Today I have the honour and pleasure of featuring Kathy Dunnehoff, read on to discover a gift from Kathy to all readers....
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Valentine's week and I'm thinking about when I'm going to find the time to make cupcakes for my daughters (13 & 16 but still in need of treats!), have lunch with my husband (I'm teaching at a community college Valentine's Day night, unfortunately), clear a way to the broken hot water heater when the plumber arrives, and launch my third novel (this year!)
And the best part about being a woman? I know that everyone out there has a variation of just this kind of life. It's what brings us together for chatting and complaining and support. And, I suppose, it's both what I live and what I write about.
I set out to tell women's stories fifteen years ago. I'd been writing since childhood, but the novel didn't capture my interest as a writer until my oldest daughter was one. With a newly mobile baby, it seemed like a good time to launch into novel writing! Of course, there's nothing logical about wanting children or writing novels, so both actually did come from the same impulse.
And I was right. I was right to want the babies that became toddlers and now teenagers, and I was right to put what extra time and energy I had into telling women's stories. This week my first novel hit the Amazon Kindle Top 100 list. It was exciting and overwhelming, and I'm very grateful, but that's not why I was right to be on this path. The real reason is that writing women's stories, living with them for a year at a time, makes me happy.
Sitting here in my little home office in Montana, I love what I do. And while having readers is the Valentine's Day present I hold in my hands with joy and appreciation, writing is the Valentine's Day present I give to myself. I wish for all of us, amid the cupcake baking and plumbers, a Valentine's Day with a little something for ourselves.
As a Valentine's Day present from me…
Back To U is a free e-book all day February 14th!
Kathy Dunnehoff is the award-winning, bestselling author of the romantic comedies, The Do-Over, Plan On It, and Back To U. Despite her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Montana, she finds herself warehouse shopping for ketchup way too often, blogging and tweeting about the mixed joys of mid-life, and guarding writing time from family invasion!
She teaches writing and creativity courses at Flathead Valley Community College, her screenplays have placed in numerous competitions, and she was a recipient of a Zola Award for fiction from the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association.
She teaches writing and creativity courses at Flathead Valley Community College, her screenplays have placed in numerous competitions, and she was a recipient of a Zola Award for fiction from the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association.
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The Do-Over:
Just before her fortieth birthday, Mara Jane Mulligan, devoted wife and mother, runs out of bubble bath, and the ensuing panic attack drives her to Canada for more. She realizes that one foamy soak probably won't cure what ails her, so she takes a 30 day vacation from her life. (What woman doesn't need one of those?)
Surely her family will understand. Her son's visiting Grandma, and maybe her husband won't even miss her. Unfortunately, her husband doesn't miss much and tracks her to Abundance, a Vancouver bubble bath company.
As her 30 days sail by, Mara Jane Mulligan discovers she has a decision to make that even Dorothy couldn't avoid... Will she click her heels for home or kick them up for good?
Surely her family will understand. Her son's visiting Grandma, and maybe her husband won't even miss her. Unfortunately, her husband doesn't miss much and tracks her to Abundance, a Vancouver bubble bath company.
As her 30 days sail by, Mara Jane Mulligan discovers she has a decision to make that even Dorothy couldn't avoid... Will she click her heels for home or kick them up for good?
Plan On It:
Six men in six months.
It's a logical plan to Professor Hattie McLean. Date 6 men in 6 months and one will be the clear choice to father her child. But biology involves the heart as well... even if she didn't plan on it!
It's a logical plan to Professor Hattie McLean. Date 6 men in 6 months and one will be the clear choice to father her child. But biology involves the heart as well... even if she didn't plan on it!
Back To U:
When Gwen hits the big 4-0, her husband leaves and her daughter takes off with a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band. Taking her daughter's place at the university seems like a good idea until she runs into the reason she dropped out twenty years before... and he's also found his way Back To U.
Kathy's blog: http://kathydunnehoff.com/
Many thanks to Kathy for joining us today. I look forward to reading Back to U and Plan on it which are loaded to my Kindle. :)
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