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Our First Hero
So I’m not sure how I keep lucking out, but I’ve had a bunch of holidays this year to focus on for my posts and today I get the biggest hero day of all – Father’s Day. For so many of us, our fathers...
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The Gentleman Hero
During my recent tour for Don’t Bite the Bridesmaid, a blogger asked me a question that really resonated for me: Is your hero a bad boy, or a gentleman? I’m paraphrasing here, but the question...
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We have a guest!
Good morning, and welcome to another installment of The Naked Hero, courtesy of moi, the Goddess of Everything. As you read this, I’m on my way to Florida, to spend a week in the sun and sand with the...
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Meet the Characters of Fair Play
A lot of thought goes in to creating characters readers will root for. As a visual person, I like to start with pictures. They don’t always look in photos exactly as I write them on paper, but...
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Moonlight hits the streets on Monday!
Hi everyone - I’ve been scrambling to get ready for RWA National while also preparing for a book launch… Yes, I feel like I’m going crazy! LOL Did I mention I also have edits to finish for Hunter’s...
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The Power of Words by Amy Andrews
I love words. I love the power of them. I love how they evoke. How they emote. The way they can make you laugh and fret, smile and cry. I love how, whether written or spoken, they can...
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Christmas in July – A Don’t Bite the Bridesmaid Short Story!
To say that I’m ridiculously excited about how well Don’t Bite the Bridesmaid has been received is a bit of an understatement. (I may have danced around in a most embarrassing manner yesterday after...
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The more you know
Last Tuesday, I had occasion to travel to Atlanta, GA, to give the keynote speech to the Romance Writers of America’s Kiss of Death – AKA romantic suspense – chapter for their annual business meeting...
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The resourceful hero.
I’ve written plenty about how I like my heroines to have a good dollop of sass, especially when it comes to their vocabulary. A comment from a snippet from a WIP in my Surf series got me thinking a...
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News You Can Use
Earlier this week I was talking with a writer friend and we got on the subject of our to-be-written ideas. Turns out we both have years worth of books just waiting for us. One of the reasons is the...
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What Takes a Romance Novel From Good to Great?
This image courtesy of Marin/www.freedigitalphotos.net As some of you know, I welcomed a beautiful new daughter into my life in late May. I’m still in the throes of new motherhood, having a wonderful...
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The Dog Days
“Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.” - Russell Baker The dog days of summer are upon us – hot days and nights that don’t fully cool off (especially if you live in Texas, as...
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In Memoriam
I’m writing this on August 8th, just after learning that Barbara Mertz passed away this morning. Most of you may know Ms. Mertz better as one of her pseudonyms, either Barbara Michaels or Elizabeth...
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A Real Life Romantic Hero
No matter what kind of hero you like, I think most women like a man who is at least a little bit romantic. I mean, I love a bad boy covered in tats who can take out an entire army of bad guys while...
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The coloring in kind – Heroes with tattoos
I’m pretty dang excited that the second of my Love on Deck titles will be coming out soon – so soon – on the 9th of September. My fabulous publicist and fellow Naked Hero blogger Misa Ramirez asked me...
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A Summer Day and A Dagger
Hello There Naked Hero lovers! I have been getting a lot of questions about my inspiration for the shape-shifting dragons in Luck of the Dragon. It involved a summer day, a spring feed river, and a...
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Heroes Who Walk on the Edge of Good & Bad
Hey y’all! I just wrapped up a book where my hero (a 534 year old vampire) Photo Courtesy of USA Network walked on the edge of good and bad. He broke into houses and businesses, hacked into...
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Give Me the Heroine Who Gets Stuff Done
God save me from wishy-washy heroines. When I lose myself in a book, I want to root for someone who knows what they want and goes after it. Oh sure, they may not have always been like that but they’ve...
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Only Kind of a Post
Sooo….this isn’t a real post. It’s only kind of a post. I don’t want to bore you by whining about my many impending deadlines (*whines anyway*). So instead I’ll share a couple cool bits of news. Don’t...
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I Need A Redheaded Hero
I love a hot hero as much as the next girl. So much that you can pretty much sell me on anyone so long as he meets my top five general criteria. Make him smart, funny, give him a great ass, soulful...
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