Deborah MacGillivray is raffling off editors for a great cause!!!

Listen up!!

Tired of submitting to slush piles and getting rejected before
the editors even see it?

Want a chance to get your book before a print editor???
Want a guaranteed that the editor actually reads it?
You don’t ever get that request for a FULL manuscript??

Well here is your chance!!

Win a chance to have your completed or nearly completed
manuscript read and receive a one page critique from

Hilary Sares
Kensington editor
(Debut, Brava, Approdisia lines)

YES!!!!

FIFTEEN people will win this amazing opportunity.

Yes, 15 people … Read the rest »

I hit double deadlines this month, with copy edits for ORM and then major revisions on GL. The edits are back with Kensington Publishing in New York, and I’m making serious progross on the historical revisions. Whew!

Our weather is crazy–mid October and I’m still wearing shorts. In Kansas that’s pretty much unheard of usually, but we’re have awfully mild weather.

I’m not complaining because I love the nice weather, but I’ve got to wonder how deep we’re into the global warming. This isn’t natural.… Read the rest »

Amy Knupp tagged me to do the 8 random facts about myself. BTW, she KNOWS I’m in the middle of copy edits of One Real Man. Gee, if she wasn’t such a good friend…

Okay, here’s the list.

1) My mom enrolled me in dance lessons when I was three, and I stuck with it until I graduated from high school. Ever since, when I hear music, I want to buggie.

2) When I was in high school, it was a toss-up what I wanted to be when I grew up (if I ever did). My lit teacher thought I … Read the rest »

…is posted on my website now. I really think it captures the feel of the book, and especially of Gil. 😉

Go take a look, and let me know what you think. … Read the rest »

If you’ve read ONE REAL COWBOY, you know Cord was a sucker for anything with apples in it. Since the apple season will be here soon, I thought I’d share the recipe for his favorite cookie. Enjoy!

Cord Tanner’s Favorite Cookies

Cream 1/2 cup softened butter or margarine and 1 cup packed brown sugar.

Add 2 eggs, 1/4 cup milk and beat well.

Stir into creamed mixture:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Stir in:
1-1/2 cups of chopped, peeled, cored apples (2 medium apples)
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts