In the last 12 years I’ve published four Christmas novellas, which actually feels like a lot fewer than it should be! If you’ve not read them all you can check them out at this link:
I always look forward to this time of year because there are new Christmas romance novellas and movies to check out. Tell me about your favorite new 2025 novellas and movies in the comments for a chance to win a $50 gift card (your choice of Amazon, B&N, or Kobo). Winner will be selected on December 21st.
Fill out the form below for a chance to win a copy of my 6th published book, also from March 2014, Fates for Apate. It is one of my favorite books to re-read, and even inspired my favorite tea from Adagio. If you just can’t wait to win, you can grab a copy at your favorite etailer.
Fill out the form below for a chance to win a copy of my fourth published and first co-written book, from March 2014, American Werechaun in Dublin. Writing this book with Andy was one of the most fun panics I’ve ever experienced in my life. He finished the trilogy over the next couple of years, and it is an awesome collection of fun urban fantasies. If you just can’t wait to win, you can grab a copy at your favorite etailer.
Fill out the form below for a chance to win a copy of my fourth published book, From February 2014, Fortune Said. If you just can’t wait, you can grab a copy at your favorite etailer for 99-cents.
Fill out the form below for a chance to win a copy of my third published book, A Common Christmas. It was originally published in December 2013. If you just can’t wait, you can grab a copy at your favorite etailer or via my Ko-fi page for 99-cents.
Welcome to the second day of my Advent Calendar! Fill out the form below for a chance to win a copy of my second book Athena’s Ordeal. It was originally published in August 2013. Or you can grab a copy for $2.99 at the platform of your choice at this Books2Read link.
While I was putting together a graphic for something I realized that as of this year, my 10th anniversary of my first book, I’ve published 25 books! What a perfect time to do an Advent Calendar Giveaway!
So I’m going to giveaway one e-book a day, in chronological order. It gives me a chance to highlight all these books from over the last ten years! The first book, however, is free almost anywhere, so you can grab your copy via this Books2Read link. Enter today’s giveaway, though, if you want a chance to win THE WHOLE ENCHILADA as a holiday surprise.
No, I’m not going to have the hubris to call 2023 ‘my year’ or any nonsense like that. Time is a Clever Girl and she will eat you eventually, but I thought it might be nice to flirt with this year, be friendly, see what she is about before renouncing her to be the satan that her recent siblings have been. Sure, she started off with Mercury and Mars in Retrograde, but sometimes rough starts yield the sweetest results.
I was just reading over on my friend Sophie Couch’s blog about The Magic of a Calendar Filled with Intention. She said she calls her planner her ‘Spell Book’ and have to admit that hit me in my feels. Since my husband gave me a seriously awesome leather planner for Christmas (it is purple with gold astrological constellations on it and has cool little exercises), it feels like it’s all coming together. And, you know, I love it when a plan comes together. My intention this year, if nothing else, is to Be More Awesome. *throws sparkles*
Pretty much the first thing I did this year was send my editor a list of the books I want to finish in 2023, so hopefully that will help manifest a productive year. Not going to say too much because my enthusiasm always gets the best of me. This year gonna try a little less talk and a lot more action.
2023 is also my 10th anniversary of publishing my first book. Woot! So there will definitely be a few Activities and Celebrations. If you have ideas about what I should do, feel free to post them here or drop me an email, social media response, whatevs. I’m flexible.
Thank you for hanging out with me all these years!
I’ve only visited you once, Silver State, and that was the old fashioned way – a conference trip to Las Vegas. I’d always thought that everything is bigger in Texas but – Lord Almighty – y’all have the biggest bathrooms. I still have dreams of getting lost in those enormous, winding, conference-sized bathrooms.
Although Las Vegas was a heck of a hoot, and I would go back just to enjoy the food and check out the shows, what I really want to do is check out your nature trails. We love to be outside in nature, and based on my research y’all have a lot of amazing nature that you never get enough credit for having.
I’d also like to check out some of your local food. The internet just wants to tell me about the steaks in Vegas and you HAVE to have some local cuisine. If you’re from Nevada post a few local meal ideas in the comments.
The blog post title is a reference to one of my favorite little songs. Check it out when you get to the bottom of the page and learn a bunch about Nebraska.
Today’s special treat is an interview with one of my favorite writer buddies, Sabrina Zbasnik, aka Ellen Mint!
Thanks for being on the blog today, Sabrina! We’ve been friends online for awhile and I’ve enjoyed following your creative career. I have one of your paintings and a lot of your books. You’ve done a lot of SFF and recently started doing romance under the name Ellen Mint. What do you think ties all of your creative endeavors together? What is your oeuvre? The question of “Can I do this?” seems to be my biggest driving factor. I just started making themed yule logs because I wondered if I could. There wasn’t much thought process put into how useful it would be for my brand, I merely wanted to try. My first NaNo I started three days into the month wondering if I could actually write a single novel. Now I’ve done at least 9 and counting in various states.About the only thing that’s usually in common across my various projects is a dry wit, a tendency to upend tropes, and stabbings. So many stabbings.
Everyone probably knows by now, but in case they don’t – you are the one who started this crazy food challenge part of the blog tour! It’s turned out to be a great way to learn regional dishes so I have to thank you for that. Still think the whole chili and cinnamon roll thing is a little crazy, but also pretty yummy. Speaking of cinnamon rolls, you’ve written Cinnamon Roll heroes since before they were cool. What makes a good hero in your opinion? A hero who genuinely cares about someone beyond himself, who isn’t manipulative emotionally, and who doesn’t treat those around him awfully to build himself up. What I’ll never understand if why the Cinnamon Roll heroes aren’t more popular.
You’re a big gamer. What is your favorite game right now and what are you looking forward to? At the moment I’ve embroiled myself in the God of War remake which I really enjoy as it’s got both Christopher Judge (Teal’c) and real character and plot! Funny enough, the original God of War game was on my wedding registry for me, which was more of a parody of hyper-masculine action games. As the series kept going it became that which it parodied. Now it’s reinvented itself as a response to toxic masculinity which it’d originally poked fun at without challenging. It’s interesting.As for the most exciting on the horizon, Dragon Age 4. All we know is that it exists, but the Dread Wolf is going down!
Since we’re both tomboys it cracks me up a little that we have a Holiday Pampering promo going on right now (link for readers to enter). My favorite self-care is to do yoga and meditation. I also have a thing for fruity soaps and lotions. What kind of pampering do you like? Nail polish. So many pretty colors you can layer, so many glittery sparkles, some with clovers and snowflakes and other fun shapes. I own way too many bottles, though I’m more of a wintery color person. There’s at least ten varying shades of blue and not a single pink in my collection. I want all the colors in the world!
Last but not least, what is something you think I absolutely can’t miss if I make it out to Nebraska? Runza. It’s something only true Nebraskans know about, it’s something only a real Nebraskan would show someone they trust, and if you call it a hot pocket we will put you in the cornfield.
Thanks to Sabrina for coming by today! You can find her at:
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