Rainbow’s End released May 1, 2012. Please check back often to see where I’m appearing next, and leave some comment love. I promise no two sites will have the exact same information! May 17: At Living Out Loud with Jennifer Slattery Devotional: X Marks the Spot May 16: At Romancing America Geocaching Tutorial May 16:…
Valerie Comer
Inspirational Romance Author & Local Food Advocate
Review: Beneath the Surface by Annalisa Daughety
The second novella in Rainbow’s End is “Beneath the Surface” by Annalisa Daughety. Madison Wallace grew up in the small town of Roach, Missouri, and has only been back once since she left twelve years ago. When she gets laid off from her marketing job in Atlanta, her sister, all excited at the prospect of…
Recipe: Cara’s Fettucine
Cara Putman‘s character Reagan is so busy watching her back she doesn’t have much time to cook in her Rainbow’s End feature novella, “Love’s Prize.” Still, this is her kind of recipe. For the month of May, Monday “Recipe Bites” is featuring recipes from Rainbow’s End as found in the e-recipe-book Novel Morsels, which was…
10 Tips for Hosting a Twitter Party
On May 1, the release day for Rainbow’s End, my coauthors and I hosted a Twitter Party for one hour in the evening, which generated a fair amount of buzz. If you’re thinking about having one, here are some things to keep in mind: 1. Give a lot of buzz ahead of time. We tweeted…
Review: Topaz Treasure by Valerie Comer
The first novella in Rainbow’s End is “Topaz Treasure” by me, Valerie Comer. While I wanted to spend most of May talking about the newly released Rainbow’s End on my blog, it just didn’t seem right to review my own novella, so I asked my friend and co-author Nicole O’Dell to submit a guest review….
Recipe: Sizzling Asparagus
You know how they say you shouldn’t go grocery shopping hungry? Sometimes it’s just as bad to read a book when you’re hungry. What those characters are fixing for dinner sounds so yummy! For the month of May, Monday “Recipe Bites” is featuring recipes from Rainbow’s End as found in the e-recipe-book Novel Morsels, which…
Just Keep Swimming
By Lynette Bonner Do you remember the song from Finding Nemo that Dory-the-crazy-blue-fish kept singing? Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming… Yeah, publicity is a lot like that. You just need to keep at it. Sometimes you will feel like you are the only fish swimming upstream, while everyone else is swimming…
Review: A Bride’s Dilemma in Friendship, Tennessee by Diana Lesire Brandmeyer
On the heels of the Civil War, a dying man gave Doctor Travis Logan the deed to his Tennessee farm. The man’s brain must have been a bit addled, because he also offered Travis Heaven and Angel. Life is tough in Tennessee as the war closes, and Heaven Wharton has her hands full keeping marauders…
Twitter Party for Rainbow’s End
Everyone loves a party, especially one with fun gifts! Come join my co-authors and I this evening on Twitter for a party to celebrate the launch of Rainbow’s End. What? A Twitter Party! When? TODAY from 9-10 pm Eastern Where do I go? Twitter: Search and follow the hashtag** #RainbowsEnd How can I participate? Ask…
Food Preservation: Pickling
Pickling is a great way to preserve local food for year-round consumption. We’re in the midst of a series about food preservation here on the blog. We’ve taken an overview of freezing, dehydrating, hot water bath canning and pressure canning. The basic concept of pickling is that the preservation is done via salt. Salt replaces…
Author Newsletters: Sharon Hinck and Vertical Response
About Your Service Which newsletter service do you use? Vertical Response How long have you been using this service? Since I was preparing for my first novel’s release in 2006 (so about 6 years) Are you a convert from another service and, if so, why? Nope. I changed from individually emailing my friends to using…
