Several years ago, about 7, I think, Sherry (Shara) Jones, said the words, "Continuity series" to me, and that was the jump off point for creating Momma, Pops, the dinner, Sissy Hobart, Sissy Peters, the diner and the town of Glen Meadow. We drew Meg Allison in, and off we went.
And what a world we created! Working in tandem to keep our timelines straight and weaving our stories together, yet writing them to stand alone, too, was quite an experience. It is my favorite writing experience by far.
Janie (formerly *Learning to Trust*) received excellent reviews all those many years ago, and you can read them HERE.
Cindi (Formerly *Lessons in Love*) also received excellent reviews. HERE.
Second Chances (Formerly *Learning to Live*), by Meg Allison...yep, you guessed it. Excellent reviews. HERE. PURCHASE.
Janie and Cindi can be found in the newly released Pops' Girls: An Anthology. Sherry/Shara and I are thrilled that these stories are available again. We hope you enjoy reading these tales as much as we enjoyed writing them.
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Return to Glen Meadow
Welcome to Glen Meadow, where the neighbors know everything
about you from your love life to your vegetable eating habits. Fall in love with
this close-knit town where love blossoms and the peach cobbler is served warm.
Follow Janie and Myles, and Cindi and Steve as they fall in love.
Janie by Laura Hamby...Janie Lowell is a woman on the run from a violent past. Fear kept her on the move, but her move to Glen Meadow gives her that elusive something she's been looking for, without really realizing that she wasn't running away from something, but rather she was running to love and safety...And a special someone - Myles Channing.
Cindi by Shara Jones...Providing math and baseball instructions to Ryan keeps Steve Richland in sexy Cindi's playing field, but will it keep him from leaving Glen Meadow and surrendering his freedom for fatherhood? Struggling waitress, Cindi Petroneli will do anything to help her brother--including reluctantly hiring, Steve Richland as his tutor. Can she resist when her resolve is tested by the sexy-as-sin professor and his lessons in love?
Janie by Laura Hamby...Janie Lowell is a woman on the run from a violent past. Fear kept her on the move, but her move to Glen Meadow gives her that elusive something she's been looking for, without really realizing that she wasn't running away from something, but rather she was running to love and safety...And a special someone - Myles Channing.
Cindi by Shara Jones...Providing math and baseball instructions to Ryan keeps Steve Richland in sexy Cindi's playing field, but will it keep him from leaving Glen Meadow and surrendering his freedom for fatherhood? Struggling waitress, Cindi Petroneli will do anything to help her brother--including reluctantly hiring, Steve Richland as his tutor. Can she resist when her resolve is tested by the sexy-as-sin professor and his lessons in love?
Available NOW on Smashwords and Amazon.
And, coming as soon as I can get it formatted and published, another Shara Jones/Laura Hamby Pops' Girls anthology, this one is our novellas, previously published with Meg Allison's contribution, in an anthology, WITH some fun extras like recipes and some historical flashback story pieces.
The town of Glen Meadow is named after one of our mother-in-law's streets. (We're going to be coy, and for privacy reasons, not say WHICH of the 3 Pops' Girls authors MIL, but it's still a fun fact.)
I, me, Laura, am the one who conned...er...got Shara and Meg involved.
None of us can believe it's been 7 years since we wrote this continuity series.
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(Pardon me a moment, while I get over the "7 years" part...)
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Okay. Deep breath.
Here's a link to Meg Allison's Second Chances...The 3rd novel in the Pops' Girls series, on Amazon.
Our three novels are intertwined, but they all stand alone as novels. You don't *have* to read all three, but my question is, why wouldn't you? Glen Meadow rocks.
Shhhhh...I have in my files, a half-finished Pops' Girls novel...and I'd like to finish it and publish it. That's not the secret part. The secret part is that I'm going to see if I can't con...er...gently persuade (Yeah! That's it!) Shara/Sherry, my BFFITWW to write another one, too, so we can do another Pops' Girls anthology. Mebbe I'll work on Meg, too. Hehe.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
So Much Going On
With the holidays, kids and school and my job search, it, of course, seemed like the natural time to jump into the pool and self-publish. If that wasn't enough, it occurred to me I could reissue my out of print backlist.
I have been working on It's All Greek to Me since MONDAY. Ack. I had to copy/paste it to my email, remove the paragraph spacing (took the whole day), then recopy/paste to a new document (to remove extra formatting) and yep...work on the spacing again. That took another whole day. LOL. I've been updating the story, it is, after all, 6 years old and I mentioned answering machines! Hehe. The storyline itself isn't changing. Just adding details and bringing it further into the 21st century. I'm about 1/3 of the way finished.
So, into that project (with a new novel to format and publish just waiting in the wings), I had the brilliant idea to reissue my Blue Plate Special: Pops' Girls novels. It's a continuity series I wrote with my bestie Sherry (writing as Shara Jones), and another good friend, Meg Allison what, 4-5 years ago. We each wrote a stand alone, then contributed to an anthology. Meg's reissued her contributions: Second Chances and Accidentally in Love (see her webbie, I have too many windows open on my browser at the moment...eek!), and now, I've bamboozled Sherry/Shara into reissuing hers. (Allow me to pause for a moment to laugh like an evil loonybird.) We're going to issue 2 anthologies, Sherry/Shara 'n' me...one with our two standalones, retitled (Meg retitled hers, too) simply Janie (mine) and Cindi (Sherry/Shara's), and our two novellas from the original Pops' Girls anthology.
THEN, if that weren't enough, I said to Sherry, "I'm going to also reissue Cupid on a Mission. Mebbe we could do a Valentine's anthology with a couple of novellas, and use Cupid again." Sherry said, "How long?" This morning, I realized I now hafta write a novella for this project. Bwahahahahahaha. Outsmarted myself there.
Sherry and I also have some Brides themed novellas and spooky themed novellas. Yes, the possibilities are endless.
I'm just thrilled I bamboozled Sherry back into The Game again.
Okay, so why am I blogging when I have a webbie to update, a novel to finish updating/formatting, novellas and novels to write, books to publish...?
PS...For authors looking for (at the moment) free promo, I've created a new website: Books! Books! Books! in the hopes of attracting readers to their favorite, as well as, new authors.
Now I'm really leaving.
I have been working on It's All Greek to Me since MONDAY. Ack. I had to copy/paste it to my email, remove the paragraph spacing (took the whole day), then recopy/paste to a new document (to remove extra formatting) and yep...work on the spacing again. That took another whole day. LOL. I've been updating the story, it is, after all, 6 years old and I mentioned answering machines! Hehe. The storyline itself isn't changing. Just adding details and bringing it further into the 21st century. I'm about 1/3 of the way finished.
So, into that project (with a new novel to format and publish just waiting in the wings), I had the brilliant idea to reissue my Blue Plate Special: Pops' Girls novels. It's a continuity series I wrote with my bestie Sherry (writing as Shara Jones), and another good friend, Meg Allison what, 4-5 years ago. We each wrote a stand alone, then contributed to an anthology. Meg's reissued her contributions: Second Chances and Accidentally in Love (see her webbie, I have too many windows open on my browser at the moment...eek!), and now, I've bamboozled Sherry/Shara into reissuing hers. (Allow me to pause for a moment to laugh like an evil loonybird.) We're going to issue 2 anthologies, Sherry/Shara 'n' me...one with our two standalones, retitled (Meg retitled hers, too) simply Janie (mine) and Cindi (Sherry/Shara's), and our two novellas from the original Pops' Girls anthology.
THEN, if that weren't enough, I said to Sherry, "I'm going to also reissue Cupid on a Mission. Mebbe we could do a Valentine's anthology with a couple of novellas, and use Cupid again." Sherry said, "How long?" This morning, I realized I now hafta write a novella for this project. Bwahahahahahaha. Outsmarted myself there.
Sherry and I also have some Brides themed novellas and spooky themed novellas. Yes, the possibilities are endless.
I'm just thrilled I bamboozled Sherry back into The Game again.
Okay, so why am I blogging when I have a webbie to update, a novel to finish updating/formatting, novellas and novels to write, books to publish...?
PS...For authors looking for (at the moment) free promo, I've created a new website: Books! Books! Books! in the hopes of attracting readers to their favorite, as well as, new authors.
Now I'm really leaving.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Now Available!!!
Now Available at Smashwords
A Christmas anthology including 2 new novellas - Unexpected Christmas Gift and The Greatest Gift of All, and a reprint of one of my favorite novellas that had been previously published with By Grace - Christmas Grace.
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While you're there at Smashwords, check out these titles!
Fae Heath wants to be on TV, but not just any show. She wants to be on Ghost UK. She intends to win the contest to find the next presenter. Tall, slim and blonde and access to a haunted Welsh Castle on Halloween – how can she fail?
Four short chills designed to keep you company on a long, dark night:
- A husband comes home to his wife -- after his fatal car accident.
- A werewolf hopes he's finally found the woman who won't bring out the beast in him.
- She's stranded alone in the desert. Night is falling. Is something out there moving?
- A young girl bids a last goodbye to the film star who made her love being afraid.
- A husband comes home to his wife -- after his fatal car accident.
- A werewolf hopes he's finally found the woman who won't bring out the beast in him.
- She's stranded alone in the desert. Night is falling. Is something out there moving?
- A young girl bids a last goodbye to the film star who made her love being afraid.
Even the strongest spirits can break.
Weary of his solitary life, Gabriel Bonét sets out one night in search of peace. Instead he finds a reason to live. When he rescues Beth Murphy and heals her wounds, he unlocks the mental gateway she’s erected to stifle her empathic abilities. Her gift puts her on the same wavelength with a brutal killer who stalks their quiet mountain town.
Being thrown into Gabriel's arms, Beth believes her lifetime of bad luck is about to change. But she gets much more than she bargained for: The man she’s been lusting after is a man with secrets. Will she be able to accept the unbelievable before it’s too late?
*Warning: This title contains an unlucky heroine; a hero with a failed God-complex; murder; mayhem; and plenty of sultry lovin'.
Weary of his solitary life, Gabriel Bonét sets out one night in search of peace. Instead he finds a reason to live. When he rescues Beth Murphy and heals her wounds, he unlocks the mental gateway she’s erected to stifle her empathic abilities. Her gift puts her on the same wavelength with a brutal killer who stalks their quiet mountain town.
Being thrown into Gabriel's arms, Beth believes her lifetime of bad luck is about to change. But she gets much more than she bargained for: The man she’s been lusting after is a man with secrets. Will she be able to accept the unbelievable before it’s too late?
*Warning: This title contains an unlucky heroine; a hero with a failed God-complex; murder; mayhem; and plenty of sultry lovin'.
Monday, September 03, 2012
Review!
It was my pleasure to read Meg Allison's Broken, available from Smashwords this weekend. What a wonderful way to spend a day, curled up on the couch with a good read.
Even the strongest spirits can break.
Weary of his solitary life, Gabriel Bonét sets out one night in search of peace. Instead he finds a reason to live. When he rescues Beth Murphy and heals her wounds, he unlocks the mental gateway she’s erected to stifle her empathic abilities. Her gift puts her on the same wavelength with a brutal killer who stalks their quiet mountain town.
Being thrown into Gabriel's arms, Beth believes her lifetime of bad luck is about to change. But she gets much more than she bargained for: The man she’s been lusting after is a man with secrets. Will she be able to accept the unbelievable before it’s too late?
*Warning: This title contains an unlucky heroine; a hero with a failed God-complex; murder; mayhem; and plenty of sultry lovin'.
If ever there were two people who needed a bit of luck in their lives, it's Gabriel and Beth. When the Universe conspires to get these two together, it also cruelly conspires to keep them apart. "Can't win for losing" could be their motto. Despite all life throws at these two, they do manage to overcome and find the love they both have been looking for.
Broken is a paranormal romance, with a bit of intrigue, by Meg Allison, part of her wonderful Sentinals series, and I sure hope there's more to come because I'd sure love to see her Sentinals universe developed and explored to a greater extent. Well worth spending the afternoon, curled up on your couch with your ebook reader.
G'wan. You know you wanna read it.
Even the strongest spirits can break.
Weary of his solitary life, Gabriel Bonét sets out one night in search of peace. Instead he finds a reason to live. When he rescues Beth Murphy and heals her wounds, he unlocks the mental gateway she’s erected to stifle her empathic abilities. Her gift puts her on the same wavelength with a brutal killer who stalks their quiet mountain town.
Being thrown into Gabriel's arms, Beth believes her lifetime of bad luck is about to change. But she gets much more than she bargained for: The man she’s been lusting after is a man with secrets. Will she be able to accept the unbelievable before it’s too late?
*Warning: This title contains an unlucky heroine; a hero with a failed God-complex; murder; mayhem; and plenty of sultry lovin'.
If ever there were two people who needed a bit of luck in their lives, it's Gabriel and Beth. When the Universe conspires to get these two together, it also cruelly conspires to keep them apart. "Can't win for losing" could be their motto. Despite all life throws at these two, they do manage to overcome and find the love they both have been looking for.
Broken is a paranormal romance, with a bit of intrigue, by Meg Allison, part of her wonderful Sentinals series, and I sure hope there's more to come because I'd sure love to see her Sentinals universe developed and explored to a greater extent. Well worth spending the afternoon, curled up on your couch with your ebook reader.
G'wan. You know you wanna read it.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Banging Drums for Friends
If you haven't read Nell Dixon, why not? She's got a terrific voice and tells the most awesome stories. Check out this review for her latest novel, Renovation, Renovation, Renovation, then click the buy button here to get your very own copy.
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Check out the super-talented Meg Allison HERE.
Check out the awesome Kate Rothwell HERE.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Second Chances, By Meg Allison
Years ago, I had the fun privilege of creating a series with Meg Allison and Sherry Jones. All the books we wrote were intertwined, BUT, also stand alone.
Second Chances
©2011 Meg Allison
A Blue Plate Special – Pops’ Girls novel
(Originally published as: Learning to Live; story has been edited and revised.)
Cost: $1.99 USD
Katie Marie Morrison hides behind a flirtatious mask as she serves burgers and peach cobbler at Pops' Dinner. Her bright smile and sarcastic wit hides the devastating knowledge she was just a one-night-stand for the one man she ever loved.
Jeff McAlester, her only lover, returns home for good. But timing is everything and it's Katie who's now ready to leave. Despite their rekindled love, she doesn't want to stay. Can Jeff, the man with bluer-than-blue eyes and highly-charged kisses, help Katie learn to live a little ... the old fashioned way with a white picket fence and Happily Ever After?
PURCHASE LINKS
Kindle
NOOK
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CHAPTER ONE
The high-pitched trill of the alarm clock jerked Katie Morrison from her dream. Such a good dream, too, with a leading man that gave handsome a whole new definition.
Eyes squeezed shut, she could still see his dark hair and sparkling blue eyes. She fancied she could even remember the deep, sexy voice that would melt butter at twenty paces.
If only such a man were real. But even if he did exist, he wouldn’t be in Glen Meadow … and he wouldn’t give Katie a second glance. Been there, done that, had the Old Maids Don’t Do It tee-shirt as proof, thanks to a friend’s gag gift on her thirtieth birthday. Little did they know how close it was to the truth.
With a groan, Katie pulled the pillow over her head to drown out the bell as it wound down. Just one more minute and he would have kissed her—a searing curl-your-toes kind of kiss. But it never got to that point before the alarm went off.
No matter how hard she tried to go back to sleep, the dream wouldn’t return. It never did. With a sigh, she tossed the pillow on the floor and swung her legs out from beneath the covers.
About Meg
I’m a wife, mom to five amazing kids, and a hopeful romantic. Life is never exciting as my stories, but I like it that way.
A former reporter for a large daily newspaper, I find writing fiction helps me maintain a somewhat healthy level of sanity … except when there’s a deadline.
Visit Meg Online
Also check out these titles by Meg Allison, while you're at it.
Dream Walk
Romancing Jenny
Second Chances
©2011 Meg Allison
A Blue Plate Special – Pops’ Girls novel
(Originally published as: Learning to Live; story has been edited and revised.)
Cost: $1.99 USD
Katie Marie Morrison hides behind a flirtatious mask as she serves burgers and peach cobbler at Pops' Dinner. Her bright smile and sarcastic wit hides the devastating knowledge she was just a one-night-stand for the one man she ever loved.
Jeff McAlester, her only lover, returns home for good. But timing is everything and it's Katie who's now ready to leave. Despite their rekindled love, she doesn't want to stay. Can Jeff, the man with bluer-than-blue eyes and highly-charged kisses, help Katie learn to live a little ... the old fashioned way with a white picket fence and Happily Ever After?
Kindle
NOOK
Smashwords
The high-pitched trill of the alarm clock jerked Katie Morrison from her dream. Such a good dream, too, with a leading man that gave handsome a whole new definition.
Eyes squeezed shut, she could still see his dark hair and sparkling blue eyes. She fancied she could even remember the deep, sexy voice that would melt butter at twenty paces.
If only such a man were real. But even if he did exist, he wouldn’t be in Glen Meadow … and he wouldn’t give Katie a second glance. Been there, done that, had the Old Maids Don’t Do It tee-shirt as proof, thanks to a friend’s gag gift on her thirtieth birthday. Little did they know how close it was to the truth.
With a groan, Katie pulled the pillow over her head to drown out the bell as it wound down. Just one more minute and he would have kissed her—a searing curl-your-toes kind of kiss. But it never got to that point before the alarm went off.
No matter how hard she tried to go back to sleep, the dream wouldn’t return. It never did. With a sigh, she tossed the pillow on the floor and swung her legs out from beneath the covers.
I’m a wife, mom to five amazing kids, and a hopeful romantic. Life is never exciting as my stories, but I like it that way.
A former reporter for a large daily newspaper, I find writing fiction helps me maintain a somewhat healthy level of sanity … except when there’s a deadline.
Also check out these titles by Meg Allison, while you're at it.
Dream Walk
Romancing Jenny
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