon: Internal Book Cover & Table(s) of Contents

    Amazon requires a book cover to be uploaded twice, once for the marketing image, the one customers see when they shop on Amazon. The other image is the internal one readers see when they open a Kindle book on their reading device. There’s a place during the KDP uploading process where you add the marketing…

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  • Suggestions for Marketing Your eBook

    Friends, I have a post up on Writers in the Storm today titled Marketing Your E-Book: Making the Most of Your Time. Come visit if you can and say hi. I love comments! On Monday I’ll post the fourth part of my Publishing on Amazon series here on my home page. Or, if you’d like…

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