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Hi! Winnie Griggs here. I just spent the last four and a half days in Kansas City at the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention and I thought I’d give you a little photo diary type recap of my time there. (And check out the giveaway I have listed below!) I arrived on Wednesday morning with BFF [...]
I love history, no surprise since I write historical westerns. But it’s weird to think I am a part of history, too. Let me explain. A few years ago, I helped clean out my mom’s old house when she moved into a retirement apartment. I came across virtual treasures–my great-great-grandfather’s discharge papers from the Union [...]
The other night as I waited for the Academy of Country Music awards to air, I sat down to watch GAC and got caught up in Blake Shelton’s Back Story. Being a writer, I’m always interested in back story, or a person’s past that directly reflects either by change or going the course, how that [...]
I’ve always had a macabre fascination with prisons, and when I was formulating the story for HANNAH’S VOW, I knew I wanted a bad one for my hero. It took some digging, but with the help of a family friend who worked in sildenafil on line a local university library, I found the perfect prison [...]
Big thank you to all who gave me their choice. It was really informative and helpful. The random winner of one of my BACKLIST BOOK’ s is JANINE buy generic cialis online !! Contact me at Charlenesands@hotmail.com for your prize. Also here are THE TOP THREE PICKS THE COWBOY CONTRACT – 11 votes RANCHER TO HER RESCUE – [...]
They say if you want something done, ask a busy person! Raising my hand here!! I’m ultra busy. It seems to be the way of the world, so no complaints here. There’s nothing I would trade in my life right now. I’m blessed with a good family, nice home and recently two lovely granddaughters [...]
In light of the computer age and my very first personal computer with internet dial-up, I remember my father asking me one very simple question that spun my mind and really knocked into my head how far we’ve come in today’s world. Now, first you have to know my father was not sheltered. He was [...]
Fireworks. Champagne glasses clinking together. A huge crystal ball slowing falling to a countdown. The ways of ringing in the new year are as many and varied as the cultures in our world. And the traditions are sacred to those who repeat them each December 31. In my home, dh and I will fix a [...]
May your horse have plenty of oats and a bed of warm hay. May you look forward to the future with excitement and a smile. And may you always know the love of family and friends. Thanks to all for making Wildflower Junction your second home. Wishing you all the best throughout the coming [...]
It’s almost time. Time for family, Santa Claus…and the celebration of the baby Jesus. All my life, my family has gathered at church to listen to the Christmas Gospel and sing together. Then the lights go down, a hundred small candles are lit and voices join in my favorite hymn. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, [...]
Merry Christmas from my home to yours! Every year my husband puts up our Christmas lights, and my favorite part is always the Christmas tree he fashions on the roof. It came about when we were going through old strings of lights several years ago, and he decided to get creative with a bunch [...]
I have a soft spot for nativity sets, especially vintage ones, and over time I have acquired over two dozen of them. Every year I assure my husband ‘no more’, but every year I break my word and discover another I must have. So for my Christmas card to you, I thought I’d share a [...]
We Canadians take our hockey seriously. HNIC – Hockey Night in Canada – is an institution on CBC and is the main event for a lot of people on Saturday nights. Rivalries are bitter. Flames vs the Oilers, Toronto vs Montreal – or gosh, don’t even get me started on the Sens (Ottawa Senators). There [...]
The story I’m working on right now has a thirteen year old girl named Jane, who grew up in a foundling home and foster homes. In one scene, my main character, Ruby is reading Jane Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates. She explains about how she’d read that the author had never been to the [...]
Take a peek at these covers and tell me what you see that they all have in common? Okay, yes they are my romance novels and yes they are all hot, good-looking heroes on the cover, but what else do you see? If you answered, the men are all wearing hats… bingo!! That’s right. [...]
Welcome to our final day of HERE COME THE BRIDES as Cheryl Pierson and Tracy Garrett share scenes of TRUE LOVE from their novels, Fire Eyes and Touch of Texas! FIRE EYES Fire Eyes was my debut novel in 2009. It has since been re-edited and re-released with a new publisher, WESTERN TRAIL [...]
Elizabeth and I are sharing some ceremonies that, well, didn’t quite happen as planned. We’re each giving away a copy of our books today so don’t be a stranger! Excerpt One: from “Marrying Mattie” by Tanya Hanson “Dearly beloved…” Jake, his childhood pal, sounded so masterful and mature Call snickered and Mattie giggled. [...]
Whether it’s by shotgun or another equally pressing reason, sometimes proposals and weddings don’t come at the right time – even if they’re the right thing. Here are Donna Alward and Mary Connealy with glimpses into a few forced unions from their books! From THE REBEL RANCHER (June 2012) “I thought about it all night, Clara. Thought [...]
Thanks to everyone for all the wonderful comments today. I threw all the names into a hat (Well, into my random number generator anyway) and THE WINNER IS VALRI !!! Congratualtions Valri. Contact me via my website so I can get your mailing info and I’ll get copy of A Baby Between Them right out [...]
Family dinners, pot lucks, buffets–they always feature at least one Jell-O salad. Something red with marshmallows and fruit — or green with pineapple and whipped cream — or at holidays — a cranberry mold. Each of us remembers Jell-O from our earliest years.It’s just always been there. Open the little box, pour the granules into [...]
It’s always a delight to share my garden photos! Spring has come early to the Midwest. Trees and perennials are already flowering. My bleeding heart, which is on the north side of the house beside ferns that have been moved from yard to yard since I got them from my grandfather thirty years ago, is [...]
Christmas carols have to be my favorite form of holiday cheer. My husband and I both sang in choir during college as well as in an adult classical chorus a few years ago. My children love to sing too, and one of our friends from church jokingly calls us the family Von Trapp. As soon [...]
FINALS! Congratulations to all our daily WHEN YOU NEED A HERO winners. We hope you’ve had as much fun this week as all the Fillies have! After four days of pouring over heroes–tough duty, I know–here are your four favorites: #1 – Monday’s Hero – We call him “hunk with rope [...]
Tanya’s picks: I got to spend some righteous time with a whole corral-full of real-life cowboys on our wagon train trip around the Tetons a summer ago. Meeting Garrett Snow, I was so enthralled with his hero/book cover potential that hubby advised me to tell him WHY I was taking his picture so often, [...]
