Erma M. Ullrey's Blog
June 16, 2025
Why Journaled With Love?
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Remember the Christmastime stupor we all fall into each year? The one brought on by too many Hallmark-type movies, too much hot chocolate, and too little sleep?
Just before my eyes closed and my head bobbed for the umpteenth time, inspiration hit. What if I could write a novel à la You’ve Got Mail? The idea so intrigued me that I left behind my signature pound cake, overflowing with whipped cream, and rushed into my office.
… as spring warms to summer, Macie Grammerly and Ryan Tiggs meet, are attracted to each other, and then intensely dislike and mistrust one another in a desktop folder labeled Journaled With Love.
Ah the stuff of romance.
Which means, the antagonist has to be lurking around the corner. It is said there is some good in everyone. The vilest sinner has something redeemable at his/her core.
Enter Macie’s mother, Mrs. Greta Grammerly (AKA Mrs. G). Oh, she is heartless. But she does have an Achilles’ heel. ... now, you don’t expect me to tell you what it is, do you?
Mrs. G is the reason “fate needs a little push,” as Judy tells her sister Betty in the movie White Christmas. In Journaled with Love, the push comes from Macie and Ryan’s sisters. The romantic matchmakers who love to cheer, connive, and meddle.
A journal lost on a bus takes us on a bumpy ride. Then acquisitions, keto foods, and Lila, a sweet old soul, help complete the journey from enemies to lovers.
Get your copy of Journaled With Love on Amazon July 16, 2025. https://tinyurl.com/ydkm2mnh
The magnet story, Before Journaled With Love, is now available on BookFunnel
Remember the Christmastime stupor we all fall into each year? The one brought on by too many Hallmark-type movies, too much hot chocolate, and too little sleep?
Just before my eyes closed and my head bobbed for the umpteenth time, inspiration hit. What if I could write a novel à la You’ve Got Mail? The idea so intrigued me that I left behind my signature pound cake, overflowing with whipped cream, and rushed into my office.
… as spring warms to summer, Macie Grammerly and Ryan Tiggs meet, are attracted to each other, and then intensely dislike and mistrust one another in a desktop folder labeled Journaled With Love.
Ah the stuff of romance.
Which means, the antagonist has to be lurking around the corner. It is said there is some good in everyone. The vilest sinner has something redeemable at his/her core.
Enter Macie’s mother, Mrs. Greta Grammerly (AKA Mrs. G). Oh, she is heartless. But she does have an Achilles’ heel. ... now, you don’t expect me to tell you what it is, do you?
Mrs. G is the reason “fate needs a little push,” as Judy tells her sister Betty in the movie White Christmas. In Journaled with Love, the push comes from Macie and Ryan’s sisters. The romantic matchmakers who love to cheer, connive, and meddle.
A journal lost on a bus takes us on a bumpy ride. Then acquisitions, keto foods, and Lila, a sweet old soul, help complete the journey from enemies to lovers.
Get your copy of Journaled With Love on Amazon July 16, 2025. https://tinyurl.com/ydkm2mnh
The magnet story, Before Journaled With Love, is now available on BookFunnel
