"Say little but say it well." That's an old Irish saying, and since my southern-fried family tree is heavily weighted to the Irish, with a dash of Cherokee Indian and a dollop of who-knows-what, (whispers of notorious great-great grandmothers who married often and not well) I'll try to keep this brief.
Welcome to my brand-new website, launched in December 2008 and gloriously designed by Debra Dixon, who can whip up a website, a pro-quality book cover, a small business plan or a hand-stitched heirloom quilt (she wins awards) as needed. She's not only a novelist, a nationally known writing instructor, a small business consultant, a past V.P. of Romance Writers of America, and the only person who'll answer my emails at one in the a.m., She's also president of BelleBooks, our nearly ten-year-old small press, which is rapidly expanding to include ebooks, podcasts and audiobooks (yours truly is the narrator, yikes).
Here you'll get news not only of my latest women's fiction novels, but also news about BelleBooks and the hottest skinny on my fantasy-author alter ego, Leigh Bridger. This is the place to come for readers' guides, booklists, plot summaries, reviews, awards, announcements and some purely fun stuff, which means pictures of my eight cats, my dog, goldfish, assorted wildlife, art projects, and BelleBooks' very own small town "bookstore," that is, our longtime booth at Antiques and Collectibles of Dahlonega, (Georgia,) where you can buy discounted copies of all our titles, many of them autographed. Right next to the vintage sewing machines and across the aisle from the commemorative John Wayne plates.
On this fine website you'll find links to our many, many book trailers, which I create using skills I learned from masters of Hollywood film production (okay, yeah, I use Windows Movie Maker and a whole lot of stock photos.) You'll find audio excerpts from my books and from BelleBooks' titles narrated by me. We're proud to say our audiobooks have passed the sniff test at Audible.com, one of the biggest sellers of audio downloads in, like, the entire universe, supplier to Amazon.com and iTunes. Who knew a squeaky southern drawl could go so far?
Stay tuned for that and much more! Sales, bargains, midnight madness sprees! Well, maybe that's only at the local mall, but it sounds exciting, anyway.
Okay, I'm nearly cruising past the Irish definition of "saying little." I hope I've said it well. Lemme know what you think. I accept questions, comments, complaints, bribes, and gratuitous flattery at debbsmith AT aol.com.
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me for an autographed label Coming this summer, hear my drawling Southern voice on podcasts! Starting in July, I'll be narrating book promotions and excerpts for the NovelTalk community, with my small press, BelleBooks, as one of the podcast sponsors. First up: an excerpt from Sandra Hill's August title, SO INTO YOU, coming from Grand Central Publishing in August. I'm no voice actress and yes, everyone from British Earls to Bronx cops will have my Georgia accent, but it'll be fun listenin', I promise. On tap for October, my first urban fantasy novel, SOUL CATCHER, written under the pen name Leigh Bridger. I don't want to shock my regular readers so Beware! The book is very R-Rated for violence, naughty works and explicit sex. But it's also a heartfelt romance and a great adventure. I plan to write the sequel, SOUL HUNTER, next year. Learn more at leighbridger.com and bellbridgebooks.com. Visit my extras section. It's been a great, lush spring in my garden. I took a bunch of photos and have decided to share some here at Deb's Artful Garden. |
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