tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62891699025826908682024-03-28T07:55:30.078-04:00Author MaryAnn KempherAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-61607668747591575462013-04-03T14:51:00.000-04:002013-04-04T21:10:13.723-04:00Blog Hop Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?Hello Hello
My first book; Mocha, Moonlight, and Murder will be released soon. I'm thinking sometime in May.
I'd love to start doing blog posts that would go out around,
or after the release date.
My book is romantic suspense, set in Reno. I like to tell people it's like the movie When Harry Met Sally. If Harry was hot and Sally had a stalker. There is a nice amount of humor in the book as Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-75049647406633631462013-02-22T14:57:00.001-05:002013-02-22T14:57:10.898-05:00Need Advice Plz--How Do I Kick-start My Next Book?I really need to start writing. I have a story, know most of the characters that will be in it, even know who killed who, and why. But, can't seem to start writing. Lots of talking about writing, lots of thinking about writing--but no actual writing.
Any advice?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-45313817694127340712013-02-21T11:00:00.000-05:002013-02-21T11:00:07.643-05:00Author Michelle Franklin and her new book, Khantara Vol 1 @mrsdenasaan
Hello everyone. Today I'll be hosting the fabulous Michelle Franklin. If you've read any of her books, you're already a fan. If you haven't, you will be.
I'm a huge fan of Michelle's work. The first book I read by her was The Commander and the Den Asaan Rautu. Fabulously sexy, funny fantasy romance. Loved it. Must read.
Another is The Reporter from Marridon, great writing (of course),&Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-62166424427286858092013-02-13T12:21:00.001-05:002013-02-13T12:21:52.845-05:00Dieting Sucks! Week Three ProgressHello Hello!
It's been 21 days since I started trying to lose weight. Of those 21 days, I've been "good" about 10. Okay, I admit I just don't try hard enough. I like sweets, so sue me. Yesterday, I had candy. The day before I had ice cream, the day before that I had brownies. So, it's no huge surprise that I haven't lost at least 6 pounds. Two pounds per week was my hope.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-24723663758436214792013-02-06T09:33:00.000-05:002013-02-06T09:33:36.935-05:00Dieting is a four-letter-word: Week 2 ProgressHello Hello!
Well it's been two weeks and I'm down ten pounds! Ha! Gotcha! I wish. Limiting your calories in order to lose weight is not easy, because real life keeps getting in the way.
Last weekend, me and my two darling little monsters, err children, went to St. Augustine FL. Such a nice place to visit, very historic, with shopping, and tons of food. Our favorite place to visit is Kilwin's. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-23563598316009881772013-01-31T09:00:00.000-05:002013-01-31T10:06:48.554-05:00Romance Author MaryAnn Kempher
Hello Hello!
Recently I was asked to participate in a Blog Hop. Doesn't that sound fun? Well it did to me, and a great opportunity. Not only do I get to talk about my upcoming book, but I get to promote some really great writers. Make sure you click on the links at the bottom. Now about me. ;)
I was asked the following questions, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-86949569460227860082013-01-30T13:02:00.001-05:002013-01-30T13:02:11.771-05:00Dieting Bites!: Week 1 ProgressFirst, sorry I'm late. I know I said I'd post around 6:00 a.m eastern. Not so much. But I will try to post my progress early in the day. So anyways...
Ouch! This dieting business sucks. I mean it sucks. I'm sorry, but I love my food. I love to eat, a lot. I'm not one of those people who will ever have to nerve to say, 'Oh, gee, sometimes I forget to eat.'
Ha! I never forget a meal. I'm like a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-84977482861030649432013-01-24T14:24:00.000-05:002013-01-24T14:24:52.350-05:00Great author, two great books @MarniMannI've read both books and you will be floored by the great writing. Don't let the subject matter scare you away. Your emotions will go on a roller coaster ride, and you'll love it. You really will.
“I could feel my chin falling towards my chest, my back hunching forward. My body was acting on its own, and my mind was empty, like all my memories had been erased. There was scenery behind my Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-20348664224661336922013-01-23T20:16:00.000-05:002013-01-23T20:16:10.232-05:00Help! I'm going on a diet! Hello Hello!
Over the last year+ I've managed to put on some extra weight, and I've lost my mojo.
I want to lose 14-20 pounds to get back to my damn-girl! weight.
What I do is aim for 1200 calories a day, with one day off per week to eat what I want. I've done this before with great results. It was when I stopped paying attention and stopped walking as far, that I put the weight on.
I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-51259378634117321442012-12-29T13:07:00.002-05:002012-12-29T13:07:54.204-05:00I Have a Book Deal! WhooHoo!Hi everyone. I wanted to share some good news. I finally have a publishing company interested in publishing my book. My editor just sent back the book with suggested revisions. WhooHoo. :)
I hope to see the book published in 2013, hopefully before Summer but that's not up to me. We haven't addressed the book's title, which is currently Risky Romance but will likely change.
I started writing Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-48849217920607767632012-09-16T22:13:00.000-04:002012-09-16T22:13:58.587-04:00Author Spotlight: Marni Mann, author of Memoirs Aren't Fairytales: A Story of Addiction and Scars from a Memoir @marnimannMemoirs Aren't Fairytales: A Story of Addiction
I could feel my chin falling towards my chest, my back hunching forward. My body was acting on its own, and my mind was empty, like all my memories had been erased. There was scenery behind my lids. Aqua colored water and powdery sand that extended for miles. I was never going back to coke. I wanted more heroin. And I wanted it now.
Leaving behindAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-91433959601157175272012-09-16T13:53:00.000-04:002012-09-16T13:53:16.563-04:00Book Release: Dark Fae, book three of the Celtic Legacy series by Shannon Mayer. @theshannonmayer
“Dark Fae”! This is the final book in my
Celtic Legacy series. It follows Quinn as she fights to save her little
sister Ashling. Quinn battles her fears: Monsters dredged up from Irish
Mythology and the pull of her heart strings between two stunning men; one she’s
prophesied to be with, the other her heart can’t let go.
Overview
of “Dark Fae”
With Chaos free in the world, Quinn finally faces Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-79939086599205329842012-08-21T19:40:00.000-04:002012-08-21T19:40:25.820-04:00Very Funny Short Story by Michelle FranklinTales from Frewyn: The Reporter from Marridon
Part of the Tales from Frewyn Stories
A reporter from Marridon, the advanced
and allied nation to the north of Frewyn, is dispatched to Diras to meet with
the famous Commander and Den Asaan, heroes and saviors of the Two Continents.
It would seem to be a simple task, to ask a few questions of the strange woman
and giant, but when the reporter Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com258tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-57018351057498747992012-08-10T12:27:00.000-04:002012-08-10T12:27:24.378-04:00JAustenwannabe Presents: Marni Mann, author of Memoirs Aren't Fairytales and Scars from a Memoir @marnimannMemoirs Aren’t Fairytales
“I could feel my chin falling towards my chest, my back hunching forward. My body was acting on its own, and my mind was empty, like all my memories had been erased. There was scenery behind my lids. Aqua colored water and powdery sand that extended for miles. I was never going back to coke. I wanted more heroin. And I wanted it now.”
Leaving behind a nightmare from Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-64510082540745367472012-08-04T20:00:00.001-04:002012-08-04T20:00:55.273-04:00Oh Joy, Joy! Where Art Thou?
It's been at least three weeks since I've done any writing. I've used my kids as an excuse (summer vacation, and it's a good one) and I've blamed "writers block", but the real truth is I haven't wanted to write.
I'm not too worried, this has happened before and what cured my bland attitude towards writing was to take a break.
When you work on a novel, especially your first, it can take a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-48215292641237724102012-07-31T18:13:00.000-04:002012-07-31T18:13:07.534-04:00Help! I'm a writer and I can't get published!If you're a writer, I'm sure you've heard all the stories that start, "Oh (insert famous writer's name) sent out a trillion query letters before (insert bestselling book title) was sold. X number of agents rejected it and look at it now, it's huge.
You've had people you trust read it, they say its good. You've perfected your query letter. You think it's awesome. You think your book is Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-30915539249682409932012-07-12T19:22:00.001-04:002012-07-13T16:38:52.890-04:00JAustenwannabe Presents: Love Comes Later, A multicultural romance set in Doha, Qatar! LOVE COMES LATER tells the story of Hind, Abdulla, and Sangita
as they each try to find happiness against the cultural expectations of their
families.
Inspiration:
This story came to me in a series of questions. I met my husband
after moving to Qatar. My own path to finding a soul mate was less than linear
(but that's another book and story :).
After I settled down to married lifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-26643859607619421962012-07-08T23:12:00.000-04:002012-12-29T12:56:41.139-05:00Fantastic to Read: Excerpts from the Haanta Series by Michelle Franklin @mrsdenasaanKhantara: A Haanta Novel
Khantara tells the story of Rautu's father and mother, how they met, how Khantara saved Anelta's life, and how their secret bond was threatened by impending war. It is the first stand-alone novel in the series.
From Chapter 4
The instant Khantara began to walk the short path to the barracks he was attacked by swarms of wrens and sparrows from the nearby willows, all Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-5021534770694051812012-07-08T19:18:00.000-04:002012-07-08T19:18:11.215-04:00Writers should help other writers, right?When I started blogging, I shared stories from my 20 years in the military. Nobody cared. Next, I tried to pose questions such as, "Drama, is there ever too much?". Lukewarm response.
I've finally found a use for my blog that gets a response, and makes me happy.
Sometimes we writers get so hung up on our own careers, that we're very stingy when it comes to helping each other out. If Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-31907952475432986392012-06-20T11:37:00.000-04:002012-06-20T11:37:01.865-04:00JAustenwannabe Presents: Tulips, Indian Culture, and Intrigue: Tulip Season: A Mitra Basu Mystery
Why
Tulips?
Bharti
Kirchner
A
friend examined the cover of my latest novel Tulip Season: A Mitra Basu Mystery—a row of yellow tulips and a
trickle of blood flowing out from a blossom—and asked, “Why tulips? Why not
roses, my favorite flower?”
Well, for one thing I grow tulips—red and yellow cup-shaped
ones—in my garden. And, walking around my Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-49656222912091601122012-06-19T18:10:00.000-04:002012-06-19T18:10:48.975-04:00Do you like to be scared? JAustenwannabe Presents: The Key to Everything by Alex Kimmell.
The Key to
Everything
by Alex
Kimmell
Cracked and
weathered binding, hiding mysteries on pages tied closed by a bloodstained
string. A happy young family enchanted by dreams and
possibilities. A barren, empty room. A boy with no
friends obsessively drawing angles, edges and diagrams.
In his debut
novel, Alex Kimmell captures a vivid and startling tale of fear.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-59954298150565715662012-05-27T12:30:00.000-04:002012-05-27T12:30:57.162-04:00JAustenwannabe Presents: Michelle Birbeck, author of The Last KeeperIt’s been a month of firsts for me this
May, the biggest of which being that The Last Keeper was released. I’ve had a
short story published before, and a couple of pieces in ebooks for charity, but
The Last Keeper was the big one. My first novel.
After four years in the making, there’s no
surprise in knowing that I’m still smiling. No shock, either, that I will be
for a while. And it keeps Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-32946911841395893722012-05-06T20:52:00.000-04:002012-05-06T20:52:20.314-04:00Guest Blogger: Tess Hardwick, co-author of Write for the Fight: A Collection of Seasonal EssaysI'm thrilled to host author Tess Hardwick, co-author of Write for the Fight: A Collection of Seasonal Essays. Below, Tess shares an excerpt from one of her favorite essays in Write for the Fight.
I discovered my
co-author Tracey Hansen the old-fashioned way – on Twitter. Her writing is laugh out loud funny but also
speaks of universal truths in a way that only great humorists can Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-18173320579245383172012-03-16T16:51:00.000-04:002012-07-02T18:41:58.384-04:00JAustenwannabe Reviews: Marni Mann's, Memoirs Aren't Fairytales: A Story of AddictionIf you read no other book this year, you must read this one. Told in first person, you'll see the downward spiral of Nicole, a promising young woman from a loving family as she falls into the abyss that are drugs.
You'll see her in your mind's eye, as clear as if she were your own sister. You'll put yourself in her parent's shoes and feel their heartbreak, and you'll cry--but you'll come Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289169902582690868.post-66014280423362068402012-02-14T18:13:00.000-05:002012-02-14T18:13:26.146-05:00Public Domain Works of Fiction: A Question of EthicsI recently started reading a book that required usage of another author's writing. This book used actual text and dialogue from a well known classic--because this was to be from the hero vs heroine's point of view. Fine, no problem so far.
Time after time, the exact words and/or dialogue from the original book were used. Again, this was necessary since it was basically the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03201253760335983590noreply@blogger.com0