Archives for March, 2008
Happy April’s Fool Day! I regret that I don’t have any tricks to play on you to celebrate the holiday. Just can’t think of any and I’m too nice anyway. Ha! If you only knew me. I’m sure you don’t mind it though that I’m going to talk about a favorite subject–heroes and the different types. [...]
There’s so much excitement in Wildflower Junction! Congratulations to Sue Pickering for winning the Spring Round Up basket of awesome goodies. I drew a name from the fishbowl, and I will be sending Lori Barnes an autographed copy of The Preacher’s Daughter, providing she doesn’t already have one. Lori, please email me at SaintJohn@aol.com with [...]
For all you pretty gals out there holding your breaths . . . . and without further ado . . . . Oh dear, I wish you could see the Fillies. They’re clapping their hands and making silly fools of themselves. Even the durn milk cows, the chickens and the mules are sitting up and taking notice. All right, all right enough [...]
Readers often ask how writers come with with stories, so I thought I’d share the process for one of mine. I had wanted to write a story for Benjamin Chaney for a long time. We saw him as a boy in The Doctor’s Wife and again at seventeen in The Lawman’s Bride. Because of his [...]
Hello again, Darlins. Tomorrow is the big day for the drawing of our Big Spring Round-Up Contest! Ah can’t wait to see who wins that enormous pile of prizes. The lucky person will need a buckboard to haul them in. I do declare, I haven’t seen such a bounty since I stumbled onto a mess of luscious [...]
The winner of Laura’s tote that’s stuffed with goodies is…..REBEKAH! Yea! Congratulations, Rebekah. If you’ll reply to lindabroday@live.com Laura will get that sent to you. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to comment. You helped make Laura’s day. I’m sure we all heard some sayings that we’d never heard before. I know I did. Some were very [...]
Thank you wonderful ladies at P&P for inviting me to blog this weekend! I’m so excited to be here, surrounded by other people who read and write western romances. In my opinion, there is no better era to write about than the old west. It was a time of growth and prosperity, of poverty and loneliness. [...]
Is none other than James Denton! Thanks for playing along everyone! The first one who guessed right is: Andrea W Email me at charlenesands@hotmail.com and let me know which book you’d like from these titles: The Courting of Widow Shaw, Renegade Wife, Bodine’s Bounty, Chase Wheeler’s Woman or Lily Gets Her Man PLUS the [...]
Ladies, ah do want to remind you to stop by tomorrow for some friendly fun, food, and educatin’. Miss Laura Drewry will be our honored guest and all the Fillies are ready and waitin’ to show Miss Drewry what the word hospitality means. We would be so thrilled if you could come join us. Ah hope to see your smiling faces!
I have fallen in love again … with our neighboring state of Arizona. Our travels last week took us to Phoenix for both research and pleasure. One in the same for me! Did you know that Phoenix is the fifth largest city in the country? I hope as the city continues to grow, it doesn’t lose its charm and culture. It’s [...]
Again and again I hear this from editors—give us an alpha male hero! That’s what everybody wants these days! Ok. I’ll give it a shot. Just give me some time to figure out what an alpha male is. In the animal world the alpha male is the wolf, hippo, baboon, elephant seal, etc. who can beat [...]
Hello darlings, guess who I see coming around the bend? Heaven’s sake, it’s Miss Laura Drewry! And she’s going to give us some good old-fashioned cowboy wisdom right here in Wildflower Junction come Saturday. All you ladies (and gents too) can come join us. I sincerely hope you do. It’ll be a fine time.
Civil War Widows In Petticoat Ranch, my hero Clay fought in the Civil War as did Sophie’s first husband. Research can really lead you into fascinating areas. I saw this head line on a story the other day. Gertrude Janeway, 93, Is Dead; Last Widow of a Union Soldier Gertrude Grubb Janeway, age 93, died [...]
Howdy! What wonderful comments we had today. I would like to personally thank everyone who came in and talked with me today about research. Specifically I’d like to thank: Elizabeth Lane, Mary Connealy, Linda Broday, Joanne Sundell, Patricia Cochran, Virginia H., Estella, Lori Barnes, David Ziff and Stacey Kayne! Have a super evening and may [...]
Good Morning! Here we are at the end of March and I hope that March is going out like a lamb for you. We’ve had a record winter all across the country, apparently, with heavy rains and snows that are hitting record highs in some parts of the country. So before we begin our topic [...]
Hope EVERYONE had a BLESSED and Happy Easter and/or Weekend. Thank you for taking the time to stop by and chat with me. I’ve picked 2 winners of a pdf of Tempered Hearts! Stacey Kayne and Tanya Hanson please email me at: pthib07@hotmail.com and I’ll send your copy. Thanks again, Ladies. [...]
My love affair with cowboys began before my interest in the male species developed. In all actuality, infatuation with cowboys grew out of my love for horses; a love that began before I could walk. Combine a love for horses with a love for reading and you wind up with a cowboy fanatic. After all, [...]
Thank you to everyone who stopped in to share their Easter memories and traditions. I truly enjoyed reading every post and appreciate that so many took the time to take part. For anyone needing to draw random numbers, I used this great site: http://www.mdani.demon.co.uk/para/random.htm You plug in the number range, and it gives you random numbers! [...]
Talented author, Miss Pamela Thibodeaux will be here tomorrow to talk about her favorite subject– cowboys. Ah can’t hardly wait. We’ll have more fun than the law allows. When a bunch of us ladies get together to talk about men, it’s a regular hen party. Everyone is welcome to join us. Don’t forget now. Tomorrow is [...]
In the 1800′s bonnets were all the fashion rave and big business. Every town, big or small, had a milliners shop lined with hats and filled with bins with flowers, ribbons and other haberdashery. While the hat fad has died out here in the US, Easter still creates a boom in bonnet sales, and you can find Easter Bonnet decorating contests [...]
Thanks to everyone who came by today and chatted with me about their love for romance! I appreciate all of you. I wish I had a whole box of Saint or Sinner copies, because I’d send each of you one. But since I don’t, I’ve drawn one winner. COLLEEN! Please send me your address at: [...]
I’m delighted to announce that Fedora won my contest on the mining blog. If Fedora would email me at papotter@aol.com, I’ll sent the books. Thanks to all of you who replied.
Why do you write romance? This is a question authors are asked countless times. It’s the sister question to, “When are you doing to write a real book?” My answer to that one is, “When they stop paying me so well to write these fake ones.” So why do I write romance? Quite simply, because I [...]
Hello Darlings, this week we’re right proud to have Miss Pamela Thibodeaux in Wildflower Junction! She has already arrived and we’ve put her up in the hotel. The Fillies are up to our bustles in work, getting the meetin’ hall all ready for the occasion. Some are cooking and some are sprucing things up. Shashay by on Saturday for lots of fun [...]
I *loved* all the pet stories today. I hope y’all had a great time reading the comments. I know I did! My winner today is . . . Za! Za, please post me at pacrooks@radiks.net and let me know which book you’d like me to send you from my backlist. Wanted! or Her Lone Protector. [...]
