Debra Dier's Blog

Have you ever been part of a blog hop? I haven’t, but I am going to participate in the 5th Annual Authors in Bloom Blog Hop, April 7-April 16, 2016.
Ten Days of Giveaways

Gardening Tips-Recipes-and More

There are over fifty authors participating. You will have opportunities to enter to win giveaways at each site.

There is also a prize of an e-reader of your choice if you are the lucky winner of the Grand Prize.

At my site I’m offering visitors a chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift card.

I’m also offering a chance to win an autographed trade paperback copy, and electronic copies of MacLaren’s Bride.

MacLaren’s Bride by Debra Dier

 

At each site you will find gardening tips or recipes listed especially for the hop. Perfect for spring, I have my recipe for Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins and another recipe for Grape Salad at my site, debradier.com.

Join us for the Authors in Bloom Blog Hop!

One US resident could win: an autographed trade paperback copy of Devil’s Honor, an e-book copy of MacLaren’s Bride, and a $25 gift card from Amazon. Enter at Fresh Fiction Contest Page (http://freshfiction.com/contest.php?i...), for a chance to win. US residents only. Contest runs from March 1-4, 2016.

You can enter for a chance to win the Kindle edition of Scoundrel at: https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/0fe02bc....

Good luck!

March 1 Fresh Fiction http://freshfiction.com/ will run an interview with me and a contest. US residents can visit Fresh Fiction March 1-4 to enter.

A Wedding Gift for MacLaren’s Bride

Award winning author Debra Dier is pleased to celebrate the marriage of determined Highlander Alec MacLaren and reluctant bride Meg Drummond by offering one US reader the chance to win an autographed trade paperback copy of Devil’s Honor, an e-book copy of MacLaren’s Bride, and a $25 Amazon gift card. US residents only please. Set in the Highlands soon after Waterloo, MacLaren’s Bride is the critically acclaimed novel of lost love and second chances.

I’ve been invited to be a guest on a popular fiction site. I’ve been considering topics I might like to discuss. I would love to hear from you. What questions would you be interested in hearing me answer? For example, are you interested in how a writer takes an idea and transforms it into a novel? Or is there something else you would like to learn more about. Contact me through my website: www.debradier.com with your ideas.

Over the next few months I’m going to give you a behind the scenes glimpse of a writer working on a new novel. Since my office administrator does not allow comments on this website, you are welcome to contact me using my contact form if you have any questions or comments. I will respond as quickly as possible.

I confess I have never been successful outlining a novel. I have managed to write thirteen novels and three short stories without ever completing an outline. After getting back the rights to my books I have been revising the older novels for a new audience. Now I find it is time to start a new series. Since I have been away from writing for years, I decided this was an excellent opportunity to retrain myself as a writer, to develop better habits. I actually decided to take a Master Class with James Patterson. You might not be surprised but he basically said if you are not outlining your novel you are going about it the wrong way. He had stronger language to describe those of us who do not outline. After listening to him, I knew I needed to change. I am now working on my outline. And I’m discovering it is not an easy task teaching a writer a different method. Still, I am determined.

As you see in the photo my cat sleeps on my desk, my dogs sleep under the desk or nearby. Rest assured I enjoy their company. With pen in hand and notebook before me, I am slogging away, trying to outline each scene. I’m starting with a few sentences for each scene. Now the problem I’m having is I tend to delve into the scenes without sketching out the rest of the book, getting caught up in dialogue and action before the entire book is laid out in a nice tidy fashion. I need to restrain myself until I have outlined most of the book. Correct that, all of the book.

Wish me luck. I’m determined to do an outline this time. Hopefully it will lead to less re-writing and a quicker completion. I’ll let you know how I’m doing.

My contact page has not been functioning properly for the last week. I did not receive any messages sent in the past week. I’m sorry for the issue. Believe me when I say I always try to answer my mail as promptly as possible. It helps when the machine does not conspire against me. We are working on the problem.

May you all have wonderful holidays and a fabulous New Year!

Due to an illness in the family (mine), Saint’s Temptation will not be released in September. The book will be available in November.  Thank you for all of your support.

Here is another piece of the puzzle for the Saint’s Temptation cover.

I am attending Terry Spear’s author party Friday July 18 at 9:30 pm to celebrate her new release. The party starts at 6 pm and ends at 11:00 pm. I would love to invite you to attend. If you would like to attend, send me a friend request on Facebook and I will send you an invitation: https://www.facebook.com/debra.dier

I will be giving away six digital copies of Devil’s Honor and one signed trade paperback copy of Devil’s honor (US only).

 

From Terry Spear:

For lovers of everything historical, Celtic, Highland, Scottish, Romance, HEA, this is for you!Some of the prizes I’ll be giving away are: A Highland teddy bear that I make, 2 The Viking’s Highland Lass T-shirts (Gunnolf had to be part of the party), Highland print books, Highland ebooks!

Special guests will be featured:

6:30 Victoria Roberts

7:00 Nancy Lee Badger

7:30 Vonda Sinclair

8:00 Màiri Norris

8:30 Eliza Knight

9:00 Mary Elizabeth Wine

9:30 Debra Dier

10:00 Brooklyn Ann & Amanda Forester

10:30 Dawn Marie Hamilton

Willa Blair will drop in if she can!