All About Barefoot Ruby

As an only child and only grandchild, Diana never felt lonely because of her imaginary friends. It wasn’t a big stretch from playing with imaginary friends to writing their stories. A learning curve and six children later, and she is finally beginning to grasp the novel writing process. Her 2009 Golden Heart romantic suspense final, Trust No One, came after ten previous attempts with five different novels. She believes the race doesn’t always go to the fastest, but the most persistent, and most especially to those willing to follow the golden road to their own definition of success.

Blog Posts from Diana

In Defense of Tightwads

Posted by Diana Layne May 10 2013, 12:01 am in cheap reads, free books, kindle sales, thrifty readers, tightwad gazette

I’m a Tightwad.  You will not catch me in line for a Starbucks coffee, although a couple of times on vacation I did splurge on a dollar McDonald’s coffee when I’d been driving a lot of miles. And on that vacation, I stayed in cheap hotels that usually had a coffee maker and fridge and [...]

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Choose Your Words Carefully-Guest Post: Barb Han

Posted by Diana Layne Jan 18 2013, 12:01 am

Today I’d love to welcome my good friend Barb Han who finds herself in the same position as I was this time last year: a debut author with two releases out in the same month! She has Seducing Avery, a sexy billionaire story, out with The Wild Rose Press, and Gone, a romantic suspense, out [...]

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Processing Emotions: Journaling Works For Me

Posted by Diana Layne Dec 28 2012, 12:01 am in Diana Layne, Julia Cameron, RT Book Reviews, The Artist's Way, The Good Daughter, writing emotion

Happy. Sad. Fear. Anger. Love. Emotions. I am not one of those writers who can keep writing fiction when my life is falling apart and a whole slew of emotions are bombarding me. Call me unprofessional, undedicated, even a weenie-I’ve called myself all of those names and more.  In the past I used to stop [...]

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Talking Romantic Suspense: Heroes for Kick-Butt Heroines

Posted by Diana Layne Dec 7 2012, 12:01 am in alpha heroes, alpha male, heroes, Jimmy Thomas, kick-butt heroine, RT Book Reviews, spies, The Good Daughter, Trust No One

The first romantic suspense book I wrote (which will never be published), the heroine needed rescuing. A stalker was after her. The hero was a martial arts teacher and ultimately taught her enough tactics to defend herself, but she was a long way from the kick-butt heroines I wrote in The Good Daughter or Trust [...]

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Hi, I’m New Here. . .Young Adult Author Ellie James Shares Tips On Switching Genres

Posted by Diana Layne Jul 5 2012, 12:01 am in Diana Layne, Ellie James, guest author, Mardi Gras, Midnight Dragonfly, psychic, Trinity Monsour, young adult

Today I’m happy to welcome new Young Adult author Ellie James. But Ellie is not “new” to the publishing world. Oh, no, she’s published 18 romantic suspense books for Harlequin/Silhouette over a period of 10 years. But now, Ellie’s writing has taken a new direction, new genre, new pen name. She’s here to tell us [...]

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Thomas DePrima: Over 140,000 Indie Books Sold At A Price That Might Surprise You!

Posted by Diana Layne May 29 2012, 12:01 am in $5.99, 99 cent books, Amazon, free books, indie, sci-fi, space opera, Thomas DePrima

Today I want to welcome Thomas DePrima, an Indie author I met on the Kindle boards. I’ve been on the Kindle boards exactly two times, and this was the first time (which was a much better experience than the second time, but that’s another story). I had gotten my first Kindle Direct Publishing newsletter as [...]

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Welcome Teen Author Spencer Brokaw!

Posted by Diana Layne May 8 2012, 12:01 am in Diana Layne, Impenetrable spy, Spencer Brokaw, teen author, young entrepenuer

When the Rubies heard about this amazing young man, we simply had to know more! Spencer Brokaw published his first book when he was twelve. Today, he is 13 and working on his next novel. Think about that, what were you doing at 12 and 13? As a homeschooling mom of six kids, I love [...]

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The Power of Affirmations

Posted by Diana Layne Apr 27 2012, 12:01 am in affirmations, Amazon Montlake, Debra Holland, Diana Layne, Ellie James, law of attraction, visualization

A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog post on getting knocked down with tips on bouncing back.  You can read it HERE. (Amazing how long things hang around on the Internet, right?) In addition to those tips, I have several other tricks I use and have used which include The Artist’s Way, creative [...]

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