Salem Archer's Blog

I stole these question from an author I adore, R.L. Mathewson. She posted these on Facebook and challenged everyone to answer these 19 questions. It’s been a while since I blogged, so I figured I’d post my answers here. Without further ado, my answers to the post…

19 random facts about yourself that may surprise people.

Nope because if I did, my husband wouldn’t be able to breathe under there. He gets to roll his self-employed ass out of bed whenever he feel...

I’ve got a couple of things in the works right now, including a companion novel to the Moondance Trilogy (which is almost finished–clapping hands with glee). I thought I’d leave you with a little bit of another of my WIPs. This is from a future rom-com tentatively titled The Last Will and Testament of Crazy Lizzy. I entered an excerpt from this work in the Adobe Cottage Fiction Contest. I didn’t win, but the amazing Susan Donovan told me I was in the top 10. I’m pretty proud of that. So, here...

Way, way back in the days before pizza apps and severely deformed Snapchat photos, a smart-mouthed, seemingly confident (yet secretly terrified) teenager started her in-car drivers ed. Despite the fact that she was assigned to drive with two stinky boys—ew—her nerves settled and she did quite well under the wheel . . . That is, until the day her instructor turned to Stinky 1 and Stinky 2 (both smirking in the back seat) and said, “She’s doing pretty good, ain’t she boys? She’s one of the bett...

As I sit here waiting, with the rest of the country, to see the outcome of this incredibly embarrassing election, I can’t help but recall something my niece said a couple of days ago. When she found out school would be out on Election Day, she said, “But what if we can’t come back to school on Wednesday because everything blows up?” Now, you might think she literally meant the school building is in danger of exploding, but no, that’s not what she meant. What she meant is that the whole countr...

Not too long ago, I decided to update my author bio. Being that it can be found in several locations—Amazon, Goodreads, Facebook, etc.—I guess it’s a good idea to keep it up to date. Naturally, I had to go back and read what I had written before. How can I put this delicately? Hmm . . . it made me want to puke, just one of the many mistakes I made starting out. Brand new authors have this belief—misconception really—that their stuff needs to read like it came from a big publishing house. The...

Okay so I’ve been sick with this cold, upper-respiratory, and sinus crap for a month. To say I’ve not been sleeping well is an understatement. But, now that I have some antibiotics, I was really, really looking forward to a good night’s rest(and hopefully sleeping late). So much so, that the hubby and I went to bed around 9:00 (yep, 9:00, on a Friday night) to get that good night’s sleep. Ha ha, silly me, what was I thinking? Oh yeah, did I mention we decided to sleep with the windows open be...

5-stars forEnough Isn’t Everythingby K.L. Shandwick

Warning: You will be hooked on this series!

KL Shandwick has created quite the interesting couple in Lilly and Alfie, two talented music students who find a strong attraction for one another. Lilly is just trying to find her way in a new place when she meets Alfie. He is that typical gorgeous rock star type that women find irresistible—all arrogance and sex appeal. The only problem is that he is not exactly emotionally available. I won’t gi...

You know what I find interesting? Amazon limits certain reviews because it somehow, mysteriously deems that the reviewer is a friend of the author (even if the book sale is a verified purchase). HOWEVER, Amazon doesn’t seem to care about the validity of the reviews/ratings on Goodreads (owned by Amazon). For example, (and let me preface this by saying I realize I may sound like I’m whining over a bad review, but that’s not the case) when people rate/review my books, I want to see what they sa...

A love story…

This morning, I was craving a steak biscuit and some dirty rice from Bojangles’, so I went. As luck would have it, I arrived at the peak time to dine with the retired and elderly crowd, or as they’re known around here, the old coffee drinkers. What I didn’t expect was for one of them to remind me of why I write romance novels, nor did I expect for one of them to make me cry.

I was tucked away at a corner table playing invisible woman and tap, tap, tapping away on my tablet scree...

5-stars forPerfect PlansbyC.J. Wells

Left me wanting more!August 27, 2014

I think most women (and maybe men) can, at some point in their lives, relate to the plight of the main character in this book. I mean, who hasn’t dreamt of having the perfect life, the perfect love? Aby’s desire is a common one, but most people don’t have her bravery to give up everything to go after it. This makes her an interesting and appealing character, and it makes for an interesting book.

As for Alex . . . who w...