Rachel Writes Romance

After a year and a half away from writing, I AM BACK! On January 19th, I clocked out from my last night shift at the hospital, where I’d spent my previous thirty-one years working on the Labor & Delivery/Antepartum units. I’d published my last book in December 2018. I then started work on a new…

Readers following my newsletter know what to do with this post.     APRIL GIVEAWAY                MARCH GIVEAWAY SUSAN MARIE March newsletter giveaway – charm bracelet and Blue Lady’s Sweet Dreams eBook by Stephany Tullis. Susan, you have until 4/15 to contact me at JTRRR@aol.com to claim your prize.…

My education began in the Atlanta Public School System in the 1950’s. When I was a youngster in grade school, I loved going to the library. The shelves contained many stories of courageous women. On one trip, the cover of a book captured my attention. A woman’s image meshed with battlefield scenes. I checked it…

In 2006, I clipped a page from the Arts & Books section of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It listed the Pulitzer Prize fiction winners from 1918 through 2005. Some I had read, but at that moment I decided I would make it a goal (which I still pursue today) to read them all. Today is Valentine’s…

It sounds like great advice doesn’t it? Moving forward is much more comfortable if you use life experiences to guide your endeavors. Learn from yesterday – not only your failures but your successes. Make the time to take account of the things you accomplished in 2017, but also look at the things that didn’t go…

It is my pleasure to welcome Clean Reads author, Lucie Ulrich back to my blog. You may recall I spotlighted Lucie after the release of The Rose Ring. Since that time, she has written Noah’s story entitled Finding Hope. Noah is the brother of Micah in  The Rose Ring. Welcome back, Lucie! Nearly sixteen years after…

      As a writer, there are times when it’s hard to get the words from my head onto paper. To that end, I’m always on the lookout for ways to help accomplish this undertaking. I have had success with the one-hour sprint. You take an hour of your time and write. Having one…

February is considered the month of love. I write contemporary romance, so what better time to launch Rachel’s News, my monthly newsletter? Subscribers will get the scoop first. From new release announcements and cover reveals to works-in-progress tidbits and other news. I will have a monthly giveaway – only newsletter subscribers will be eligible. I…

    Who doesn’t love a good plate of spaghetti? According to the Internet, Americans consume about twenty pounds of pasta per person each year. I know my kids loved it and I made it often. Now they are grown, and I don’t cook as much. Through the years I have tried different recipes. A…

Today is a new beginning. Some look at it as a clean slate, a way to start over. I’ve never been good at keeping New Year resolutions. Because of this fact, I’ve decided to focus on things I can do in 2017 to enrich my life. I want to set aside more personal time for…