Friends' Friday #7

Thanks everyone who follows Friends' Fridays! I hope you're TBR pile is growing rapidly!  Here are weeks One, Two, Three,  Four, Five  and Six in case you missed them.  Hope you find a new-to-you author this week!




Julie Cohen is such a sweetheart! Her books are funny, flirty, sexy and sweet...quite the combo!













I've known Cathy McDavid since I first started writing.  She's a dear friend, and a great writer!










I love the dog on this cover...by now you all know I adore dogs.  And speaking of adoring, Margaret Daley and her books are pretty adorable, too!







When I think about Beth Cornelison I think about laughter.  She's a sweet lady and a heck of a writer!
















Linda Warren is always a welcome sight at a conference...or online! And her books are always a welcome sight on a bookshelf!


That's it for this week!  If you're in the States, have a wonderful Labor Day weekend! If you're not...have a nice weekend, too!

Holly

Friends' Friday #6

Sorry I missed last week's Friends' Friday! We were in Blue Mountain, Ontario. I climbed the mountain...and survived.  It was a near thing! LOL  I got home and went to work cleaning up the sequel to Steamed: A Maid in LA Mystery, Dusted (I'm posting the cover here...I'm so jazzed with it!). Yes, Quincy Mac is back with another investigation and I'm having so much fun with this second book!  Thanks to everyone who's picked up a copy of Steamed and sent me a note, or posted a review!

So here we go...back to Friends' Fridays.  Here are weeks One, Two, Three,  Four and Five in case you missed them.  Hope you find a new-to-you author this week!





When I get together with Shirley Jump, there's always a lot of laughter.  She's a sweet lady and her books reflect that!












I had a chance to work with Winnie Griggs on a writing group's board. I'm not sure how she juggled work, her writing and the board's work, but she did it brilliantly.  She's such a talented, hardworking lady!








Talking about Judith Arnold is fun because her books rock, but talking to her is even more fun! And reading her books?? The most fun of all!









Jeannie Watt doesn't just write about cowboys and ranches, she lives in a Nevada ranching community.  She's definitely takes the writing advice, 'write what you know' to heart!








I wrote two Duets with Bonnie Tucker. Our stories were separate, but tied.  I can't tell you how much fun it was to work with a friend. I met Bonnie at my first writing conference and we've been friends ever since!

I hope you find a new-to-you author this week!  Thanks to everyone who's dropped me a note saying how much you're enjoying my Friends' Fridays.  I still have plenty of friends to go, so stay tuned!

Holly

Friends' Friday #5

Here we are...week five of Friends' Friday!  Here are weeks One, Two, Three and Four, in case you missed them.  Hope you find a new-to-you author this week!





Anna Destefano is a beautiful lady, inside and out!  She's been a friend for years...one of those friends I only get to see at conferences, but whenever we get together, it's like no time's passed since we last met!










Ruth Logan Hearn lives close enough that we've met in between us both in Buffalo.  If you're an aspiring romance writer in that area, check out WNRWA...they were sweet enough to have us down to talk.  We had so much fun!









Lori Wilde is part of that group of friends I met when I started writing for Duets.  She's a not only sweet, but one of the hardest working ladies I know!








             

I met Kim Van Meter because we both write for SuperRomance.  She is a lovely lady, and a true renaissance woman...she's designed my covers for my Maid in LA Mystery series!









 Carolyn Brown and I met because we were both writing for Avalon.  She is a sweet lady in every sense of the word.  I'm so lucky to have so many wonderful friends.  I just wish they lived closer!

I won't be posting a Friends' Friday next week, but I'll be back the week after!  We're thick in the middle of kitchen renovation here!  I'll be posting pictures on Facebook and Google+ if you want to see!

Holly

Friends' Friday #4

I'm glad you all are enjoying these posts!  For those who've missed the first three, they're here: One, Two and Three.  To recap, I put friends' names in a hat, and picked out groups of five.  So here's your fourth batch (wow, a month already).  Some I'm sure you've read, and maybe a few are new-to-you!  That's good...I love introducing my friends around!





Colleen Collins is a woman of many talents.  Not only is she a heck of a writer, she's a detective.  If you read my new book, Steamed: A Maid in LA Mystery, you saw Colleen's name.  Quincy's new teacher, Dick Macy used Colleen's (and Shaun Kaufman's) book, How to Write a Dick as his text.  They even gave him a quote!












I love talking to Cindi Myers about her projects.  She loves dogs and skiing, and when she built a house, I had so much fun following its progress.  Yeah, you all know I'm a renovation addict...so it was my kind of fun!








Gwyneth Atlee/Colleen Thompson.  You noted the two names.  Yeah, Colleen is one of my dual personality friends! But no matter what name she's using, she's a sweet lady and a heck of a writer!  I think of her whenever I have a margarita!







Now, if you've been following my Friends' Fridays, you met Kate Walker in week two.  Here's something you might not know. Kate, my friend, Donna Alward are my twins.  Three twins.  Three twins who are different ages and from different countries (I'm US, Donna's Canadian and Kate's English).  We spent a conference a few years ago trying to explain our three twinned-ness to other people.  Here's the thing, it doesn't matter they all gave us the you're-crazy looks.  We're writers, so we've all got that look before.  But when you find people who are kindred spirits, you claim them.  Donna is definitely that!





Jade Lee/Katherine Greyle is another dual personality friends. And she's also one of those friends who I know, within minutes of meeting up, will have me cracking up!  She also introduced me to Jim Butcher's books.  I think of her every time I read one of his Harry Dresden books (I should mention, I think of her whenever I read her books, too! LOL)  That's the mark of a good friend...they can figure out what you'll like and point you in the right direction.

I hope that's what these Friday posts are doing for all of you!

Holly