Free for your Kindle

I'm late in posting this--forgive me, but it's only days before Christmas!--but if you haven't already done so, go to Amazon and pick up a copy of GLIMMERS OF HEAVEN for FREE! The promotion will last only a few more hours, so if you're looking for a sweet Christian romance that is also a breezy, short read, then this little book is waiting for your Kindle.

And more news on a brand-new book, coming very soon. So make sure to check back, as I'll probably have a post on it within a week or so.

Ever Read THE COP & THE MERMAID?

Hey--my publisher, New Concepts Publishing, has a good deal available on Amazon! Just $1.99 buys the ebook version of THE COP & THE MERMAID, my full-length paranormal for your Kindle. With the holidays coming up and all the running around being done, between shopping, cooking, and fighting for spaces in mall parking lots, don't you deserve a little treat? Let Tommy and his real-life mermaid sweep you away for some moments of fantasy and a romance that Long & Short Romance Reviews calls, "a wonderful, emotionally fulfilling story that entranced me from the first page to the last!"

New Christmas Release

Coming very soon to a Kindle (or Nook) near you: 'Twas the Spy Before Christmas. A short romance, fun and sexy, to curl up with a mug of hot chocolate in front of the fire!

And coming soon to my blog is more information, plus an excerpt. So bookmark this site and fire up your ebook reader! I guarantee you'll love this romance, featuring a mature hero and heroine.

So I'm wishing you an early Merry Christmas!

Got Nook?

Good! Because now GLIMMERS OF HEAVEN, my new Christian inspirational romance novella, is available for the Barnes & Noble Nook as well as the Kindle!

And since I didn't make this clear in my last post, please note that this is my first self-published book. In the past I've always worked with traditional (print) publishers in addition to ebook publishers, and I'll be doing that again.

But there are stories that I've wanted to write that I wasn't able to find just the right home for, and that includes my inspirational work, which mostly found publication only in magazines. The interesting thing is that I began my career with a Christian novel, Crystal Waves, a book that was never published. Over the years I wanted to write for that market, but I then found another couple of markets that I enjoyed writing for, the romance and YA genres, and I never did write another inspirational novel. It's almost like I've come full circle now.

Because, with the advent of the ebook readers and the success of many an indie author, I decided to give it a go. Needless to say, self-publishing is a lot of work. I have the advantage of having worked as a magazine editor, so I also served as the editor for Glimmers of Heaven. The cover employs my own photography and design. In the future I may contract a professional for that area, but with this being my first venture in self-publishing, I'm content with the results.

My next book, which I have already begun to work on, will also be a genre that I have wanted to work in for some time. I don't anticipate completing that book for a few months, so it may not be available until early next year. I'm very excited about that, but I want to assure my readers that I will continue to write for the romance market, as I always have.

For now, enjoy Glimmers of Heaven and I'll be putting up an excerpt sometime this week!

Gadget Lovers

Right now I'm wearing my Kindle. Future Kindle, that is. I don't have it yet. Saving up for it, but I used what I would have saved at an excursion to get my nails done. Boy, that's a clutsy sentence for a writer!

I'm one of those gadget lovers. In my purse there's a Sony Ebook Reader, which I've had now for about a year. It's a great little thingy, and I've got a couple of books stored and waiting, plus the Bible (which I am reading on it. Now THAT'S a new experience), and also stored on it is John Grisham's The Confession for my husband's reading pleasure. But the Kindle is all the rage among my friends at work, so now I'm seriously but seriously coveting one.

It got even more enticing when I brought my Ereader in to show a friend, who then asked, "Does that one read to you?" I just did a double-take at her and asked, "W-w-w-what?" Apparently that little thingy reads to you while you're fixing the roasted potatoes and veggies for dinner. Que chevere, baby! So now I'm even more jazzed to save up for one.

Only I'm wearing mine. For now, since I spent the portion of my weekly allowance, which I would have set aside for the Kindle, at that little nail shop in town. My nails do look pretty nice, though. Look at it this way: I can be grateful for my Ereader, which is the loyal little gadget that I DO own right now.

And anyway, I should have enough saved up for the Kindle--and then some--by the time I get through reading the Bible!