Can you handle it? By Kimmie Easley

Holy sunshine, Batman! 

Living in Texas can be a real hit or miss when it comes to weather, but I actually considered building an ark for a while there. Rain is a beautiful thing, but even it should be in moderation. Needless to say, my muse felt stifled, but NO LONGER ...

With the sunshine comes inspiration! 

The muse is alive and well. And it's a good thing because there are a lot of amazing things in store this year. My publishing schedule is already filling up for 2016 as well. Exciting!


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Tasting Boxed Set on Amazon

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Details, Details, Details

By Sandra Nachlinger

We’ve all heard “God is in the details,” and I believe that’s particularly true for writers.  Descriptions are so much more interesting when specifics are used, rather than broad general terms. For example:

BORING: His blue eyes were cold.

The description Joan Reeves writes in APRIL FOOL BRIDE says so much more. 

     Jake’s eyes had always made her think of the deepest part of the ocean. They still reminded her of the ocean. The one around Antarctica. No warmth or friendliness shone in their dark blue depths.

HO-HUM: He propped his feet on her desk.

In TASTING TEXAS, Kimmie Easley's description lets us know just how big Wren's feet are! 

     Wren took the smile as an invite as he slunk down in a chair across from her desk and propped his size fourteens up on a stack of invoices.

BLAH: Her hair was a mess.

Elly’s appearance in BLUEBONNETS FOR ELLY isn't exactly what she wished it had been when Derek dropped by. 

     She wore not a smidgen of makeup, not even lipstick. She’d pulled her hair back into a ponytail and tied it with a shoelace hours before, and she knew it probably stuck out like a bouquet of thistles by now.

I hope you enjoyed the examples I’ve given here and will find more details to enjoy in the next book you read (or write!)

Find these books on Amazon and from other booksellers:
APRIL FOOL BRIDE (All Brides Are Beautiful Book 1) by Joan Reeves
TASTING TEXAS (The Tasting Series Book 1) by Kimmie Easley
BLUEBONNETS FOR ELLY by Sandra Nachlinger

Valentine's Day Confessions by Kimmie Easley

Hello, February and the time of candy hearts, roses and plush stuffed animals. Yes, I'm a sucker for love. I'm a romance author, after all! So I wanted to share with you a few of my Valentine's Day confessions. 

Confession #1: I bought myself a heart shaped box of chocolate (yes, I know it's still January) to indulge in while I hunker down in my writing cave to meet impending deadlines. 

Confession #2: A good love poem stirs my soul.

Love is More Thicker Than Forget 

By: E.E. Cummings

love is more thicker than forget

more thinner than recall

more seldom than a wave is wet

more frequent than to fail

it is most mad and moonly

and less it shall unbe

than all the sea which only

is deeper than the sea

love is less always than to win

less never than alive

less bigger than the least begin

less littler than forgive

it is most sane and sunly

and more it cannot die

than all the sky which only

is higher than the sky

E.E. Cummings, “[love is more thicker than forget]” from Complete Poems 1904-1962, edited by George J. Firmage. Copyright 1926, 1954, 1991 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings Trust. Copyright © 1985 by George James Firmage. Reprinted with the permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.

Source: Poetry (January 1939).

Confession #3: I collect old, vintage Valentine's Day cards. 

Confession #4: My ideal date with the hubs is a chilled bottle of wine, or cold beer on the front porch while watching the sun fade and listening to classic country on the radio. 

Confession #5: A gal's first Valentine should always be her daddy.