Before I wrote my first book I had a conversation with my mother. I told her, as a lot of newbie writers say, I can write a book. And she said “then why don’t you do it?” That was about ten years ago and since then I’ve published fifteen books. If you want to accomplish something, you need to put your butt in the chair […]
Christine Presents: When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature. Ernest Hemingway Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/writer.html#Or4UvJUrcB1u0fcH.99
Have you ever heard an author talk about their characters as their best friends? Do they become the people they care about most, at least for the duration of the writing of that book. Writers cry with their characters and laugh with those wonderful people. Meet Keely Gray and Ian MacPherson in Highland Magic. Travel their journey. Highland Magic Christine Young Excerpt Heat Level: 1 […]
Christine Presents: I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. – Douglas Adams
The highlands invite and intrigue. The people are friendly and sweet. There are churches and castles around almost every corner. One can see dogs herding sheep. So… idylic. Meet Callie Whitcomb and Hawke MacPherson in Highland Song. Travel back in time and enjoy Scottish history. Highland Honor Christine Young Excerpt Heat Level: 1 Book Heat Level: 3 Buy at: www.roguephoenixpress.com Scotland November 1512: A heavy […]
Christine Presents: “Some girls need men to take them places. Others just click their heels, spread their own wings, and fly.” ― Coco J. Ginger
Love Westerns? Pick up Forever His. This is the final book in the Lakota/Pinkerton series that started with Dakota’s Bride Forever His by Chrsitine Young Excerpt Heat Level: Book Heat Level: August 30, 1895 Near Buffalo Creek, South Dakota The sun beat down. Searing heat waves hit the hard packed earth, blistering, charring everything, even the dry prairie grass. Jacob St. John, his arms stretched […]
Christine Presents: “The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.” ― John Bingham, No Need for Speed: A Beginner’s Guide to the Joy of Running
Bobble Head Babes & The Continuing Saga… The quote above is not just about writing but everything in life. Wondering how to get more information about books on the internet. Trying to make sense out of my WIP. Today, adding a prologue that I hope will help make the characters and their interaction more understandable. Keep thinking the book is finished but my beta reader/critique […]
Christine Presents: “I should be writing …” ― Mur Lafferty
Dakota’s Bride by Christine Young Excerpt Heat Level: 1 Book Heat Level: Moonless and frigid, the December night sent chills down Emma’s spine. Yet she didn’t stop at the lighted inn nearby, nor did she break stride when she stumbled over a rut in the muddy road. Instead, she pulled her skirts higher. A carriage raced by, hell-bent in the same direction, spitting mud as […]
Christine Presents: Friday’s Featured Title
Keeping Katie Angela Castle Excerpt Heat Level: 1 Book Heat Level: 5 Finding love in the boyish home renovator and handyman Jordan MaKensy, dominant lawyer Jack Cullen, will do anything to make their dream of a home and family a reality. When shy Katie starts working at his law office Jack, know he’s found something very special, for them both. Aussie girl Katie has come […]
Christine Presents: “Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?” ― Cornelia Funke
Catching Meara, the first book in the McKenna Clan series. As some would say, the book that started it all. Title: Catching Meara Author: Christine Young Email: achristay@aol.com Genre: Erotic Romance Excerpt Heat Level: 1 Book Heat Level: 5 Buy at: www.roguephoenixpress.com Meara Thorton was a feisty, world-class computer hacker—cornered by the FBI and shockingly given the chance to be their newly acquired technical analyst. […]
Christine Presents: “As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.” ― Ernest Hemingway
Celebrating the release of Sweet Sexy Sadie an erotic paranormal romance. Goddessfish excerpt tour starts September 9. The McKenna Clan series began with Catching Meara, its release March 2013. Title: Sweet Sexy Sadie Author: Christine Young Email: achristay@aol.com Genre: Erotic Romance Excerpt Heat Level: 1 Book Heat Level: 5 Buy at: www.roguephoenixpress.com From the first time Sadie’s eyes met those of Brody McKenna in the […]
Christine Presents: Cross the Ocean
Please welcome Holly Bush author of Cross the Ocean. One randomly chosen commenter will win a $50 Amazon/BN.com gift card. Don’t forget to comment! CROSS THE OCEAN By Holly Bush 1871 . . . Worlds collide when American Suffragette, Gertrude Finch, and titled Brit Blake Sanders meet in an explosive encounter that may forever bind them together. Gertrude Finch escorts a young relative […]
