*originally posted on the Smart Girls Read Romance Blog* Who am I? I’m a mom, a daughter, a friend, a romance author… and a bunch of other things, but for most of my life there was one thing I didn’t ‘know’ about myself. I’m a POC – Person of Color. Oh, so that’s what they […]
Hawaiian Word Pronunciation Guide Twelve Letters in the Hawaiian Alphabet: 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and 7 consonants (h, k, l, m, n, p, w) Pronouncing the Vowels A = AH E = EH I = EE O = OH U = OO the diacritical mark of ` (which looks like a mirrored […]
Jackson “Ajax” Guard, the hero of Rescuing Hi’ilani, lives in a house located in Schofield Base on the Western side of Oahu Island. Sharing the house with two other members of his team ‘Train’ and ‘Baron,’ they make the most out of one of the bungalow/plantation style houses from the base’s history in the early […]
You can’t have a book set in Hawaii and not include some of the wild life… and no, I’m not talking about the hot military guys… okay, I wish I was, but here… some of the ANIMAL wildlife I’m including in the book. The Mynah Bird (Mah-ee-nah) The Mynah bird has a distinct waddle […]
Aloha, all! One of the things about this book is that it will include a bunch (in Pidgin English – “choke”) of local and Hawaiian language speech and words. And I know that it might seem a little daunting to some and others will take this as a chance to learn about a different culture […]
Operation Alpha – Susan Stoker – Stoker’s Aces Another plant that you’ll ‘see’ in the book is Puakenikeni (Poo-ah-keh-nee-keh-nee) Grown on a plant that can go from a bush to a tree after sufficient time, the blossoms bloom and look like a long trumpet, like a datura, but instead of a mouth/head with a pointed […]
When I was writing short form Steampunk, Paranormal, etc. I had a map on my website of where my stories were set… So, why not have one here? SERIES 1 St. Raphael, CA – Contemporary Romance with Heat 2 Ellingsford, MT – Sweet Historical Western 3 Orsino Security – Paranormal Bear Shifters 4 Three Rivers […]
Operation Alpha – Susan Stoker – Stoker’s Aces Coming in 2019 – Rescuing Hi’ilani – part of Susan Stoker’s Operation Alpha Imprint One of the best things about living in Hawaii is the abundance of natural beauty that surrounds us. I want to showcase some of the plants that make me smile. For some it’s […]
Operation Alpha – Susan Stoker – Stoker’s Aces Coming in January 2019 – Rescuing Hi’ilani – part of Susan Stoker’s Operation Alpha Imprint This is a first for me. I haven’t set a book in Hawaii and it’s where I live.. so I’m excited to share some of the local beauty with my readers! First […]
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