Coffee House Blog | Maggie Shayne

Welcome Fall!

When the leaves begin to change, I really hit my stride, taking hundreds of photos, because I live in the most beautiful place in the...

Pre-Release Jitters? Me?

Pre-Order Here This book, TWILIGHT GUARDIANS has suddenly become real. I think it hit me when the pre-order button went live on Amazon....

The Cover for TWILIGHT GUARDIANS

Here is, the cover we've chosen. Photographer Paige Wissenbach, model Lisa Benson, and graphic design by Jessica Lewis of Author's Life...

Living Indie-pendently

*We have just received word that all rights to the entire Texas Brand series and the entire Oklahoma All Girl Brands series are about to...

The end…and the beginning!

When I first sold to Harlequin, I was barely out of my twenties. Now I have ten grandchildren. Reckless Angel was picked up for...

Going Indie

For the past 22 years I've been publishing books the old fashioned way. I write them, I send them to my publisher, I get paid, and the...

A Christmas Surprise!

So instead of just checking for typos and uploading as I've done with some of the my other backlist titles, I gave this one a total...

What We Leave Behind

Read my I'm writing this blog from Fort Sill, Oklahoma where I've come to welcome my newest grandson, Allan Colin Lewis to the family. He...

Why I’m Giving it Away: An Author’s Honest Answer

This novel, GINGERBREAD MAN, was a romantic thriller. I've done several books labled romantic suspense by the publisher, that I consider...

Top Ten Things that Happened to Me at RWA

I had my best RWA xperience ever this year (and I've attended 15 or so of these annual Romance Writers of America Conventions, including...

16 TIPS FOR RWA’S ANNUAL CONVENTION, From One Who Knows

1. It's “National” not “Nationals.” It's not a horse show or an athletic event. Well, it is, but not like that. This is more a pet peeve...

Readers Want to Know

July's Coffee House Chat blog posts come from you, dear readers! I'm answering the questions that you've been asking, and wow, are they...

Oooook-lahoma!

Jessica, Brett, and Benny on Mt. Scott I'm relishing every second of my visit with my middle daughter, who is also my personal assistant,...

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