Archive for August 2011


This Is Where I Grew Up (& Grew My Imagination)

August 9th, 2011 | 6 comments »

I grew up in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, the place Pat Conroy often writes about. Funny, neither Pat nor I are natives. But once you move in, the Lowcountry gets under your skin and never lets go. It’s a magical place, and my childhood home provided the perfect setting for my imagination to flourish.

My beloved sister-in-law Sharon Wray, of whom I’m vastly proud, is a writer of military romantic suspense novels and has garnered many awards on her path to publication. She’s also a talented photo essayist. I hope you’ll enjoy the story she tells in this photo essay she created about our most recent family reunion at the height of summer in the Lowcountry.

Faith, Hope, and Publication–A Study in: Summer Family Reunion by Sharon Wray

Enjoy!

Meanwhile, I want to show you a picture of Sharon. She’s as sweet as she looks, but she’s spunky, too…she has to be to put up with my family, LOL!

And here’s a short, fascinating bio of her:  A librarian/archivist who also studied the art of embroidery in the couture houses of Paris and designed custom wedding gowns, Sharon is now a mother of twins and an RWA 2010 and 2011 Golden Heart romantic suspense author of the Black Ops Brotherhood series.

P.S. She’s also now a Maggie finalist in Single Title with her latest manuscript, JULIET’S ROGUE! Congrats, Sharon!!!

If any of you would like to leave a comment about Sharon, her photo essay, or tell us about YOUR childhood home(s), I’d love to hear from you. How much do you think the setting you lived in as a child shaped who you are today? 

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Kieran :>)

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August Contest! $50 Gift Card to Amazon or B & N!

August 1st, 2011 | 6 comments »

Just click on this contest link and follow the directions to enter my August Writerspace contest! I’ll be giving away that $50 gift card and a signed copy of Cloudy With a Chance of Marriage, plus a set of my Impossible Bachelor romance trading cards.

I hope you have a wonderful last month of summer: lots of watermelon, iced tea, and grilled burgers; swimming, if at all possible; relaxing time with friends and family; and of course, time to read!

Hugs,

Kieran :>)

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