Hi Folks! This week I spent some time discovering Pinterest...addictive, yes? I made a board for my upcoming Entangled book, A Man of Honor, which releases in a little over a week--on June 20. If you want to check it out, it's right here:  https://www.pinterest.com/mirandaliasson/a-man-of-honor/ I usually don't like it so much when authors show [...]

My daughter's very artsy grad cap. On a perfectly sunny day a week ago, my younger daughter graduated on the quad of her college, the same college I graduated from many--ahem--years ago. If anyone has lived her time to the fullest at our alma mater, it was definitely her. She excelled academically as well as [...]

Hi folks! I'm on an editing deadline and we have a big graduation this weekend! Here's a post from a couple years ago that feels very pertinent right about now...Have a great week! reprinted/edited from October 11, 2013 Yeah, yeah, I know, writing a book is a marathon. Don't remind me, because I'm feeling the [...]

**I sent out a newsletter this week. Next newsletter will come out June 20, the release day for A Man of Honor. Sign up to receive the newsletter and you'll have a chance to win one of two $10 Amazon gift cards! **I've got two books coming out this summer and I'm putting together a [...]

[Just a quick note:  check out my Author Facebook page for a couple of giveaways I'm doing now by clicking here.] My son (minus the heavy beard that he came home with, you might recall, over spring break, now with a much lighter, nicely trimmed one) is home from college now. He arrived with five [...]

The Medina County Public Library hosted an author event today. The awesome Donna MacMeans (historical romance author and RWA board member) gave a plotting lecture and among the 38 writers from all different genres, I was happy to join up with some of my amazing NEORWA (Northeast Ohio Romance Writers of America) sisters. A great [...]

I'm doing a local author event today...pics later! Just a reminder...My next newsletter is about to come out and I'm giving away Amazon gift cards to 2 random subscribers. Sign up here!  

It's hard not to think with great sadness about the loss of musical genius Prince this week. Not long ago he dominated the music world with Michael Jackson and Madonna. He was a prolific creator, at one point told he had too much product to offer. He was rumored at one time to write a song [...]

Just a reminder, dear readers...I'm giving away $10 Amazon gift cards to two randomly selected newsletter subscribers before my next newsletter goes out later this month (last week in April). All you have to do to be eligible is to sign up for my newsletter here. I don't know if you've had a childhood like [...]

--Hi, folks! I've got one more week of deadline! So in the meantime, here are a few items to share: --Wanted to remind you to please sign up for my newsletter! (You can do this by clicking the "Join My Newsletter" button on the very top of the Home page here. My next newsletter will [...]