I attended a great workshop put on by Press53. One of the workshops in particular really struck a chord for me. It was about using imagery to define time and place. Another one of the ways to show don’t tell as a writer.

After the instructor had talked for a while, she asked us to write a scene.

Here is what I wrote. See if you can tell:

• about what year it is
• about how old the main character is
• where she is

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I leaned against the car door. The hot wind whipped the long strands of my hair causing them to slap my face. Johnny Cash droned on from the 8-track as I watched the cornfields continue to roll by. Did you know that if you stare hard and let your eyes grow cross-eyed, the rows of tall faded yellow corn on the side of the road can look like long legs running?

Mommy hit the button and the tape buzzed back to repeat the same song. Daddy twisted the knobs on the CB radio but only static came out.

Just got the cover art for the newest series.

This adventure series is scheduled to be published this summer.

It’s here!

The bowed psaltery book is now available.

This book will show you how to play beautiful music even if you don’t read music or know anything about music theory.

Learn how to play this easy instrument that has the voice of a violin with the haunting quality of bagpipes.

Easily play the great sounding Celtic Music, Mountain Folk Music, or Hymns that you’ve always wished you could play.

This is also an easy to carry and beautiful sounding instrument to take to a retirement home, hospice, long-term care facility, or anywhere music therapy can be delivered by a caring heart.

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I created a new cover for this book. The couple in a garden seems a better fit for the story than just a garden itself.

Age Only Matters in Wine: A Romance Short Story

A romance short story brought to you by editor Mia Jasper.

In Age Only Matters in Wine: A Romance Short Story, Eden finds a man who is perfect for her and adores her. But he’s younger than she is. Can she overcome her own stereotypes to finally find the love she deserves?

This book is our free gift to you.

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Love in a Garden: What Happens After Happily Ever After

Customer Review: 5 Stars by Lisa K.

This is a quick little story that can teach us all a lesson about how to get over rough patches in relationships and how to make each other feel special again. I love to purchase quick reads like to this to have when I take a break from work or when I know I won’t feel like getting into a full-length novel.

Customer Review: 5 Stars by Kate Bellevue
“Love in a Garden” is a sweet short story. I completely related with the main character’s job frustration, and most of all found the ending to be very, very sweet. It’s the perfect fix for a quick lunch break or an “I only have 15 minutes and desperately need something happy and feel-good to read.” moment. 🙂
I love happy endings.

Most romance stories usually end when the couple says “I do.” But what really happens after “happily ever after?” Can love survive real life year after year? What happens when budgets, job responsibilities and habits take center stage?
Can love survive the misunderstandings and stress of real life?

This feel-good story will restore your faith in “Happily Ever After.”

Customer Review: 4 stars by Stuart Fish “Book Lover”
Love in a Garden is a wonderful read of a well constructed story that keeps you going right to the end. It is full of drama, suspense, emotion and redemption and to be honest, it brought a lump to my throat at the end. A very worthwhile read.

Customer Review: 5 Stars by by DebS
A great little story about real life trying to get in the way of your dreams. If you have a knight in shining armor at your side, your dreams will come true!

If you enjoy reading about happily ever after, then “Love in a Garden: What Happens After Happily Ever After” is for you!

Love in a Garden: What Happens After Happily Ever After

The short story romance novel by Spanielhill Publishing, Love in a Garden: What Happens After Happily Ever After is available on Amazon

Most romance stories end when the couple says “I do.” But what really happens after “ happily ever after?” Can love survive real life year after year? What happens when budgets, job responsibilities and habits take center stage?
Can Cathy and Tim’s love survive the misunderstandings and stress of real life? Can they still see the true love they share or will they throw it away?

This feel-good story will restore your faith in “Happily Ever After.”

This book is available from Amazon.

The Lady from the Pictures: A Romance Short Story

Coming in June 2012. A romance short story brought to you by editor Mia Jasper.

In The Lady from the Pictures: A Romance Short Story, it had happened so fast. All that time, all that effort, all that trust – gone. For Carly and Josh, the years since high school were filled with longing. Meeting now, could Carly put her pain in the past and see that Josh had never stopped loving her?

Update: This book is now available at Amazon.

The Kings of California series published by Harlequin Silhouette Desire.

The Kings of California is a Harlequin Silhouette Desire about 3 brothers names King. I always like when a series of stories is groups together. This makes it much easier for me to just keep reading and enjoying the characters I met in the previous story.

Fantasy Romance series

Robin D Owen’s The Summoning series is a wonderful blend of fantasy and romance published by Luna Books a division of Harlequin.

This is a story over five novels of six women finding love, saving a world and finding themselves in the process.
In the first book, Guardian of Honor, you are introduced to the world of Llandra. Llandra is a world or magic where the fence that protects good from evil is failing. The people of Llandra pull women form Earth to help defeat the great evil.
Each woman must learn about and master her newly discovered magic skill while they work together to find a way to conquer the evil.
These are strong women in a wonderful fantasy world. I enjoy this world and the romance of it so much that I’ve read the full series three times so far!