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#tuesdaytease 11.28.2023

So today’s little tease is actually a pictorial.

Let me explain…

I’m doing NANOWRIMO and the book I’m currently penning for it is book 2 in my HEAVEN’S MATCHMAKER series, LOVE MATCH ( Layla and Cody).

I want to show you the Pinterest board I have for this book because it explains so much about the work in progress. Click here to see the images I’ve got in there now: LAYLA AND CODY

Here’s the blurb-in-progress, too, so you can get a feel for the plot line. (Remember – work in progress!!! LOL)

Running away from a public scandal may be considered cowardly, but to Layla Warton it’s the perfect plan.

After her politically connected fiancé is indicted for embezzlement, bribery, and taking kickbacks from less-than-savory businessmen, Layla wants to put the public ridicule and shame of her guilty-by-association status behind her and move forward with her life. Not easy to do when all her supposed friends and supporters abandoned her and the taint of scandal-adjacent destroys the successful business and life she’s fostered for herself.

Happy childhood memories and the blessing of a local friend push her toward the tiny New England town of Heaven where she spent summers with her loving grandmother.

With the paparazzi on her tale, an ancient family home she needs to get livable, and a contractor too handsome for her sanity, Layla worries she’ll never be able to get her old life back again.

But would that really be such a bad thing?

Intrigued? LOL. I know I am.

And before this one’s ready, I invite you to read the first in the series: MIX AND MATCH ( Jasmine and Donovan) The ebook is on sale until Christmas for just 99 cents.

Happy reading and Happy Tuesday, kids!

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#fridayfive 11.10.2023 5 things I love about doing #NanoWrimo

So this is my 11th year participating in National Novel Writing Month ( Nanowrimo.) I just looked at my stats from past years and the very first book I wrote in 30 days in 2013 was THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME, the second book my MacQuire Women Series. That book and every other one since I’ve written in the month of November during the challenge has gone on to be published.

Yay!

These are my five top reasons why I love love love doing NanoWrimo each year for today’s edition of the Friday Five.

  1. doing the challenge forces me to write every single day. I don’t get a chance to slouch off like I routinely would during the other 11 months.
  2. doing the challenge fosters habituation. If I write every day for a month, it becomes a habit in my brain and I want to continue doing it after November ends.
  3. I see instant progress daily as my word count increases because I never edit until the book is finished.
  4. I get to meet new authors on my buddy list
  5. I get to encourage and motivate other authors in the challenge

Are you a writer who participates in Nano? If so, drop a comment and tell me why you love it – or hate it!!

See ya on the flip side, kids. ~ Peg

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