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90-Mile Beach and Cape Reinga
We took a bus tour up 90-Mile Beach from Ahipara, all the way to Cape Reinga and back. Beautiful day, great outing with friend Anne & kids Oscar and Lucy. Tobogganing down the sand dunes, just off...
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“Just This Once” was nominated!
InD’Tale Magazine, April 2013 This was fun– “Just This Once” got nominated for a RONE Award from In D’Tale Magazine for “Best Cont emporary Novel–Jocks, Cops, and Cowboys.” That’s exciting. Quite an...
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“What’s On the Bookshelf” Reviews “Welcome to Paradise”
Here’s a really nice review of “Welcome to Paradise” to kick off my blog tour! “This is one reality TV show you don’t want to miss.” Thanks, Jen!
View ArticleI’m On the herinterest.com “Top 2012 Books for Women”! Wow!
Isn’t this cool? Check out this list! (Hint if you don’t want to check it out: “Just This Once” is #8.) There are some interesting-sounding books on this list also that I hadn’t heard of, especially...
View ArticleEnter to Win Signed Books Plus a Gift Card!
a Rafflecopter giveaway Well, it’s Giveaway Time again, and this time I have TWO prizes. To run along with my “Welcome to Paradise’ blog tour, I’m giving away signed copies of all four “Escape to New...
View ArticleCoping With Rejection
I wrote this Guest Post for my current blog tour (Welcome to Paradise). This one is for the writers out there. “Dear Author: Thank you for your submission. Unfortunately . . .” And your heart sinks...
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Russell, Bay of Islands
I spent a week in Russell, in the Bay of Islands, on a sort of writer’s retreat, working on “Just My Luck.” The first picture here is the view from my bach at sunset. Pretty rough as you can see....
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“Welcome to Paradise” Interview
Well, this was fun–Interviewed by Kim on her “Read Your Writes” blog, about “Welcome to Paradise.”
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Just This Once: Free Over Memorial Day!
This one’s over, but went pretty well! About 44,000 downloads over Memorial Day weekend. Thanks to everyone who downloaded (and especially those who’ve read and reviewed the book)!
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Overflowing Bookshelves’ Review of “Welcome to Paradise”
This was an awfully nice review! I was gratified by this part: “Once the show actually starts. I loved seeing how, with each situation, [Mira's] sense of self-worth grew.” That’s what I was trying to...
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Just Good Friends: 60,000 Downloads!
Well, that was pretty cool. My promo for Just Good Friends ended up being my second-most-successful ever: over 60,000 copies downloaded in five days, and it spent more than 24 hours at #1 in the Free...
View ArticleOne Year In: Reflections on a Roller-Coaster Ride
A year ago today, I finished “Just for Now: Escape to New Zealand,” my third book, with a sigh of happiness. Here’s what else was happening that day: 1) I was sick. And in pain. And getting ready...
View ArticleEnter to Win Signed Copies!
a Rafflecopter giveaway Win signed copies of all six books! To celebrate the paperback publication of “Welcome to Paradise” and “Just My Luck,” I’m giving away signed copies of all six Rosalind James...
View ArticleCar Trouble!
If my car were really positioned like this, I’d really be in trouble. It isn’t. It’s my software. So there I was yesterday, in the middle of a road trip from Chico to Truckee, researching my new...
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From Zero to 109,000 in 12 Months: KDP Select and Me
One year in! Wrote a press release today. It’s a bit of an unpaid ad for Amazon, but hey. Amazon is heaven’s gift to writers in my experience. So, thank you, Amazon, and here’s my heartfelt hooray for...
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Creating Your Book Cover
So you’ve written a terrific book. You’ve edited and polished it to a fare-thee-well, and are ready to send it out into the Big World. But first, it needs a–gulp–cover. Oh, well. People aren’t buying...
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Why I Don’t Respond to Reviews
You wouldn’t think that “should I respond to a reader review?” would be a topic for discussion anymore, but it still comes up all the time on writers’ forums. There seems to be a movement now among...
View ArticleWin Signed Copies–Plus a Gift Card!
a Rafflecopter giveaway Win signed copies of all seven books, including “Nothing Personal (The Kincaids, Book Two)”–PLUS a $10 Amazon gift card! I’m celebrating the new book, as well as nearing 1,000...
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Interview on Wordpreneur!
This is a pretty cool day–an interview on “Wordpreneur”–the website for those in the indie writing and publishing business.
View ArticleWhat Love Is
I heard a song today, “I Try” by Angela Bofill, that I loved when I was 19. All about love breaking your heart, how you try to be what he wants and it still isn’t enough, because he doesn’t care that...
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