Wedding Ring “Quilt Along With” Giveaway

I love the approach of a book launch, even when the book was well and truly launched almost nine years ago. Now Wedding Ring, the first book of the Shenandoah Album series, is about to be re-launched on March 26th,  in a new format and with a brand new cover. Recently I blogged about the way…

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Emilie Richards’ Classics

As most of you know, I began my writing career in the romance genre and published dozens of romances before I realized I was writing about many things other than romance that I wanted to explore in more depth. Slowly, without realizing it, I had moved into a broader “genre,” women’s fiction, which encompasses all…

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Catch-Up or This and That

In my quest to tie up knots and organize my in-transition life, lots of odds and ends today. We found a house!  The house has passed inspection.  So even though we haven’t signed the final check and moved our stuff from storage in Maryland, (that’s where the mover stowed our accumulated junk) things are looking…

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Reader Mail with a Little This and That

Seems to me it’s time to answer a few of the questions I’ve received in my email in recent weeks. Everyone gets personal responses, of course–and yes, that’s really me answering them–but some of the answers might interest the rest of you, too. 1–I just read One Mountain Away, and I loved the book, but…

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The Conversation Concludes: Diane and Emilie

Diane Chamberlain and I have been chatting back and forth for the past two weeks, covering subjects like how to present “unsympathetic” characters sympathetically, character growth and change, whether characters become real to us, and more. If you missed the previous posts, you can scroll down here for my portions, and visit Diane’s blog, as…

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The Conversation Continues: Emilie And Diane

Today the fun is definitely at Diane Chamberlain’s blog as Diane and I continue our conversation about “difficult” characters, choices we make as writers, and other writing topics.  Friday the conversation returns to my blog for (most likely) the final salvo.  So scoot over to Diane’s blog today for the newest scoop. And don’t forget!…

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Manuscript Miracles

I’m in the final stages of Somewhere Between Luck and Trust, the second in my Goddesses Anonymous series.  Can those of you who’ve just read One Mountain Away guess the major character in this one?  She was introduced in the first book, and we’ve traveled another winding road to the end of this novel.  But…

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One Mountain Away: The Book Trailer

I’m so delighted to be able to share the new video my son created so that I could introduce my readers to One Mountain Away. Several months ago we played with ideas and got as far as filming, but the script was much too long.  So I reworked it, and Galen produced this to go…

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Fiction Friday: Final Excerpt of One Mountain Away,

Tuning in late? Since Friday, July 6th I’ve had the pleasure of sharing the beginning of One Mountain Away here at my blog.  Today the excerpts conclude because the novel is now at your favorite bookstore and you can read the entire novel.  Hurray!  You can still see prior excerpts by clicking on Goddess Anonymous under Categories at the…

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