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  • Be Your Own Media Person Presentation

    Be Your Own Media Person Presentation

    Reporters don’t always get it right, and in a world of shrinking newsrooms and viral social media, authors can’t afford to wing it. On Novelists, Inc. (NINC), the channel about the craft & business of writing professionally, author and former journalism teacher Michele Dunaway shares the “home base” messaging method she learned from legendary media…

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  • Author Collaborations

    Author Collaborations

    Check out this video I made for the Novelists, Inc. YouTube channel, on author collaborations, with Olivia Rigal.

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  • Release Day Tidbits for A Texas-Sized Fake Out

    Release Day Tidbits for A Texas-Sized Fake Out

    I’m so excited to launch the Legacy Canyon series with A Texas-Sized Fake Out. To celebrate, here are a few tidbits: I hope you enjoy the book. If you love it, I’d love it if you leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads.

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  • Oh the Places I will Go–Part 4 Behind the Books

    Oh the Places I will Go–Part 4 Behind the Books

    Can you believe this month is almost over? Finally, I’m going to share a few of my favorite wineries, and some places on the St. Charles Riverfront. And two links to the balloon races that started it all, which if you’re in the area in September, you can catch. Wineries: Wild Sun Winery and Brewery.…

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  • Oh the Places I Will Go–Part 3 Behind the books

    Oh the Places I Will Go–Part 3 Behind the books

    We must chat about one of my favorite places, the symbol that for me says “Home.” It’s the Gateway Arch. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been up in it, and every time it’s a new experience. I follow them on social media because the content is so fun. The Arch features in…

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  • Oh the Places I will Go–Part 2 Behind the Books

    Oh the Places I will Go–Part 2 Behind the Books

    One of the central themes of The Playboy Project, and all of the Love in the Valley books, is a love of nature. I’m fascinated by our national symbol, the bald eagle, and wanted to use a story I’d read about them as a jumping off place for a book. St. Louis sits near the…

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  • Oh, the Places I will Go! Part 1–behind the books

    Oh, the Places I will Go! Part 1–behind the books

    Washington, MO As we head into the Dog Days of August, and as the final book in the Love in the Valley series, The Playboy Project, is out now, I thought I’d share some of the bucket list items and locations on which the books are based this month.First up, the caboose. You can find this…

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  • Infusing High Stakes to Create Compelling Romance

    Infusing High Stakes to Create Compelling Romance

    Check out this article I did on the Write for Harlequin Blog:

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  • Podcast Alert!

    Podcast Alert!

    Ringing the Bell with Douglas Bell

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