Welcome Author Leigh Duncan

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Please welcome my local RWA STAR chapter author and friend, Leigh Duncan! She is a great writer and such an encourager. I feel so encouraged after being with her. Her newest release, Rodeo Daughter, was a Romantic Times Top Pick! Well, I’ll let her tell you about it. Rodeo Daughter Summary:Amanda Markette’s years on the professional rodeo circuit led to dreams of …

I’m curling

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We don’t have TV at my house, but I’ve seen some of the Olympics here and there. Watching a bit of curling the other night in my Birmingham hotel. I love watching how the players slide over the ice as they brushing the ice for the curling disk/ball. Do you think they wear special shoes? Anyway, it looks so cool …

RWA Conference and The RITAs

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Today I flew home from the Romance Writers of America conference in Washington DC. I went without any of my buddies, but left with many new and improved relationships. My roommates, Jane Thornton, Nancy Hines and Cecelia Dowdy were strangers on Wednesday but friends by Sunday. Friend and fabo author Leanna Ellis became a better friend. I deepened my relationship …