Goal Setting: Leading to Success! Just Take 5.

Bobble Head Babes and the continuing saga… My partner in crime and myself wanted and yes needed to lose weight. We trained and walked a marathon. And we did not lose weight. Sigh… but… Three and a half years ago we finally made the commitment to weight watchers. My walking partner is celebrating her 55 lb. weight loss and three years of keeping it off […]

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Are Your Characters Screaming At You Or Subtly Nudging

This is the castle at Inverness. Conflict and characters: Several years back when attending an inservice at the high school I worked at, I discovered Mind Styles. Ever since I have used this to create conflict between my characters. One can never get enough conflict. Right! This conflict occurs just in the way the hero and heroine react to things happening in the story. The […]

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It’s Guy Day Friday! Woo Hoo!!!

Today I have the very talented author of the Halo Legacy series here on my blog. Yesterday Challenging the Legacy was released. We are about to take a look at the hero of this book. Who is he? How does he react to everyday situations? And in this series there is always a antagonist who needs to be defeated. Buy at: www.roguephoenixpress.com BLURB: Super-mom Tallie […]

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Challenging the Legacy by Genie Gabriel

Please welcome Genie Gabriel author of Challenging the Legacy. New Release INTERVIEW: 1.      What or who inspired you to start writing? I’m one of those writers who read a book so bad I knew I could do better. I soon realized writing a good book took some effort, so I spent the next half dozen years learning to write–and rewrite. After fourteen years, […]

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Samhain Eve

Pagan Holidays So many superstitions, so many versions and so much fun. Halloween has roots dating back to the early centuries. It seems people didn’t know what to think about Christianity. They were frightened of the church and took as many precautions as they could conjure.  The day, October 3,  has been known as Samhain Eve, November Eve, Feast of the Dead, Feast of Apples, […]

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Black Creek Burning by R.T. Wolfe

Please Welcome R.T. Wolfe  author of Black Creek Burning. R.T. will be giving away a $40 Amazon or BN.com Gift Certificate, winner’s choice, to one randomly drawn commenter at the conclusion of the tour. Black Creek Burning By R.T. Wolfe INTERVIEW: Let me say first, Christine, thank you having me here today. I love this blog! 1.What components are necessary for the genre of this […]

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Scene Plotting

Highland Miracle: Working Title for my part of the Angel’s anthology. I do not do extensive book plotting but instead I try to plot each scene very thoroughly. I use one page of notes to write a 5 to 10 page scene. Over time I have found that I do not fill in all of the blanks but instead use the most essential for that […]

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Lilly Allen Has Brains, Beauty, And A Trust Fund.

Please welcome Terri Talley Venters  author of Carbon Copy. Terri will be awarding bookmarks or magnetic bumper stickers to randomly drawn commenters at each stop and a $10 Wild Child Publishing GC to a randomly drawn commenter at the end of the tour. Please leave a comment! Carbon Copy  by Terri Talley Venters INTERVIEW: 1.What or who inspired you to start writing? Terri: My mother, […]

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Central Park NY

Tavern On The Green in Central Park Time travel, May day, and Central Park what do they all have in common. May 1, 2013 Rogues Angels through Rogue Phoenix Press will publish their 3rd anthology. The hero in my part of the anthology, Highland Miracle, is a fire fighter in New York City where he comes across a giant fire hydrant and a cute little […]

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The Prophecy Chronicles: Prophecy Foretold by Ron Hartman

Please welcome Ron Hartman author of The Prophecy Chronicles: Prophecy Foretold. New Release from Rogue Phoenix Press Title: The Prophecy Chronicles: Prophecy Foretold Author: Ron Hartman Email: ron_hartman@mchsi.com Excerpt Heat Level: 1 Book Heat Level: 1 (Graphic  Violence) Genre: Fantasy Buy at: www.roguephoenixpress.com These are dark days for Naphthali. The king has been murdered, the land invaded by the Imperial Army. It will absorb Naphthali […]

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