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Just Released!
Mate to Order
is Book Five in the Matchmaking Chef series
Read an excerpt.
Available in ebook formats from Fictionwise and Resplendence Publishing.
All five books are now available at Resplendence Publishing and Fictionwise.com. Coming soon in print.
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Lust, Lies and Tinsel Ties
Released in September!
Visit Mia's Web site!
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Val
August eBook Giveaway of the Month Winner!
Val won an ebook copy of The Quest. Thanks, everyone, for entering!
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Fall eBook Giveaway!For a chance to win an ebook copy of Red: A Seduction Tale, tell me the name of the city in which this story starts out.
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Writing Tip of the Month
Ugh. Writer's block. We all have ways we deal with it. Lately it seems that I suffer from writer's block every time I am approaching a love scene. Not sure why and I'm not going to stop and analyze that one. (LOL) Maybe it's because for me, love scenes are very intense. They take a lot of energy for me to write. There is always a lot of emotion to express and I want to make sure I am getting it right. Have to keep the characters happy, right? So, when I get "blocked" at the love scene, here is what I do. Channel it. Well, that's what I call it anyway. I try to clear my mind. With laptop in lap, and me in my comfiest chair, I place hands on the keyboard, close my eyes, and let my fingers fly. (Oh, make sure your fingers are on the right keys to start!) No thought. Or very little thought. Don't stress about what is going down, just let it get on the paper. Keep in mind that you can edit and change everything later. In the end, you'll find that your mindless wanderings over the keyboard can promote some pretty darned good ideas. Try it!
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Books by Maddie James and Mia Jae are found at the following booksellers.
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November 1 is National Family Literacy Day
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Greetings!
 It's Fall. Winter is closing in. Omigoodness, I can't believe it's November already. Where did the time go? Fly away on a breeze with the leaves from my trees? Time has been slipping through my fingers lately and it always gives me pause to sit and reflect. I had plans for Fall, didn't I? The yard needed sprucing up. I was going to clean out the garage and get ready for the neighborhood yard sale. Of course, the yard sale happened last weekend and I've yet to venture into the murky depths of the garage. And, there were a couple of unfinished projects lurking around on my desktop that I wanted to tackle. Didn't happen. So here I sit on November 1, terribly behind on a current project, the garage undone, and the shrubs still needing to be pruned. Oh. Well. There is always next weekend. All we can do is keep plugging forward, right? One day at a time, one project at a time, one foot in front of the other. A wise friend once told me, "tackle the project you are dreading to do first, then the rest of your tasks are a breeze." Prioritizing also has to enter into the equation. There are things that MUST get done, and then there are things I would simply LIKE to get done. Today, the one task on my list is to write this newsletter. It's not a task I dread because I love putting my thoughts together to share with each of you. So, when this one task is complete, I will feel successful for this day. What is on your "to do" list this Fall? All my best, Maddie |
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Suzie Cooks!
Who is Suzie Matthews?  A born and bred Legendarian, Suzie Matthews purchased her home in Legend, Tennessee called Legend's Landing in 2005, determined to make her home and her lifestyle, her business. Within a year she had renovated the lakeside Victorian cottage and opened her doors for business. Besides running the bed & breakfast, Suzie does cooking classes from her kitchen every other Saturday, caters local events, and writes cookbooks. In late 2009, her television show, The Matchmaking Chef, will debut on The Food Channel. Suzie IS the Matchmaking Chef, and she's got the stories to prove it. Intrigued? Read more about Suzie by visiting her website. |
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The Ladies of Legend Books
Legend, Tennessee: Nestled in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, the city of Legend boasts of small town pride and southern elegance. Porches are still for sitting and troubles for one family affect the entire community.
This is the place where women from different backgrounds find purpose, love - and their futures - in a town intent on preserving its past.
The launch book for the series, Ladies of Legend: Finding Home, shares four stories, written by four storytellers, about four women ready to start again. Different backgrounds, one town, all searching for home, in one way or another.
Come join these ladies on their journey for love. You'll meet Lilly, Midnight, Suzie and Jane. Visit their town. Walk the streets. See where they work. Meet their friends. Experience the quirks of small-town living. And most of all, feel their stories right along with them, as they fall in love.
Read more about the Ladies of Legend series of books.
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From Life, Unedited - A Visit to Cupcakeology
 I think many of you know that I have a little thing for cupcakes. It waxes and wanes, and over the summer, I didn't break into cupcake mode one time. I suppose that is why when I was driving down the road in Albuquerque recently, and this big CUPCAKE sign jumped directly into my line of vision, my rental car made a hard right turn and suddenly I was pulling into a parking space in front of Cupcakeology....
Read the entire article here.
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Barnes & Noble Announces New eReader
 Move over Kindle and Sony, there is a new eReader on the block. His name is Nook and you can make friends with him right now at Barnes & Noble.
Romance readers are huge buyers of eBooks, so it is no surprise that romance authors and readers are becoming fans of eBook reading devices. I know many of us read on our Blackberries, Smart Phones, and IPAQs. Others read from their laptop (me). And still others love a dedicated eReader. I, for one, have been lusting after a dedicated device for a while.
I may have just met my new eReader. Nook, come to Mama.
More...
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National Gallery of Writing - Romancing the Written Word
 The National Day on Writing, October 20, 2009, is an effort to celebrate the written word.
Established by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), a professional association of educators in English Studies, Literacy, and Language Arts, the day features writing in all its forms-fiction, non-fiction, letters, emails, text messages, and so on.
Read more about how you can submit your short works of romantic fiction to the National Gallery.
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Pics of the Month - Salt River Canyon, Arizona
One of my favorite trips for my day job is when I drive from Phoenix to Show Low, AZ to visit a school in the area. Here are a couple of shots I took in September in the Salt River Canyon. Pretty as a picture, breathtaking in real life.
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Diana Kay Publishing has been years in the making. Two sisters with a passion for the written word began cultivating the idea in the 1990s. Since then, the idea has been revised and tweaked and finally emerged into a magazine that encompasses our love of books, people, southern culture, history, nature, travel, and adventure. Come visit us at www.dianakaypublishing.com. |
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