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Random Holiday Craziness

This last month has been absolutely wild. I wouldn’t have it any other way, but whoa! It always feels strange to hit the other side of a holiday. There is so much anticipation and preparation, then it happens and we move on to the next

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Bellingwood Boxed Set – FREE for Three Days

The Bellingwood Boxed Set (Books 1-3) is FREE for Kindle until Tuesday, November 15th. What a great opportunity to introduce your friends to Bellingwood, an amazing community in the middle of the United States where it’s easy to discover the best in people. One woman

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Bellingwood Vignette, Book 16, #2

These short vignettes focus on other characters we meet in Bellingwood. While I write them during the same time I’m writing a book, they won’t spoil any of the story. And much as I hate to say it, they won’t give you any hints, either

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So close … and yet so far

We’re nearly there. Just thirteen hours until the newsletter hits your email inboxes. I will post the link here (and on Facebook) later in the morning … you know, after I finally pull myself out of bed. My only concern right now is the immense

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The Countdown! (And Winners)

Just four more sleeps! I’m in a bit of a holding pattern right now. I have one more person running through the book to make sure that all of my editing and thrashing about didn’t create more problems. You’d think that I would relax, but

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Wine & Trivia Winners

The two weeks before publication are just plain weird. Seriously. Nothing is normal. I’m focused on editing and anything that takes me away from that feels out of place. Except for the Wine & Trivia night fun on the FB Bellingwood page. How wonderful was

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Red Pens and Cute Cats

It was a dark and stormy night … Wrong tense. It IS a dark and stormy night. It’s awesome! I love the sound of rain on the roof; the rush of wind as it whips the trees around in the meadow and the rumbles of

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Bellingwood Vignette – Book 15, #2

These very short vignettes focus on a character other than Polly. While they are written at the same time I am working on a book and generally happen in the same time frame, they never offer spoilers to the story or anything more than a

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Marketing? Stop Complaining, Diane.

Marketing is a pain in my butt. I hate it, hate it, hate it. I spend money to give my books away for free and then I spend hours filling out forms on various websites that ask me more questions than I’m comfortable answering sometimes.

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New Year – Reading Challenge!

There is something refreshing and exciting about entering a new year. We all know in our heart of hearts that the minutes which separate December 31 from January 1 hold nothing of significance, but it’s still magical. For these first few days, we set aside all

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