Sharing the Awesome Author Archive

My life is filled with love and laughter thanks to the amazing people I get to hang out with. As well as being awesome, they’re creative, talented, generous, and fun! I thought you might like to meet some of the authors I know, so I’ve asked them to come and give us a behind-the-scenes look at what they’re passionate about. I have to warn you though – creativity is contagious!

 

Today’s guest author is Harlequin Superromance author Tara Taylor Quinn. She’s written over 80 novels – wow!!  She’s a USA TODAY bestselling author with more than seven million copies sold (the mind boggles!). She is known for delivering intense, emotional fiction. Tara is a past president of Romance Writers of America. She has also appeared on TV across the country, including CBS Sunday Morning.

 

Tara, what genre do you write? T: I write romance, romantic suspense, and women’s fiction.

Besides writing, what are you passionate about? T: I support the National Domestic Violence Hotline. If you or someone you know might be a victim of domestic violence in the United States, please contact 1-800-799-7233. For a list of resources in Canada click HERE

It sounds like your latest release, Her Secret Life, addresses domestic violence – a conversation that never needs to stop. Do you have any advice for aspiring writers? T: Write. Don’t judge. Don’t validate. Don’t defend. Just write. Everything else will come in its time, but the first step is the most vital. And that’s to just write.

Great advice! I found it really helpful to have 2 or 3 stories ready to go when a publisher accepted a manuscript. What song would be your theme song? T: Silence and I by Alan Parsons Project

Sounds like me and writing too :D. What would you pick as a superpower? T: Telepathy – I would love to be able to send messages to my loved ones and to receive them as well. I actually fully believe this is possible if we are able to quiet our minds and go into deep enough focus.

Love it. What’s your favourite dessert? T: Striped Delight – an old family recipe with a graham cracker based crust, chocolate pudding based center, and a whipped cream based top layer.

Sounds delicious! Thank you very much for stopping by, Tara Taylor Quinn! It’s been an honour and a pleasure 😀

 

Tara Taylor Quinn loves to connect with readers ~  Instagram    |    Facebook    |    Pinterest    |    Goodreads    |    Twitter    |    Website

 

 

 

Enjoy an excerpt from Tara Taylor Quinn’s latest release, Her Secret Life  

“Uh-huh. Yes.”

Mike Valentine listened unabashedly to the half he could hear of his lunch companion’s phone conversation the first Monday in March.

“I know. Mmm-hmm.” Her tone was more flirty than not. Glancing at Mike, Kacey rolled her eyes. And then mouthed, Bo.

A guy she’d been talking to in LA for the several months. She said she wasn’t in love with him, but she liked him a lot. He fit her life in the city. She’d never, ever bring Bo to Santa Raquel, which was where Mike lived, and where he and Kacey volunteered at a local domestic violence shelter, The Lemonade Stand. Bo was part of her Beverly Hills life. And, Mike assumed, her sexual partner.

A subject that had nothing to do with Mike.

“Okay, tomorrow night. But only if it’s just a few of us. I meant it when I told you I don’t want to go clubbing.”

While she listened, she ate a French fry. Or as much of one as she’d allow herself. Just the tip. Off Mike’s plate.

She fell for the wrong guys. It didn’t take a genius to figure that one out. Besides, she’d told him so herself.

“No, I’m not going to change my mind…” Her tone of voice changed from playful to deadly serious.

While she couldn’t seem to control her propensity to date the wrong types, she was determined to make serious changes to her life and had already.

Like the drinking. She still did it. Socially. She might have been teetering on being a drunk, but she wasn’t an alcoholic. Her body didn’t have a chemical dependency on the stuff. And she hadn’t been drunk in ten months, not since she’d made up her mind to change her life. He knew…because she’d told him.

“I do want to be with you! It’s the clubbing I don’t want.” She was smiling now—not at Mike. She’d never smiled at Mike that way.

For which he was utterly thankful. That smile…it was the one reserved for the disposable men in Kacey’s life. The ones who were part of the soap opera star’s Hollywood life.

He’d take friendship with her any day. Getting her inside scoop was a whole different kind of intimacy. A more lasting one.

If you’d like more, the buy link for Her Secret Life is HERE.

Awesome Author Erin Bevan!

Posted April 19, 2016 By Linda

My life is filled with love and laughter thanks to the amazing people I get to hang out with. As well as being awesome, they’re creative, talented, generous, and fun! I thought you might like to meet some of the authors I know, so I’ve asked them to come and give us a behind-the-scenes look at what they’re passionate about. I have to warn you though – creativity is contagious! 

Today’s guest is Erin Bevan, author of The Ranch Hand, Text Me, Cupid’s Angels, and her brand new release, Wedding Day. Congratulations Erin!

Erin8 copyMeet Erin ~

Erin Bevan was born and raised in Southwest Arkansas. She spent her teenage years working for her aunt at the local gas station flipping burgers and making milkshakes dreaming of the day when something better would come her way.

Fast forward ten years later, she found herself stuck inside an apartment in South Korea while her daughter went to preschool and her husband went to work. Alone and unable to speak the local language she turned to books for a friend. After reading a few hundred in such a short time, she decided to try her hand at writing one.

That first one sucked, but by the fifth and sixth book, Erin started to get the hang of this writing thing. Getting the first contract in the mail was a dream come true. Now, with three babies at home, she squeezes in stories one word at a time, one sentence at a time, one day at a time. She’s a full time mom, a full time wife, with a little writer sprinkled in whenever she can get the chance.

 

perf5.000x8.000.inddWhen did you start writing? E: I started writing in 2011. My husband, my daughter and I moved to South Korea for my husband’s job. I found myself without most modern conveniences. No car, no friends, no family, not even a cellphone, and absolutely no one near me that even spoke English. I took up reading as a hobby then thought I would try my hand at writing.

 

Making the best of a difficult situation! What has been your favourite scene to write? E: Honestly? The love scene in Love Comes In The Mourning. (Blush!!) Love Comes In The Mourning will be my very first book to publish with an open door love scene. That book will be released late part of this year or early next year. Love Comes In The Mourning has also been my absolute favorite book to write as well.

 

It’s fun to stretch yourself as a writer – and try something new. ;D What has been the most exciting moment so far in your writing career? E: Probably the day I received my first contract!

 

And probably just as exciting with each new contract! What has surprised you the most about the process? E: Two things: First is how supportive other authors are of each other. I love, love, love the support and camaraderie among authors. Second thing is how nasty critiquer’s can be hiding behind the comfort of their computer screens.

 

Yes – the good and the bad! Any advice for someone who would like to write a novel? E: Grow a thick skin. A very thick one!

 

Cupids AngelsKnow that for every reader who doesn’t connect with your story, there are dozens who do! What’s your favourite quote? E: Not so much a quote, but I do have a favorite scripture.

Hebrews 13:2

“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”

Isn’t that chilling? I believe in angels, but to think that I’ve actually talked to one without knowing it…super cool!

 

 

 

I believe in guardian angels, too! 😀 If you had to pick a song to be your theme song what would it be? E: Christina Aguilera’s Fighter.

Love it! What would you pick as a superpower? E: I’m inventing my own super power, the mommy super power. I wish I could snap my fingers and be showered, dressed in full make up and hair as soon as I leave the gym. Oh, with a Starbucks in hand, too!

Oh, the time a mom would save – yes! What’s your favourite dessert? E: Umm… cookies, cake, candy bars, sugar, sugar, and more sugar. Sugar in almost in form… except cotton candy. That’s just nasty!

 

Wedding DayHaha – you had me at cookies! I’m so excited for you with the release of Wedding Day! E: Wedding Day is my newest latest and greatest release. Isn’t the cover beautiful?! It’s my favorite cover so far. Great job, Leah Kaye Suttle. You are fab! Wedding Day was one of my first full length novels to write. I started this project back in 2012! Eek! And it is now seeing the light of day. Even still, it’s one of my favorite stories that I have ever written, and I hope to soon write a sequel for Brody.

Being raised a southern girl, there is just something about sexy, tough cowboys that make a girl want to swoon occasionally. Dallas Day is no exception. He’s a tough, rough rider who decides to hang his hat on his Casanova ways for the woman of his dreams, but his road to her isn’t an easy one, of course! And you wouldn’t want to read the book if it were! I hope you love it!

 

Here’s what Wedding Day is all about:

Famous Bull Rider, Dallas Day, met Cassie Bailey briefly in high school, but her plain looks and quiet personality left no lasting impression on him. Cassie, however, couldn’t say the same about Dallas.

Their paths cross again ten years later when Dallas is home recovering from an injury, and Cassie is the only veterinarian who volunteers her services at the home town rodeo. She’s jump-starting her new practice, and every eligible man within a ten-mile radius is trying to land a date with the attractive vet.

Dallas’ older brother bets him that, even with all his charm and fame, Dallas can’t land a date with the reserved lady vet. Not one to turn down a challenge, Dallas makes it his mission to win a date with Cassie. After meeting her, he realizes they’ve met before, but he didn’t remember her being so pretty. His persistence pays off, but when Cassie finds out about the bet, their new love is put to the test.

Determined to win her back, he meets his biggest challenge yet: saving her life when a casual admirer turns into a deadly stalker.

Wedding Day Buy link

Sounds so exciting!! Erin loves to connect with readers:

Website   |   Facebook     |    Twitter  

Erin, thanks so much for stopping by today! Good luck with your new book – I hope for lots of sales and happy reviews. I saw the cover and wow – it is beautiful  as are all your covers!! Happy reading everyone 😀

Susan B. James

Posted October 6, 2015 By Linda

My life is filled with love and laughter thanks to the amazing people I get to hang out with. As well as being awesome, they’re creative, talented, generous, and fun! I thought you might like to meet some of the authors I know, so I’ve asked them to come and give us a behind-the-scenes look at what they’re passionate about. I have to warn you though – creativity is contagious!

My guest today is Susan B. James, author of Time and Forever, and adult time travel novel and several children’s books. Susan is a fellow Soul Mate author whom I met in NYC! We went to Sardi’s restaurant and ate from the actor’s menu!

photo annette and susan streetMeet Susan (she’s the one on the left)~

Susan is an actor, writer, and a dreamer. Lots of those dreams came true.

Almost forty years, two children and a few grandchildren later, Susan’s pursuing old and new dreams. And new dreams are coming true. Time and Forever, her debut romance was a finalist in the 2015 Golden Quill for Best First Book and in the RONE Awards for best Time Travel Book (Congratulations!!)

Susan still acts whenever possible as Susan Berger,  writes children’s books as Susan J. Berger and Second Chance romances with a touch of magic as Susan B. James. She’s busy revising Kate’s Hero (One four leaf clover. Two stubborn people. An elderly matchmaker with second sight. And a leprechaun with a mission. What could possible go wrong?) and Maybe This Time. (Another time travel romance.) A confirmed bookaholic, she is grateful to all the writers who enrich her lives with their stories.

Can you tell us about your life as an actor? What projects were you involved in? How did you start? S: I did my first professional season of summer stock when I was fifteen. I was in love with every part of the production: the acting, the sets, the costumes, the props. I majored in Theatre in College and Graduate School. It wasn’t till I left college that I decided I wanted to pursue the acting side of it exclusively. I did a lot of repertory theatre, the National Tours of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and You’re a Good man, Charlie Brown and finally my dream job – a Broadway musical – The Robber Bridegroom in 1976.

The next year my husband and I moved to Los Angeles to pursue film and TV jobs. We did some theatre out here and then I got pregnant and Barry got the film Urban Cowboy. I decided that I didn’t want to pay someone else to raise our kids, so I stopped looking for acting jobs. I was on M*A*S*H and a couple of films during those years.

After we divorced I went back to looking, but it was difficult. I did a lot of improv and some very fun plays. I did end up on Hannah Montana in one episode, and this year I will be on Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. I think it is supposed to air in October. I’ve done several small independent projects. I’ve been studying improv again at Upright Citizen’s Brigade and also musical improvisation, which is wonderful fun.

That is very cool! I’ll have to look for the upcoming episode. Any advice for someone interested in pursuing acting? S: If you want to act, go to school. Work in Community theatre. Since both Barry and I were character actors, we got to play better parts in college. We had to age several years to be cast into those roles in the professional world. If you are serious about film and television, go to a good improv school.

I’ve always loved the quick wit of improve. You’ve started writing. How did that evolve? S: When I started writing, I concentrated on children’s picture books and one middle grade novel. My first picture book, which I wrote with my then ten-year-old son, Christopher Corbin, was published on his twenty-fifth birthday. I’ve always loved romance, but I never considered writing it until I wrote Time and Forever during NaNoWriMo. (I cannot recommend the NaNoWriMo adventure highly enough.)

I am the kind of writer known as a pantser. I didn’t know what was going to happen in the book, until my fingers and my brain connected. Then came three years of rewriting it. I’ve always loved time travel books, but I never thought I would write one. I did a LOT of time travel research during revision. As a writer, you get to make your own world, and your own time travel theory. The only hard and fast rule is that it must be believable to the reader.

A great way to be creative! You created an audiobook for Time and Forever. What was that process like? S: A member of my son Christopher’s musical improv team, Meaningful Touch read Time and Forever and loved it so much that she offered to narrate it. Stephanie Bentley is a professional narrator for ACX – audio book creation. She guided me through the process of setting up and account and hiring her. I was thrilled with the result.

It’s very exciting to have it on audio too. If you had to pick a song to be your theme song what would it be? S: Time after Time by Cyndi Lauper.

Of course! What would you pick as a superpower? S: I always wanted to be rich, thin, and telepathic.

Haha – sometimes it does take a superpower to be thin. What’s your favourite dessert? S: If I were to die tomorrow, I would want a slice of the Nickle Diner’s Smore’s Cake before the event.

 

I read Time and Forever and really enjoyed it! It was fun being transported back to 1969 and reminiscing about the music and the culture. Here’s what it’s about:

Time and Forever2 fiona web large copy1969. Love was free, man walked on the moon, and Sherry and Lorena found the loves of their lives. Sherry shared a kiss that dreams were made of, with a stranger on the tube in London. And ran away. Lorena found the love of her life in Los Angeles and married him.

The present. Sherry’s a successful businesswoman with two grown sons. Lorena’s an actress on a popular sitcom. Sherry’s husband dumped her for a younger woman eighteen years ago. Lorena’s husband died of cancer.

Sherry wants a second chance at Love. Lorena doesn’t believe that’s possible. But when a glitch in a Virtual Reality Adventure game sends them back to the real 1969, anything can happen.

 

Here are the buy links:

eBook       |     Audio Book (It’s 1.99 on Audible if you own the 2.99 eBook)     |     Paperback

Susan loves to connect with readers:

Facebook page

Twitter https://twitter.com/susanjberger

Her Romance author blog is SusanBJames

Her children’s book world blog is Pen and Ink

 

Susan, thanks so much for stopping by today! I’m so happy I met you in NYC 😀 I’m looking forward to your next time travel novel, Maybe this Time! Happy reading everyone 😀

 

For an excerpt from Time and Forever, click READ MORE.

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Stephanie Berget

Posted September 29, 2015 By Linda

My life is filled with love and laughter thanks to the amazing people I get to hang out with. As well as being awesome, they’re creative, talented, generous, and fun! I thought you might like to meet some of the authors I know, so I’ve asked them to come and give us a behind-the-scenes look at what they’re passionate about. I have to warn you though – creativity is contagious! 

Today’s guest is Stephanie Berget, author of Radio Rose and her upcoming release Gimme Some Sugar. She writes about cowboys because she knows them well!

Headshots009Meet Stephanie ~

Stephanie Berget was born loving horses, developing a lifelong love of rodeo when she married her Bronc Rider. She and her husband traveled throughout the Northwest while she ran barrels and her cowboy rode bucking horses. She started writing to put a realistic view of rodeo and ranching into western romance. Stephanie and her husband live on a farm located along the Oregon/Idaho border, where they raise hay, horses and cattle, with the help of Dizzy Dottie, the Border Collie, and two Munchkin cats, Magic and Martin.

 

01-19-2012 11_45_40AMBig AlWhat’s involved in barrel racing? How did you get started with it? S: Barrel racing is a rodeo event for women. The horse and rider attempt to complete a cloverleaf pattern around preset barrels in the fastest time possible. My folks are city people, but I have loved horses as long as I can remember. I was lucky enough to have some very knowledgeable barrel horse trainers help me early on. I married a Bronc rider and we’ve rodeoed and trained barrel and rope horses ever since.

You have the best collection of quotes on your twitter feed and some fun memes on your Facebook page. How do you balance writing with managing a farm and still make time for the social media posts? S: Ah, social media-the bane of a writer’s existence. Setting a certain time to write helps. I’m not much good at word counts, but I try to write every day.

How did you learn about farming? S: My husband has a farming background. In 1990 we bought a hay and cattle farm in a small Idaho town and the rest of my training was on the job. At one time, I raised over sixty day old calves a year, bottle feeding them until they were old enough to eat hay and grain.

Do you have a favourite quote or piece of advice? S: I have two. Do you want to be right or do you want to have peace? and What would you do if you knew you would not fail? I keep coming back to these two and they’re always dead-on.

I love that. Especially the second one – imagine the possibilities if failing wasn’t an option! What’s your favourite thing about writing? S: I love watching characters come to life, see their personalities come alive. In my latest book, Radio Rose, people kept jumping from my brain to the page. I never knew who was going to show up next. So much fun.

And Rose is a fun character! If you had to pick a song to be your theme song what would it be? S: Cowboy Take Me Away by the Dixie Chicks

What would you pick as a superpower? S: I’m scared of heights, but I’d love to be able to fly.

What’s your favourite dessert? S: Cheesecake with cherries on top. There’s nothing better.

 

RadioRose_final_300SizeI’ve read Radio Rose and I loved it. The opening scene is really funny! Here’s what it’s all about:

Radio Rose knows Martians aren’t real.

As a DJ for a late night talk show about aliens, she’d never admit to being a non-believer. Talking to crazies all night isn’t the perfect job for most people, but she’s happy with her solitary life. Until a middle of the night car crash and a blow to the head has her temporarily mistaking a stranger for a real life extra-terrestrial.

Adam Cameron, raised by his narcissistic grandfather for most of his childhood, made his escape from Tullyville, Colorado the day he turned eighteen. Forced to return ten years later for the reading of his grandfather’s will, he’s about to be pulled into a contest for a vast fortune and the future of a town he’d just as soon forget.

The small town of Tullyville is right next to Trinidad, Colorado, known as the sex change capital of the world, something neither Rose or Adam realized, but use to help their cause.

Relationships aren’t one of Rose’s strong points. Hell, she mistook the hot stranger for an alien the first time they met, but Adam needs help and she’s the woman to help him–maybe.

In a town filled with new found friends, Rose has to decide how far she’s willing to go to trust the loner.

 

It’s a fun read. HERE is the buy link for Radio Rose.

 

Stephanie loves to connect with readers.
Facebook                  Twitter @stephanieberget           Pinterest

 

Stephanie, thanks so much for stopping by today! It was a pleasure meeting you. I can’t wait for your next book – Gimme Some Sugar. I saw the cover and wow – it’s looks great!! Happy reading everyone 😀

 

Peggy Jaeger

Posted September 22, 2015 By Linda

My life is filled with love and laughter thanks to the amazing people I get to hang out with. As well as being awesome, they’re creative, talented, generous, and fun! I thought you might like to meet some of the authors I know, so I’ve asked them to come and give us a behind-the-scenes look at what they’re passionate about. I have to warn you though – creativity is contagious!

 

Today’s guest is Peggy Jaeger, author of The MacQuire Women Series, published by The Wild Rose Press. Peggy and I both attended the RWA conference in NYC. It turns out she writes contemporary romance, is also in the medical field, and is married to an ophthalmologist – a twin!!

 

Website Peggy Jaegger photoMeet Peggy Jaeger~

Peggy Jaeger is a contemporary romance author who writes about strong women, the families who support them, and the men who can’t live without them.

Her current titles, available now, include SKATER’S WALTZ and THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME, books 1 and 2 in her 6-book The MacQuire Women Series, published by The Wild Rose Press.

Tying into her love of families, her children’s book, THE KINDNESS TALES, was illustrated by her artist mother-in-law.

Peggy holds a master’s degree in Nursing Administration and first found publication with several articles she authored on Alzheimer’s Disease during her time running an Alzheimer’s in-patient care unit during the 1990s.

In 2013, she placed first in two categories in the Dixie Kane Memorial Contest: Single Title Contemporary Romance and Short/Long Contemporary Romance.

A lifelong and avid romance reader and writer, she is a member of RWA and her local New Hampshire RWA Chapter.

 

Peggy invited me to her blog in August and had some great interview questions, so I had her answer them too!

Part 1: The Writer Questions

  1. What drives you to write? Writing, to me, is just like breathing. I can’t NOT breath – I’d die. If I didn’t write something everyday, I really do think I’d die…just a little.

 

  1. What genre of Romance do your write, and why? I write only contemporary because I like the here and now of it. The present is immediate and familiar.

 

  1. What genre(s) of Romance do you read, and why? In addition to loving contemporary reads, Regency is my second – a close second – love. So much was forbidden to women – the right to vote, voice an opinion, own property, etc, and yet, each well written Regency novel has at its core a strong willful woman who can and does flaunt the conventions of the time for love. Gotta love that.

 

  1. What’s your writing schedule? Do you write everyday? I retired from my paying job in April and since then I have written every single day, which was my ultimate fantasy in life. A day without writing for me is a wasted day, and I might as well spend it in a coma. I usually can get about 6-10 hours at the keyboard 5 days a week and then on the weekends I routinely do 3-5 hours each day. This includes working on WIPs, my website blog entries, and my blogs for visiting websites.

 

  1. Give us a glimpse of the surroundings where you write. I live in a four-story house set in the woods in New England and I have a finished attic, which is where my writing loft is. No one is allowed to enter without first knocking on the door if it is closed. Ever. My desk is large and wraps around me and sits in front a huge window that overlooks my wooded property. As I write I get to watch the seasons change, the birds come and go, and when it rains, I get to enjoy the sound. But the best sound is the sound of silence.

 

  1. Are you the kind of writer who needs total quiet to compose? I need quiet to think. That’s why the attic was a perfect place to set up shop. It’s far enough away from everything and everyone in the house. When the door is closed, the room is practically sound proof.

 

  1. Do you listen to music while you write, and if so, what kind? I can’t. If I listen to music I tend to sing along…and then I go on YouTube and call up the videos for the songs and watch them…and I never get anything done. I wasted two hours one day because Lady Marmelade was stuck in my head and I watched the video for it at least 20 times.

 

  1. How did you come up with the plotline/idea for your current WIP? FIRST IMPRESSIONS is the 3rd book in my MacQuire Women Series. Book 2 was THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME and that book had a twin as its protagonist, so when I started plotting out the third, I knew I needed to tell the twin’s story. Padric Cleary is introduced in book 2 and plays a large role in his twin sister’s life. When she found her HEA, I felt he deserved the same.

 

  1. Which comes first for you – character or plot? Character…always. I can’t think up a story if I don’t know who the story is about.

 

  1. What 3 words describes you, the writer? Persistent/Tortured/Dedicated

 

Part 2

The Person Questions:

  1. Tell us one unusual thing about yourself – not related to writing! My left eye is way smaller than my right because of an accident I had as a child and the numerous surgeries I’ve had on both of my eyes. 2 retinal detachments and cataract surgeries., to be precise. It’s extremely noticeable in photographs, which is why I absolutely hate to have my picture taken.
  2. Who was your first love and what age were you? Believe it or not, the first time I actually fell in love was with my husband and I was 23. I was engaged prior to meeting him and when I met my now husband I realized I never did love-til-the-end-of-time that other guy. Good thing we broke it off!
  3. If you could relive one day, which one would it be? The day my husband told me I was having a baby. He knew before I did!
  4. Do you like a guy in boxers, briefs, or commando? Love boxers….adore commando.
  5. If you had to give up one necessary-can’t-live-without-it beauty item, what would it be? My eyebrow pencil. I have white eyebrows and when I don’t pencil them in I look like the Mona Lisa. Only not as pretty as she is.
  6. What three words describes you, the person? Loyal/Tortured/Anxious
  7. If you could sing a song with Jimmy Fallon, what would it be? “I Will Survive” the Gloria Gaynor edition
  8. If you could hang out with any literary character from any book penned at any time line, who would it be, why, and what would you do together? Elizabeth Bennett because I really want to know if she loved Darcy for Darcy or because she wanted Pemberley and we’d sit on my porch, drink Pomegranate Cosmos and just hang. And if Lizzy is busy that day, I want to follow Eve Dallas around for a shift.

 

Bonus round

I love the Actor’s Studio show on Bravo, so this is my version of it:

  1. Favourite sound: the rain falling outside my attic window – with the window open.
  2. Least favourite sound: dogs barking
  3. Best song every written: Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers – and see: like I told you, I went immediately to YouTube and called it up right as I wrote this!!! Listened to it 5 times.
  4. Worst song ever written: You Light Up My Life. Cringe-worthy
  5. Favorite actor and actress Diane Lane; Matthew MacFadyn
  6. Who would you want to be for 1 day and why? Jane Austen – I want to get inside her head and find out if she ever had a true love.
  7. What turns you on? Biting wit
  8. What turns you off? Cruelty of any kind
  9. Give me the worst 5 words ever heard on a first date: “Is that your real hair?”
  10. What’s your version of a perfect day? Up; go to the gym for 2 hours; shower; write 8-10 hrs; fix dinner; read. I’m so easy.

 

FirstImpressions_w9816_2_85 copyHere’s a bit about First Impressions ~

Family Practice Doctor Clarissa Rogers’ first impression of Padric Cleary is biased and based on gossip. The handsome, charming veterinarian is considered a serial dater and commitment-phobic by his family and most of the town. Relationship shy, Clarissa refuses to lose her heart to a man who can’t pledge himself to her forever.

Pat Cleary, despite his reputation, is actually looking for “The One.” When he does give his heart away, he wants it to be for life. With his parent’s marriage as his guidebook, he wants a woman who will be his equal and soul mate in every way.

Can Pat convince everyone – including Clarissa – she’s the only woman for him?

 

Buy Links:

Amazon        |          Wild Rose Press

  

Peggy loves to connect with readers ~

Website/Blog     |     Twitter     |     Facebook      |      Goodreads      |     The Wild Rose Press Author Page

 

Thank you so much for visiting today Peggy! It was a pleasure learning more about you. I really enjoyed reading The Skater’s Waltz and look forward to the other MacQuire Women books! Click on READ MORE for a excerpt from First Impressions.

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