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Summer Lovin’ | Escape to the Tropics in a Good Book
Summer is right around the corner! In fact, for me here in coastal Georgia, it has arrived 😍 I’ve enjoyed several beach days, relaxing and reading a good book. But if you’re still waiting for…
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Fresh Air Inspiration: Anything For That First Draft
If I’m not writing in my office, walking my neighborhood, or at the beach, I can usually be found lounging on my back porch couch, enjoying fresh air and the view of my yard while…
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Beyond The Next Star Reading: Trauma & the Hope for Healing
My heroine in Beyond the Next Star suffered abuse long before being abducted by aliens. In this scene read, Delaney is still dealing with her trauma. Witnessing how her jaded outlook on life colors her…
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Sight Beyond the Sun | Second Kiss Scene Read
During the second kiss in Sight Beyond the Sun, you can really start to feel the love between my hero and heroine. Watch this video to hear a reading of this scene!
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FCRW Monthly Meeting | Shirley Jump, Featured Speaker
On the second Saturday of each month, First Coast Romance Writers hosts a guest speaker to help further our writing craft. This weekend, we had the pleasure of learning how to enhance our dialogue and…
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Happy Mother’s Day: Beach Trips, Broadway & Wedding Memories
Happy Mother’s Day! I have such wonderful memories with my mother: summer beach trips, excursions to New York City, my wedding day, and visiting my new home in Georgia just being a few of them.…
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BOOKnique Adventures Registration | Space Coast Book Lovers
BOOKnique Adventures registration for all Space Coast Book Lovers ticket holders begins tomorrow! My BOOKnique is in Session 1, titled: Color-Tastic Conversations! During this memorable and intimate experience, participants will create a beautiful and unique…
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Reading and Relaxing at Fernandina Beach | Book Recommendation
I began Sapphire Flames this weekend while relaxing at Fernandina Beach. So far, Book 4 in Ilona Andrews’ Hidden Legacy Series is even better than the first three. I can’t believe I’m already halfway through…
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Sight Beyond the Sun is a Finalist in the HOLT Medallion Contest!
Exciting news!! Sight Beyond the Sun has been selected as a finalist in the HOLT Medallion Contest, Speculative category, hosted by Virginia Romance Writers! I’m so honored and excited to have made it through the…
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Grow Little Sago Palm Trees, Grow!
Despite my mom’s green thumb, I’ve never been a plant person. I so much as look at a plant, and it withers. But this time of year is always exciting because I love the sago…
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Cracking Open A Fresh Journal | Tracking Page Counts
I’ve kept a diary for as long as I can remember – probably since middle school if not late elementary – but my journal entries for the last 10 years of my life have been…
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Privacy Hedge is Planted!
A year in the making, but Derek and I now have a privacy hedge around our yard! Thank you Peachy Clean Landscaping & Pressure Washing, Inc. for doing a fantastic job with bush planting. I’m…
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New Favorite Paranormal Romance Author: Ali Hazelwood
Paranormal romance was the first book genre I fell in love with when I started reading for fun in high school. Authors like Sherrilynn Kenyon, Laurell K. Hamilton and Chloe Neill shaped the author I…
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Writing Life Milestone: Filled My Journal
Today marked a small milestone in my writing life: I filled my journal. Looking back, my first entry was “Summer 2011 Goals” and started in June following my college graduation. The first half of this…
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Horseback Riding | Kualoa Ranch Adventure
Derek took several more photos than I did while horseback riding in Hawaii. I was busy handling my horse, LOL! He was sitting on a moving animal at the time, too, but still managed to…
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Space Coast Book Lovers | Register For My BOOKnique
Have you registered for Space Coast Book Lovers yet? Everyone attending has the chance to sign up for my BOOKnique: Color-Tastic Conversations! During this memorable and intimate experience, participants will create a beautiful and unique…
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Hidden Legacy Book Recommendation
When you find a fantastic author who consistently delivers a great story, heart melting romance, heart stopping action, complex magic systems, and memorable characters, why bother branching out? I’ve jumped head first into another Ilona…
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Leadership Camden | A Unique & Informative Experience
Only one more session remaining in the Camden County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Camden program! I’ve had the privilege of meeting monthly with these fine folks since last August, learning about our community’s history, networking…
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Maiden Lane Historical Romance Recommendation | Get Your Bridgerton Fix
So many of us are waiting with bated breath for season three of Bridgerton. If you’ve already read everything from Julia Quinn, you can still get your historical romance fix with Elizabeth Hoyt! Sink your…
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The City Beneath | Favorite Quotes & Witty Banter
The banter between Cassidy and Dominic could fill an entire book… oh, wait. It did. Four of them, actually 😂 “You did something different,” I insisted. “Tell yourself whatever lies allow you to face yourself…
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Writing to Walking Ratio | Getting Rid of the Keyboard
The rough draft of my new romantasy book is pouring out of me faster and with less forehead pounding against the keyboard than ever before, partly because I’m so excited about the story and characters,…
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Exploring Unfinished Business with Ghosts & Second Chance Romance
The very first short story I ever wrote with First Coast Romance Writers was for Romancing the Holidays, Vol. 1. It’s a story titled, Grave Promises, and it features two characters who have unfinished business…
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Hit 100 pages / 25,000 words in WIP!
My word count for the past week was on point (for me) for a regular week, but considering I was on vacation, I definitely earned some brownie points. And pizza points and ice cream points,…
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This Bookworm is Hooked on Reading
Once I start a fantastic series, it’s hard to stop!! Officially began book 3 in Ilona Andrews Hidden Legancy series, Wildfire.
Author Melody Johnson 