Melissa Maygrove

I have big news. HUGE NEWS! Today is STUFF YOUR E-READER day! ( Actually today & the next two days, because the promo broke Amazon last time .) Hundreds of authors have come together for this event.   Over 2,400 books are FREE to anyone who wants them.  Yes, you read that right. 2,400+ books . All books are either romance or have a romantic element. All new! No duplicates! None have EVER been featured in this promo before. There's a large variety of categories and a range of heat levels. The books are also grouped by author type, such as authors with disabilities, in case you wish to show your support. These books are genuinely free , not just free in Kindle Unlimited, so they won't count toward your KU limit. ( Check the price before clicking 'buy,' because glitches happen .) No Kindle? No problem. Many are available from other retailers. (You can also get the Kindle reading app for other devices.) Each book is listed with a brief story description and keywords ...

Whew. I'm glad to be posting good news for a change. And as good news goes, this is AWESOME! Carrie Butler has a new book coming in December. To keep all of us in pee-dancing, drooling anticipation , she's revealing the cover and the trailer.  Prepare to be blown away...

Pioneer Hearts , a Facebook group dedicated to western romance, is hosting a month-long Christmas event. Each day, a couple of us authors are posting an excerpt or custom-written scene, along with a recipe and a chance for commenters to win a prize. Not me. I'm going to be different. (C'mon. You could at least act surprised. :P) I couldn't come up with a by-the-seat-of-my-pants scene, and Christmas was not a good time for my characters, so I decided to post some real historical romance instead.

Blog button designed by Carrie Butler The purpose of this blogfest is to meet other writers and build our platforms. It runs thru Friday. There's still time to sign up. :) Fiction or nonfiction? 99.9% Fiction What genres do you write?

I'm super excited to have author Cally Jackson on the blog today. Cally was here a short time ago for a cover reveal , and now she's back with an interview to announce the release of her debut novel, The Big Smoke .  Congratulations, Cally!  *cue balloons & streamers* Cally's a real sweetheart, and I enjoy hosting her despite the fact her regional spellings give my word processor fits. :P First a refresher of the cover and blurb...  

I was tagged (Again!) by Carrie Butler , this time for The Magic 8 Ball Meme — a meme started by Jaycee DeLorenzo, the creator of the wildly popular Lucky 7.  Carrie and Jaycee are two of seven awesome ladies who run NA Alley , a blog that's all about the flourishing New Adult genre .   In short, here are the rules: 1. Post the button and link to http://blog.jayceedelorenzo.com (following would be nice, but not required).   Done & done. 2.  Share an excerpt from your current WIP, perhaps something you're struggling with, are stuck on, or just can't "get right."  

Rules: Post a picture of your hero with a character interview that has at least 5 questions. Then hop around to get to know all the participants' swoon-worthy heroes! I wasn't sure which character I wanted to use. The hero of my first two manuscripts I know very well, but my third manuscript is the one I'll likely debut with sooo, even though I don't know that hero as well, I decided to interview both.  Please bear with the almost-but-not-quite photographs. I got as close as I could, but you'll have to use your imagination a little.  My first hero (second to create, but first to interview) and the be-still-my-heart love interest in my current WIP, Come Back , is Seth Emerson . He's younger than this model, but just as handsome. His typical attire is light brown trousers, a cotton work shirt, boots, hat, and—in winter months—a worn, leather duster stretched across his broad shoulders. His horse's name is Cyrus, and his heroine's name is Rebecca. New Mexic...