Today I welcome my friend, author Lucy Naylor Kubash, to my blog. Lucy is the author of novels, short stories, and a pet column. (If you love pictures of cute cats and dogs, check out her Amazon Author Page.) Her latest book, The Haunting of Laurel Cove, released yesterday, and I been waiting a long time to read it!! Welcome, Lucy. Tell us about The Haunting of Laurel Cove. Blurb: Shattered dreams, family secrets, rekindled love. Which is the biggest threat to life and sanity to a broken woman trying to heal? When Jane Stuart returns to the Smoky Mountains Read More
Tag: ghosts
When I Can’t Write, I Read, Watch, and Listen
THE CAVANAUGH HOUSE Craving apple crisp and pumpkin spice anything? Must be fall and time for a good ghost story. You’re in luck. The Cavanaugh House is on sale for 99 cents through September 23. Order your copy today at Amazon. On a brisk morning walk with Rich, this happened. I blame the driver who waved us across the street but gave no indication of which way he was turning. Looking back to check if he was coming my way, I didn’t see the bump where the asphalt met the corner concrete gutter. Down I went. Isn’t falling interesting? As Read More
Celebrating Spring Fever with a Sale and a Giveaway
Happy Spring! Even though it was snowing yesterday, the air feels different—warmer, moister, kinder. Maybe it’s all in my head. Spring Fever for sure. Well, it makes me want to celebrate, so I’m giving away a swag bag with a copy of Buried Secrets, and I’m putting The Cavanaugh House on sale. I hope you’ll join in my celebration. I’d love for you to read my book or win my swag bag. The Cavanaugh House – only 99 cents on Amazon from March 25-31. Click to order your copy now! “This house held secrets …” A broken heart. A haunted Read More
What Makes a Good Book Title?
Have you ever chosen a book based on its title? I’ve always wanted to title a book with some literary or religious allusion, like Brave New World by Aldous Huxley or The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Or even a musical or cultural reference like Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin. Titles, by the way, are not copyrighted, so I could have titled my book To Kill a Mockingbird. I also like titles that are a pull quote about a major theme from the book. So, my original title for The Last Crossing was All Read More
5 Topics to Know About Before You Read THE LAST CROSSING
The Last Crossing Book 3 in The Finger Lakes Mysteries Release date: Nov. 30, 2018 Paranormal mystery, paranormal romance, mystery Click to order What was going on in Jesse Graham’s world in 1969, the setting for The Last Crossing? Vietnam War protests were at an all-time high, lots of people were getting high, the Women’s Liberation Movement was making gains, though meeting with derision in many quarters, and Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. Amid all this social upheaval, people were still pursuing normal things like … Books Jesse is an English teacher, Read More