Archive for June 2021
An Interview with Debbie Babitt
Debut novelist Debbie Babitt, part of the 2021 Debuts group, is thrilled to see her novel, Saving Grace, on the bookstore shelves. In fact, in a recent exchange via email, she wrote that she’d been “having a ball signing books all over. A dream come true!” That dream come true has garnered a lot of…
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2021 Debuts author Shawn Nocher is a person I hope to meet someday. She grew up with a mother who loved books (and passed on that love of reading); she adores animals; and she writes about families and the emotional moments, big and small, that surround them. In fact, her debut novel, A Hand to…
Read MoreAn Interview with Elizabeth de Veer
2021 Debuts author Elizabeth de Veer is the picture of perseverance. Like many authors, it took her a while to get to the point of publishing her debut novel. In fact, the subtitle of one of her blogs is “And how did I manage to stay with [writing] for 18 years before getting published?” I…
Read MoreAn Interview with India Holton
2021 Debut author India Holton and her book are getting a lot of attention. Her debut novel, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels, has garnered excellent reviews, with The New York Times Book Review saying, “The kind of book for which the word ‘rollicking’ was invented. Holton is having as much fun as the English…
Read MoreVacation Days
Vacation. She smiled when she said the word out loud. Uttered it again into the breeze, tasting the word as it floated back in her direction. Vacation. So much potential in one eight-letter word. Ice cream. Sand. Taffy. Long walks up the hills and down again. Bullfrogs at the pond. Grilling on the patio and…
Read MoreAn Interview with Mary Camarillo
Like many of the authors I speak with, 2021 Debuts author Mary Camarillo is one I’d love to meet in person. Her author photo is inviting, her own backstory is varied, and her debut novel, The Lockhart Women, features all three points of view of fascinating women (plus I love her short stories and essays).…
Read MoreAn Interview with Frank M. Oliva
Being a part of the 2021 Debuts group has allowed me to meet so many new authors. One of those is Frank M. Oliva, an author out of Long Island, New York, whose debut novel, Walking Among the Trees, launches on June 22. The book has been described as “a gripping journey through past sins…
Read MoreCelebrating Women’s Fiction Day!
UPDATE! Sally S. and Jennifer S. are winners! I’ll contact them via email. Thanks for participating! Welcome to Women’s Fiction Day! In 2019, the Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA) established the day “to celebrate the authors, stories, readers, bookstores, and fans of the women’s fiction genre.” I’m a grateful member of WFWA, and I am…
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I’m a sucker for a good love story, so when I had the chance to read fellow 2021 Debuts author Casey Dembowski‘s When We’re Thirty, I jumped at the chance and fell in love with the story and Casey’s characters. And I’m not the only one. Meredith Schorr wrote, “This delightful contemporary romance stole my…
Read MoreTemperature Gauge
My husband is a hugger. (I’ve known this since I met him.) I am not a hugger, though with my children, I am. Those children seem to be the exception, and what I’ve noticed over the last several years especially—as I approach menopause and all the delights that go with it—is that I have very…
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