by Nancy Herkness | Mar 19, 2013 | Books, Romance, RWA, Uncategorized, writing
Maybe I should explain what a writing challenge IS first. The most famous one I know of is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) where participants attempt to write 50,000 words in the month of November. I find this virtually impossible on two counts: 1) November...
by Nancy Herkness | Feb 5, 2013 | Books, Home, Take Me Home, Uncategorized, West Virginia
Yup, my book is representing my home state of West Virginia (Go, Mountaineers!) on Amazon’s map of 50 Great American Love Stories. I am so honored to be chosen for the job and a little overawed by some of my fellow authors on the map: me and Margaret Mitchell...
by Nancy Herkness | Jan 23, 2013 | Books, Home, Uncategorized, writing
Now you can find out what MY office looks like, at least. Norah Wilson has a fun blog feature called Workspace Wednesday where she asks fellow authors to reveal their true environments. Come find out more about mine at: bit.ly/Xzjwis. There are photos and commentary...
by Nancy Herkness | Jan 3, 2013 | Books, holidays, Romance, Uncategorized
Wow! Connie Brockway has a good memory! She gives a thumbs-up to my book SHOWER OF STARS in her romance blog. SOS was originally published in 2004 so I’m delighted to have it brought to readers’ attention again. I hope you’ll check out what Connie...
by Nancy Herkness | Dec 2, 2012 | Books, Take Me Home, Uncategorized, writing
I know many folks are reading Take Me Home on their Kindle, but I do have a rather pretty (even if I do say so myself!) bookmark for those who like print as well. As a holiday gift, I will send the first 25 people who request it not one, but two, bookmarks: one...
by Nancy Herkness | Nov 15, 2012 | Books, Country Roads, Romance, Uncategorized
Thanks to a fellow author, Jennifer Wilck, for tagging me with the ziggy zig zag tag—“You’ve got the LOOK!” As part of this tag, I have to take my most recent work-in-progress or my current manuscript and search for the word “look,” then post the surrounding...