Deborah’s “Camano Voice Podcast” hosted by Brandon Ericson
This month I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Brandon Ericson, owner of Camano Commons and host of the Camano Voice Podcast. The podcast focuses on local artists, authors, businesses, events, and interesting people living on Camano Island and its surrounding communities. Located just 70 miles north of Seattle, the podcast is a way […]
Featured Author on the “Book Lovers Bus Tour”
Let’s Start the New Year off with a Great Book Event Join me as the featured author of Island Transit’s “Book Lovers Bus Tour” When: Saturday, January 14, 2023. Where: Camano Island Library, 848 Sunrise Blvd. Camano Island, WA. Time: 2:30 – 3:30 pm. “Visit Camano and Stanwood libraries, a bookstore, and meet a […]
Book Review: Blue Rivers of Heaven by Mark C. Jackson
An Enjoyable Fast-Paced Read
Finalist in the 2022 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
What can I say but . . . Thrilled! Happy! Ecstatic!
First Place Winner: Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy
Read all about the Exciting News! On June 25, 2022, in Bellingham, WA, Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy was named a FIRST PLACE WINNER at the 2022 Chanticleer International Book Awards Conference for the Chatelaine Romance Fiction Category. […]
2021-2022 CIBA Awards & Conference
“Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy is a CIBA Finalist for the Laramie Award and the Chatelaine Award. Winners to be announced at the CIBA Conference on June 23-26, 2022.
“Hardland, A Novel” by Ashley E. Sweeney
From the very first sentence in this gripping novel, “God created the heavens and earth, or so I’ve been told,” Ms. Sweeney immediately pulls the reader into Ruby Fortune’s tumultuous life, and one can’t help being curious about what lies ahead in this powerful tale of an abused yet resilient young woman. It’s 1899 in […]
“Till My Last Breath” Has Moved Forward in the Chatelaine & Laramie Book Awards as a CIBA Semi-Finalist
One More Exciting Step in My Writing Journey FINALISTS AND WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON JUNE 25, 2022 Thank you, CIBA Judges for this wonderful honor. These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Chatelaine Romantic Fiction Short List List to the 2021 Chatelaine Book Awards Semi-Finalist Positions. Finalists are selected […]
Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy Moves to the 2021 CIBA’s Chatelaine Romantic Fiction Short List
The Chatelaine Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Romantic Fiction. The Chatelaine Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs). Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best new books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, historical love affairs, perhaps a little steamy […]
Work Jerks, How to Cope with Difficult Bosses & Colleagues by Louise Carnachan
I received an Advance Reader Copy (ARC) to read and review Carnachan’s book, Work Jerks, How to Cope with Difficult Bosses and Colleagues. This is an engaging and identifiable book I wished had been available during my healthcare career. It would have been a well-read, dog-eared copy, used and shared to help ease the angst […]