Let's Talk Resolutions as Part of Our Holly Jolly Blog Tour

   I've invited Christine London to kick off a discussion on holidays resolutions but first....

Christine says: Thanks for hosting me on your blog this last week of 2012, Regan. It makes lots of sense that we talk about resolutions so let's get started:

I asked her are any of your books centered around Christmas? Tell us a bit about them please.

    My first in a series of short stories was published a couple weeks ago. Nottinghill Scrooge speaks to loss keenly felt at this time of year as well as love newly found.

   Sara Wright needs this holiday job at Nottinghill’s historic Coronet Cinema to pay her tuition, but her handsome boss Robert is a thorn in the side of every usher who breathes. She knows there must be more to a man who breaks his own rules to rescue a child. Can she figure out the puzzle before he self-destructs along with her job?

   Why is Robert so cross? Why does Sara never see him smile?

   I hope this short read will warm many hearts. Nottinghill Scrooge is set in the same wonderful London neighbourhood as the beloved film, Nottinghill. Who can forget Hugh Grant as the lovelorn bookshop owner and Julia Roberts as world famous film actress isolated and lonely because of her fame?

   You are invited to fall in love with Sara and Robert in Nottinghill Scrooge.

And for the New Year, of course: what are your 5 New Year's writing/reading resolutions?

Our tour ends soon with a $50 gift certificate to one lucky commenter.  Check out our other stops at:

Ann Tracy Marr - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ann-Tracy-Marr/114711658247?ref=ts

Christine London - http://www.christinelondon.com

Sharon Poppen - http://poppensthoughtsonwritingandstuff.blogspot.com

Regan Taylor - http://regantaylorsworld.blogspot.com

Regina Andrews - http://worldofgood-gina.blogspot.com/

Angie Dobson – http://loveromancesandmore.com

True or False with Christine London

This week is your chance to catch us in our own fiction!

I asked Christine London to tell me about herself and one thing she said isn't quite true....which is it?

Christine said:  Hi Regan! Thanks for allowing me to visit your blog today. Oh my, what a topic. I have to tell you that I am a lousy fibber, at least in person. Whew...no video or cam here so I might be safe.

Okay-- here goes:

"Tell us three things about yourself and one lie."

You, my dear peeps, have to decide which one is the lie. That means a comment on your part. Oh, did I tell you that your comment might just win a free e-book? And furthermore you might be the winner of a FIFTY DOLLAR AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE to be awarded at the end of July?

Yes--that bit is all true. Good luck!

1) I was the youngest member of the well respected South Bay Los Angeles concert singers, Los Conciertos at the tender age of seventeen. I concurrently performed in my high school master chorale, then university adjunct to the L.A. Master Choral directed by the amazing Paul Salamonovich. Presently I sing in a vocal jazz pop octet, A Choired Taste.

2) I once crashed the Ischia International Film Festival on the Amalphi Coast Island of Ischia — later including the caper in my novel Leap Of Faith.

3) Gerard Butler and I chatted in a dark cinema hallway before he joined a group to discuss the film in which he portrays a ex-biker gang member, Sam Childers, in the film Machine Gun Preacher. The real life hero of the movie chuckled at the notion that a romance writer was attending the premiere of his docudrama about a renegade militia that forces East African orphans to become soldiers before they even reach their teens. Determined to save as many as possible, he leads armed missions deep into enemy territory to retrieve kidnapped children to the security of the orphanage he founded, restoring peace in their lives—and eventually his own.

4) I came in first in my age category—my first official 5 K run. "Jet to Jetty" event benefiting Airport Marina mental Health held on Dockweiler Beach Playa del Rey Los Angeles County in 2005.

Okay--which is the lie? Why do you think I am fibbing about that one? What cool and perhaps unbelievable thing have you done about which people might guess you were fibbing?

I can't wait to tour around the other author's blogs to see what mischief they have been up to in their lives and what you readers have to say! Come on over to my blog and see what author Ann Tracy has to fib about.

http://christinelondon.blogspot.com

Christine London, author of 100 Romance Best of 2011, When We Were Amazing

Amazon link:

When tragedy nearly destroys Brian's family wine business, can this reluctant young heir forfeit his dreams and online love to save it? 

See what story I came up with over at the Love Romances and More Blog with Angie http://loveromancesandmore.blogspot.com/ 

Best Summer Ever Reading - First Week Winner is

P. June Diehl -- and she wins an ARC of Lisa Jackson's Aug 1, 2012 release "You Don't Want To Know" AND PDF of Christine London's When We Were Amazing

Next week I'll be at Christine's blog at

http://christinelondon.blogspot.com/  and our topic is genres. 

My guest for next week is Angie, a reviewer from Love Romances and More reviews.

Come by starting tomorrow to talk about your favorites and why.

Our Best Summer Ever Reading prize for next week are PDFs of Sue Roebuck's book Perfect Score and her latest, Hewhay Hall.

READY, SET, FALL READING!

So a group of my fellow authors from Awe-struck and Mundania and I were talking not long ago about our different genres and checking out some super reads. In chatting we found out some interesting things about each other and decided it was time to take our show on the road. Starting September 4, for 8 weeks, 8 of us will be opening the doors to our virtual worlds and real life minds to talk about writing, reading and our books. Come on along and meet some of my friends: Each week we'll be chatting with a different author and aspects of our writing.  

Jennifer Cloud - http://www.myspace.com/cloudjennifer/blog 

Ann Tracy Marr - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=56438417580

Susan Roebuck - http://lauracea.blogspot.com 

Christine London - http://christinelondon.blogspot.com

Sharon Poppen - http://poppensthoughtsonwritingandstuff.blogspot.com 

Skyla Dawn Cameron - www.skyladawncameron.com/blog 

Regan Taylor - http://regantaylorsworld.blogspot.com 

Jana Richards - http://janarichards.blogspot.com

Check in with me on September 4 when I talk with Jana Richards!