I have some very exciting news to share! I have received my very first book deal! Love Inspired is Harlequin’s inspirational romance line. I can’t wait to share my small town contemporary romance with you! I’ll do a separate post explaining how I got my contract soon. That’s it for now. I just wanted to … More Exciting Announcement!
December was a great month for me on the short story front. My flash fiction story ‘The Old Dragon’ published on December 11th. It is no longer free, but Havok members can still read it. Seasons of Romantasy: Winter released! It features my short story ‘The Betrothal Ball’. It is available in eBook or paperback … More December 2025 Writing Update.
I have had a busy but productive November, writing wise. I submitted two novels to two different publishers, which I will talk more about below. Short Stories: I didn’t have the time to work on my short stories this month. During November, my Therrus flash fiction story released on Havok, which I was so excited … More November 2025 Writing Update.
September: I had another flash fiction accepted by Havok – It actually published Tuesday November 11th (They are quick to publish once a story has been accepted). If you are a member of Havok you can read my story here. If you like flash fiction in the mystery, sci-fi, wacky, thriller and/or fantasy genres you … More September/October 2025 Writing Update.
It’s hard to believe it’s June already! May was another busy month of writing, more about that below. I only managed to read 4 books during May. I am hoping to read more this month as I have a lot of books I need to catch up on. I was pleased with the amount I … More May Update 2025
I am so excited to have historical romance author, Dienece Darling, joining me today. Let’s start with The Fun Five: Do you have any pets? I had lots of pets as a kid, dogs, cats, guinea pigs, fish, rabbits, and birds, but I don’t own any now. My favourite pet was Squeaky a beautiful long … More Author Interview: Dienece Darling.
I am very excited to have Australian author Lynne Stringer join me today. It is an honour to have her on my blog. Lynne is also an editor, so if you are looking for editing services, you can learn more about that on her website. (Links below.) Let’s jump in. I always like to start … More Author Interview: Lynne Stringer.
I have been meaning to post my goals for 2025 all of January, and now we are in February! I thought I better combine them with my January wrap up post or I’ll never get around to it. Here are my blogging/reading/writing goals for this year: Blogging Goals: Last year I got back into blogging … More 2025 Goals + January Wrap Up!
I dream of being published one day, and I dream about it being wonderful and glorious, of course I realise its going to be really hard work as well, I mean books don’t just write themselves and, you know, deadlines. I like to read about other writers experiences to prepare myself for the day all … More Dear Writers: What being published is really like.
Rochelle L. Sharpe 