Friend and mentor, Shannon Stacey, is hosting a contest on her blog to give away early copies of not only her next release, Love A Little Sideways, but also Christmas Curveball. All you need to do is tell her in the comments of her blog post which is your favorite...
SHARI MIKELS BLOG
Writing, Life, and Book Updates
Welcome to the Shari Mikels Blog!
Here the mystical meets the romantic, and every word is a step into the extraordinary. On the Shari Mikels blog, we share about stories that whisk you away to worlds where love knows no bounds, and shifters roam free.
From our posts, you can expect writing, life, and book updates from Shari Mikels, and get to know the world of your beloved characters even better. Whether you’re a casual reader or a voracious fan thirsting for a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the creation of your next favorite novella, this space is for you. Together, let’s enjoy a space where feisty heroines and captivating banter reign supreme.
Christmas Curveball Cover
I'm sooooo excited to show you the cover for Christmas Curveball. It'll be out December 5th from Carina Press. And as a bonus, here's the cover for the anthology Christmas Curveball is part of: Edited to add the link to the book page:...
A Bad Week for My Hand
Saturday a week ago, I tested for my red belt with black stripe in my self-defense class. One of the things we were tested on was board breaking with knife ridge hand technique. I was nervous the board wouldn't break and I didn't want to embarrass myself, so I gave it...
Squirrel!
Last year, we spent a lot of money having ten pine trees removed from our backyard. Some of the benefits of having that done include no longer having to deal with pine allergies and pine needles everywhere including clogging the gutters. And the big one for...
Horrible Nightmare
I'm one of those people who doesn't usually remember their dreams. In fact, it's a very rare thing for me to remember a dream I had. Sometimes I might remember some kind of impression, but that's about it. This morning, I woke up from a horrible nightmare and I still...
I blame the worms
This past week has been something else. Last Wednesday, little one studied worms in his science class and got to bring home a bin with three red worms (earthworms). There were leaves, shreds of newspaper, etc. for the worms. The key here being that I brought worms...
I am my mother’s daughter
While growing up, my brother and I used to tease my mom relentlessly when she'd fall asleep in the chair while watching TV. When we'd turn the TV off, she'd always wake up (that never failed) and fuss at us saying she was watching that program. Right...watching TV...
Crayola’s Spring Green
Crayola has this awesome color - Inchworm So when I was looking at the yellowish-green color of my deck - thanks to the incredible layer of pollen - I was thinking maybe Crayola should rename their green yellow color to Pollen. Then I found Spring Green. That might be...
The House Project That Keeps Growing
The original carpet installers didn't stretch out the carpet in our bedroom, and over the years we've grown speed humps down the middle of the room. Mr M decided we needed to get rid of the carpet, and since he'd installed laminate wood flooring in our son's room (son...
Happy New Year
I started 2013 off by backing up all the photos on my phone and then deleting a few hundred of the thousand on there trying to free up some space. Carbonite is working hard to back all of them up. Oops. I also whittled one of my inboxes down from 400+ emails to around...
