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Celebrating: This month’s moon pie making. If you don’t know about moon pie, I’m very sorry for you. But if you want the recipe, stay tooned.
Also Celebrating: A New Book! Here ’tis!
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Sun and Moon by Lee Strauss
(Book One in the Minstrel Series)
January 26th!
If you’re a fan of the movie Inside Llewyn Davis, ABC television’s Nashville or Colleen Hoover’s upcoming novel, “Maybe Someday”, the Minstrel Series is for you!
The Minstrel Series is a collection of contemporary romance novels set in the singer/songwriter world. The books are companion novels, with shared settings and characters, but each are complete standalone stories with a HEA (happily ever after) and no cliffhangers!
She has a past. He has a secret.
Katja Stoltz is a risk-taking singer-songwriter hoping to make it in the indie music scene in Dresden, Germany. Micah Sturm’s a brooding uptown banker on a quest.
Driven to the streets, Katja is picked up by Micah – but he doesn’t want what she thinks he does.
There’s an undeniable attraction between them, a gravitational pull they both struggle to resist. Katja knows she mustn’t fall in love with this handsome enigma. There’s something dark lurking beneath the surface. He could be dangerous.
And even if her life isn’t on the line, her heart most definitely is.
Driven to the streets, Katja is picked up by Micah – but he doesn’t want what she thinks he does.
There’s an undeniable attraction between them, a gravitational pull they both struggle to resist. Katja knows she mustn’t fall in love with this handsome enigma. There’s something dark lurking beneath the surface. He could be dangerous.
And even if her life isn’t on the line, her heart most definitely is.
*not erotica – no explicit sex or coarse language
Buy now!
Enter to win a $50 Amazon gift card, MP3s of all four songs featured on Sun and Moon, and a 12 month calendar from Dresden, Germany featuring many of the settings found in Sun & Moon.
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WRITING SEQUELS
Hint #2: Here’s another HINT about writing those sequels. Thanks to
Ruth Ann Hixson: “Write it as a sequel but also as a STAND ALONE book in case the reader hasn’t read the previous book.”
Very nice review. There is so much to learn from everyone. Thank you for sharing.
i love your intro to Sun & Moon – hook those readers right away! Great technique! And great tip to write the second as a stand alone, plus then they'll want to read more, no matter where they started from.
happy monday!
I like the sequel tip, it is something I would agree with. Moon Pie, no don't know what that is but it sounds interesting!
Hey Lee,
I like how you had a loony tuney moony type theme going here. I must make notes. Did you know I'm a wandering minstrel who plays the lute to fair damsels in many an enchanted English village.
Congrats and all the best to the other Lee, Lee. Nice to see the Sun and Moon featured on this must-read blog site n'stuff.
Moon Pie? I don't even want to tell you what I thought that was….
Your starstruckest fan wishes you the most pleasant of weekends. To be honest. You know what I'm saying? Yes? No? Nobody cares?
Gary 🙂
Thanks for featuring Sun & Moon! 🙂
Great to have you here.
Congrat! Yeah, another book launch. The sequel tip hard! I have trouble with it. Mine need to be read in order, I think. I'm still re-writing the second one though, so I can try to tweak that end of things. 🙂 And Moon Pie? Made of cheese? 😛
I think this sequel thing can be tricky. Wish I'd listened to my inner writer and not started one of them. Too late now! If the Moon Pie is cheesy, I'm there. But I was kind of thinking it had to be about chocolate.
Congrats to Lee! It's great to have such an identifiable niche. Big thanks to Ruth Ann for the tip about writing sequels. I thought "Moon pie" was a nickname southerners use. 😉
I'm hoping for a tasty treat. I'll let you know.
She has a past. He has a secret. Wow, now that sounds like a good read. Thanks, Lee.
A nice, mysterious tag! Thanks for the visit, Joylene.
Great advice on sequels! That's a point I haven't seen made much, though I have frequently heard to have individual arcs for the book and some for the series. I love moon pies, but I've only made them once, because I can pretend they're less bad for me if I don't make them myself. I feel the same way about fry bread. 😉
The Warrior Muse
LOL, Shannon. Guess it does seem like when someone else puts those ingredients together it's "healthier." Hadn't thought of that.
Very happy for Lee. Wishing her Minstrel series oodles of success. It's such a wonderful concept too.
It is a great concept. Thanks for saying that, Angela.
Just to let you know, I am nearly done with The Princess of Las Pulgas and LOVE IT. Wow, very well done C. Lee. I'll post a review on Goodreads when I finish.
Hi Karen. Thanks so much for the read. Glad you are enjoying it. Always appreciate reviews and will look forward to reading yours.
Congrats to Lee 🙂
Thanks, VikLit.
Moon pies are the best!
Another fan of Moon Pies!
Great hint!
Congratulations to Lee, I entered the giveaway 😉
Fingers crossed for you, S.K.
Alright I don't know about the moon pie. What the heck?? Now I have to google it LOL.
Congrats to Lee!
Bless that Google!
Never heard of a moon pie, will have to look it up. Good Luck to Lee!
I'm looking for the best recipe, testing it and passing it on.
Ruth Ann and I think alike! I wrote mine to stand alone, just in case I couldn't sell one, I could use the others.
Best of luck Lee. I'm a huge fan of HEA's!
I love moon pies! But I don't like s'mores. Go figure!
Good reason to write each as a single book, Elizabeth. Haven't had a s'more since I was in high school.
I don't know about moon pie either. Whoopie pies, yes, Moon pies, no.
Congratulations to Lee—best of luck to you!
Whoopie pies? Now I'm the one who doesn't know.
I don't know about moon pie…
Love the advice on sequels.
I'm gathering as much information on those sequels as I can.
Yay for Lee! So excited for her!
Thanks Julie. I know she appreciates the "Yay."
Dwarves don't know the moon pie but it sounds tasty.
Congratulations to Lee.
I'm sure there's a special dwarf version. Let me investigate.
yay! i so agree about series being able to stand alone too
Quite a challenge.
Congrats to Lee! And looking forward to learning more about moon pies. I'm from up North and there's not as popular here.
It's quite tasty and loaded with calories, right?
Congratulations to Lee!
And if you're referring to THE Moon Pie, it's very popular here in the South.
As it should be!