Kimberly James's Blog

My husband died.Time froze.Writing stopped.During one sleepless night, I picked up Waterborn and started reading. I cringed a few times. Cried a few times. Then the next thing I knew I had my computer out and the Waterborn files open and found myself changing words here, deleting words there, cause you know, it was my first book, and I have learned a thing or two. It ended up being a much-needed distraction, so I went on to the next book, and then the next. In a knee-jerk reaction, I unpublis...

I'm going to try a little experiment to see if it helps get the creative juices flowing. This book is outlined. I know exactly what happens. But the actual writing of it has been like pulling teeth. I don't know why. Jeb is one of my favorite characters. I want to tell his story. I kind of need to.So I'm going to share scenes of Sea Forever as I go. Well, not quite as I go, more like one at a time. If you follow along, feel free to comment on what works and what doesn't. Seriously, I'd love t...

Now that's it's cold down here in the Deep South, I've been getting weekly requests from my adult children for my chilirecipe. Call it procrastinating (I should be working on my book)but I made this cute graphic, and I'mputting it on my blog so they'llquit asking me. It's pretty good though. It won an award once. You're welcome to try it.Full disclosure. I actually got this recipefrommy sister-in-law, so I can't really take the credit. Thanks, Ceil. This has been a hit in my family.

I don't usually do ARC's. (Advance Reader Copies) But for anyone who'sinterested in getting an early copy ofKiss Me Again, I'm providing a link where you can download eithera mobi file (Kindle) or an epub file (ibooks, nook). The idea ofgiving away advancecopies is to help garnerearly reviews. Soif you choose to download a copy, please consider leaving anhonestreview when the book releaseson November 15.Or if you prefer, you can pre-order your copy onAmazonfor the initial sale price of $0.99!...

I was worried there for a while, but I finally finishedKiss Me Again.Two months late. About 30,000 more words than I planned, but now I've got a new novel, my first adultcontemporary romance. Yay me!The first round of edits are done. Over the next week it'll get another round of edits, aproofread,and on November 1st, I plan on submitting it to the Kindle Scout program. If you aren't familiar with Kindle Scout check it outhere. It's a personal goal to sell my work to a publisher soI'm going fo...

There's nothing like going to see your kids at college for the weekend and taking them to a concert.(well, one kid and her boyfriend)Day time.Night time.Moon Taxi,I love you. Sorry I acted such the fool, but Itake the saying"dance like no one's watching" seriously.

June is the month I will write a complete book. Okay, maybe a novella. This idea has been percolatingin my brain for a year, and I'm taking a break frommy series to write it. Hopefully, it will be the first in a new contemporary romance series. So I'm diving into this story, trying to get it done quick.I need to prove to myself Ican write something else, and this is offering me a needed break so I can go back to The Emerald Series fresh. (Jeb is being stubborn. He endured something horrible

Sol would probably rather drink a Bloody Mary while reading a book, but I'm pretty sure he's never read onebefore. Anyway, his story is coming. I hope everyone keeping up with this series enjoys Sand and Skybecause I love it. That's the place I like to beas a writer.This story is a little darker than the others. Sexier. I apologize in advance for Sol's foul mouth. I cut as many f-bombs as he'd allow.Here's the blurbthough it's subject to tweaking.Sol Kelley believes in two things,

40 chapters. 75,300 words.Sand and Sky, Book 5 in The Emerald Series,isfinished.Got this cool new cover.I can't wait toshare this one.It's a littledarker. A little sexier.It's told mostly from Sol's point of view, and I got to say, he's one of my favorite characters.Now on to my favorite part of creating a book, writing the blurb. (Lies. All lies.)Look for it May 18th on Amazon.