Behind the Quill: How to Query Your New Novel
Hello! Today we thought we’d bring you something a little different and focus on what comes after you’ve written and edited your book: getting published. This is a daunting topic for any new author. You’ve poured so much time and energy into your work that sharing it...Behind The Quill: Being a Good Beta Reader
We’ve now come to the point in the process that can be the scariest for many authors: sharing the book that they’ve been toiling on for so long with actual other human beings. For some, this will just be a back and forth with their editor. For others, as we talked...Behind the Quill: First Drafts and Next Steps
Hello again all of you lovely readers, some of whom may now be writers as well! If you participated in National Novel Writing Month in November, no matter how many words you got through, you should absolutely take a deep bow and give yourself a huge round of applause....Behind The Quill: Finding Inspiration in the World
While perusing your local bookshop, reading a wonderfully unique novel, or scanning the “Also By” page of a book by one of your favorite authors, you’ve doubtlessly been struck with the same question at least once: How do they get all of their ideas? It’s seriously...Behind the Quill: Researching with Holly Newman
I am a history junkie. I love history, and, in the past, I have been known to get lost in my research to the detriment of my novel writing. I’d chase details down a rabbit hole and become lost in a different world, like Alice in Wonderland. In wide-eyed wonderment,...Featured Books
The Springborn
"A delightful adventure, perfect for fairytale lovers of all ages. Noble paints alluring scenes with soulful characters that will keep you reading late into the night." —Laura L. Zimmerman, author of the Banshee Song Series
An 1880’s coal town is no place for a girl with antlers.
Once upon a winter’s day, a childless miner and his wife find baby Sabella in a mysterious basket. When she suddenly grows a pair of silvery gray antlers, they hide her from the world in embarrassment and fear.
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A Rogue’s Christmas (Highland Brides Book 6)
From acclaimed author Elizabeth Essex, a return to the Highland Brides, where the women are daring, resourceful, and extraordinary, and their handsome, roguish grooms are irresistible.
The moment she saw him, Flora Conway knew that Jack Balfour was the Scotsman for her. Tall and dark, witty and charming, he’s a rogue who sets her senses aflame like no other man. And he’s recently been elevated to the peerage as the Earl of Kinloch. There’s only one problem—he’s destitute.
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Aspiring sportswriter Jordan McAllister never imagined she’d end up as a food critic for a small time newspaper. Writing the culinary column for the Ranchero Globe is a challenge, and even though she can’t make a grilled cheese sandwich without burning it, she has no trouble finding herself in hot water.
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