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Ruby Nickname:Barefoot Ruby Hometown: small Texas town, home of the world famous fruitcakes Age: hahaha GH Year(s) 2009 Completed Manuscript(s) six Genre(s): romantic suspense, historical suspense Started Writing: A long time ago, in a land far, far away. . . Day Job: maniacal mom to six For Fun: fun? Did you read I had six kids? |
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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 to see creative young men and women. Spencer definitely falls into that category. He is an awesome young man, and I predict a bright, successful future for him. The following are some questions we Rubies came up with so grab your morning brew and learn more about the fascinating Spencer Brokaw. The Power of AffirmationsPosted 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 [...] Characters ConfessPosted by Diana Layne Apr 16 2012, 12:01 am in FBI, Mafia, Mafia Princess, RT Book Reviews, soccer, The Good Daughter When I am struggling with my characters, there are two different techniques I use to get to know them. The first is pretty simple and I bet most writers have tried this: write the scene in first person in that character’s point of view. Most of the time this works for me because by writing [...] Ahoy, Mateys! And the Winner is…Posted by Diana Layne Mar 27 2012, 10:15 pm Just a quick post to let you know that the winner of a copy of Jennifer Bray-Weber’s brand new pirate romance A KISS IN THE WIND along with a pair of skull & crossbones earrings is NANCY HOLLAND! Congratulations, Nancy! Ruby Release: A Kiss in the Wind by Jennifer Bray-WeberPosted by Diana Layne Mar 23 2012, 12:01 am in historical romance, Jennifer Bray-Weber, pirate romance, pirates of the caribbean, sea captain Today I’m happy to be the hostess for Ruby sister Jennifer Bray-Weber’s new Romancing The Pirate novel, A Kiss In The Wind. For those of you who are fans already of her Blood And Treasure novel, you’ll be happy to know this is Blade’s novel. The difference this time is that instead of going the [...]
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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.
