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What's Everyone Writing?
What book (or type of book) are you currently working on? Do you have ideas for future books?I’m presently working on two books and hoping to have them both finished by the end of the year. The first book is the second in the series of The Foundation. It’s a book about a trio of wealthy women dedicated to helping women in jeopardy. It’s a romantic suspense with a touch of woman’s fiction.Carly made it happen. She is the CEO.Nadia is the supermodel and makes the contacts and finds volunteers.Julie manages the finances and organizes the support system inkling transportation, vehicles, planes, and disguises and arranges fund raisers.From working with abused women in shelters they progress to moving women to safer shelters away from home and then into forming an organization that protects women. As the organization grows, they train volunteers to go out in teams to assist women in jeopardy.Their next team will be a paranormal team. to add another dimension to the organization. This is The Fourth Victim, Sara’s Story about a serial killer.Liability Wife, the one I’m presently working on is the second in the series and Lydia’s story. Her husband, who she is divorcing, has hired a serial killer. And Carly is in South America trying to rescue someone she cares about, who is on the list.I’m also working on The Hawkins’ Ranch series, book four, Escape - Gabe’s story. It’s a romantic Suspense.This one is about an abused wife. Amy has suffered abuse for years....
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Dee S. Knight Talks about her Book
Dee S. Knight hasn’t led a dull life, she’s led a lucky one. For instance, she was lucky enough to grow up in a military household where she got used to seeing lots of handsome men in uniform. Thus, at thirteen she was prepared when she met her future husband. He also grew up in a military family and then attended a military high school and college. Another handsome man in uniform—Yes! Lucky Dee!For the past forty+ years, as long-distance truckers, teachers, computer trainers and consultants, Dee and her hubby have experienced many of their dreams and happily lived the adventure they call their life. Wanderlust strikes often, but fortunately they consider anywhere they’re together, home.For excerpts, reviews and the newest on what’s happening in Dee’s world, please visit https://nomadauthors.com. And drop her a note at dsknight@deesknight.com.She’d love to hear from you.Only a Good Man Will Do: Seriously ambitious man seeks woman to encourage his goals, support his (hopeful) position as Headmaster of Westover Academy, and be purer than Caesar's wife. Good luck with that!Coming Home to finally being able to write about VietnamAre you a member of my generation? No, not Generation-X. I mean Generation-OTD (Older Than Dirt). If so, the Vietnam War was a definitive event in your life. The news bombarded you with it each night, you heard it debated in classrooms and saw anti-war protests—or maybe participated in them. I grew up in a military family, so I had a perspective of the war and politics...
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Check out Another Barbara White Daille's Books
Barbara White Daille lives with her husband in the sunny Southwest. Though they love the warm winters and the lizards in their front yard, they haven’t gotten used to the scorpions in the bathroom. Barbara also loves writing, reading, and chocolate. Come to think of it, she enjoys writing about those subjects, too! Barbara wrote her first short story at the age of nine, then typed "The End" to her first novel many years later...in the eighth grade. Now she's writing contemporary romance on a daily basis. Sign up for her newsletter to keep up with the latest in her writing life: https://barbarawhitedaille.com/newsletter. Hello, again! I’m glad to be back here for a visit. This time, I’m sharing a peek at The Cowboy’s Little Surprise, book one in the Hitching Post Hotel series. Book seven, The Rancher’s Family, debuts in September. The series features a matchmaking grandpa who wants to see his three granddaughters married and settled down—preferably within driving distance of his New Mexico ranch! The interview below is with the hero: Beverley: What’s your name?Cole: Cole Slater Beverley: Where did you grow up? Cole: Here in Cowboy Creek. Not on a ranch, unfortunately, but in a too-small house in town, one I couldn’t wait to leave. Beverley: During what time period does your story take place? Cole: Current day, after a long absence from Cowboy Creek. Beverley: What’s your story/back story? Why would someone come up with a story about you? Cole: Haven’t a clue. I wasn’t...
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More Good Summer Reads
Looking for some good summer reads?I posted my list a a week or so ago but here are some more books you might want to check out. The Kiss of Death Chapter of RWA holds the DAPHNE DU MAURIER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MYSTERY/SUSPENSE every year. The Published Division Finalists for 2019 are:CATEGORY (SERIES) ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSERancher's Covert Christmas by Beth Cornelison Colton and the Single Mom by Jane GodmanFederal Agent Under Fire by Julie Anne Lindsey The Sheriff'sSecret by Julie Anne Lindsey Secret Past by Sharee StoverHISTORICAL ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSEKiller Debt: A Michael Stoddard American Revolution Mystery by Suzanne AdairThe Duke Identity by Grace CallawayThe Naturalist's Daughter by Tea Cooper A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber The Good, the Bad, and the Duke by Janna MacGregorINSPIRATIONAL ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Darkwater Secrets by Robin Caroll Holiday Amnesia by Lynette Eason DeadlMelody by Connie Manny Cowboy Bodyguard by Dana Mentink Fatal Recall by Carol J. Post PARANORMAL (PTTF) ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSEHunt the Moon by Kari ColeTouch the Sky by Kari Cole Web of Truth by Cecilia Dominic Sinister Sanctuary: A Wicks Hollow Book by Colleen Gleason Demons Will Be Demons by AE Jones SINGLE TITLEROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Too Far Gone by Allison BrennanDo or Die Cowboy by June Faver Perfect Mistake by Sophia Karlson Silent Threat by Dana MartonThreat of Danger by Dana Marton Undone by JB SchroederMAINSTREAM MYSTERY/SUSPENSEAbandoned by Allison BrennanFor Sale by Killer by Catherine Bruns All the Pretty Brides by Marian LanouetteFormula of Deception by Carrie Stuart ParksPushback by John E. StithCheck them out, there’s...
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Gabbi Grey and Her Latest Novel
Gabbi Grey has written a lot of words and is now focusing on sharing them with the rest of the world. She writes contemporary, gay, and dark erotic BDSM romances. She believes in happy endings.2018 Character InterviewBeverley: What’s your name? Dodge: Dodge VasiliusBeverley: Where did you grow up? Dodge: I was born and have grown up in Vancouver Canada.Beverley: During what time period does your story take place? Dodge: This story happens in the humid heat of summer.Beverley: What’s your story/back story? Why would someone come up with a story about you? Dodge: I always thought I was kind of boring. Just an average guy. I’m an ironworker who works on the top of skyscrapers every day. I started the job right out of high school and I love it.Beverley: What’s your goal in this story? Dodge: To win Maxine Reeves’ love.Beverley: What conflicts are you facing? Dodge: Well, Max just recently broke up with my co-worker Garth. He ‘tapped’ her and she turfed him. I know Garth and I could never figure out why a classy lady like Maxine was doing with a jerk like him. Now I have to convince her that I’m not like him.Beverley: Do you have a plan for resolving them? Dodge: Well, showing up is a start. I’m going to check up on her to make sure she’s going to press charges against her abuser. Am I hoping she might let me in? A guy can hope.Beverley: Is there anything else you’d like us...
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July 4th History
The fourth of July also known as Independence Day is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States on July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies were no longer subject (and subordinate) to the monarch of Britain and were now united, free and independent states. After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally approving it two days later on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail:The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.Adams's prediction was off by two days. From the outset, Americans celebrated independence on July 4, the date shown on the much-publicized Declaration of Independence, rather than on July 2, the date the resolution of independence was approved in a closed session of Congress.Historians have...
