A recent survey of my Wild at Heart Newsletter readers focused on what characteristic about a person most attracted them immediately. I designed a list of options encompassing everything from clothes to smile to physique. I had the survey program randomize the choices for each participant, so people didn’t see them in the same order. […]
Book 3 of the Wild at Heart series has hit the virtual bookshelves! Join Ellie Atherton for the Vegas adventure of a lifetime… Here’s a preview from Chapter 3. Bree relaxed and surfed satellite radio stations until she found a pop music channel. The wild breeze blew the last remnants of product from her hair […]
Do you like chocolate? Do you need chocolate? Some people I know don’t care for it. But that’s a small minority. Most of us cultivate a friendship with this irreplaceable food, a friendship based on fond memories, instant gratification, and insatiable desire. Okay, maybe that’s what some people call an addiction. In my new short story, Lies Between […]
Think about a small, distasteful task you’ve been putting off. Now tell yourself you have to make a choice: do it today, or do it tomorrow. Which do you choose? Most of us want to wait until tomorrow. Seem logical. Postpone something that you dislike. Okay, now you have the opportunity to do something you […]
The next book in my romantic suspense series will be set in Japan. I spent almost 10 years of my adult life living there. But I still have trouble figuring out the toilets. I can’t keep up with the technology. When I first arrived in 1987, some homes and schools still had “old fashioned” toilets. There was […]
Book 2 of the Wild at Heart series, Paradise Wild, is set on Maui, the second most populated Hawaiian island. Just as book 1, Wild Within, gave you a taste of what it’s like to hike the Pacific Crest Trail in California, Paradise Wild gives an insider’s view of what it’s like to live in […]
I created a holiday survival list of my favorite free escapes. No promotion. Just self care. Because you deserve it! Create. I can’t draw worth anything. But I love fiddling. I use Canva on my computer or phone to take holiday correspondence, party invitations, and photos to a new level. Stretch. I’m the first to hop on […]
A few weeks before Thanksgiving I asked readers of the Wild at Heart Newsletter one simple question: What are you thankful for this year? Over half the respondents chose one clear answer: Family. However you define it, whatever it means to you, whomever it denotes in your life, readers said family makes the not just the […]
A recent Wild at Heart Newsletter survey and giveaway asked readers to describe where they’d met the biggest love of their life. As usual, the race for number one answer was neck-and-neck for days. Did people meet at work? In a bar? Online? You really have to be lucky… Sometimes it’s more difficult than you think. […]
Today we have an interview with the main character from Wild Within, Grace. We’re so glad to have her here to answer a few questions. Glad for a chance to interview you, Grace. We hear it more and more…”the PCT.” What the heck is it and why should anyone care? Ha! I’m with you on that, […]