Sneak peeks, deep thoughts, and things that come to me while I’m writing…in no particular order…
Counting down…
Three days! First review! From author Lissa Bryan, who was kind enough to volunteer. 🙂 This story is about two people who have to re-learn one another and navigate around scars that have been created since those long-ago days. How can Robert find his way forward in a life he never wanted? How can he…
Keep readingNew Release
What’s new in my writing world? I’ve got that new book dropping on June 1, 2023: In the Name of Duty. I’ve been including sneak peeks from this clean Regency Romance in prior posts, and here is the final one. The Kindle version will be available on Kindle Unlimited. There is a paperback version, as…
Keep readingDancing!
One might argue that it is hard to have a Regency Romance without dancing… I learned of the genre from my teenaged reading of Jane Austen, of course. So, of course, I include a little dancing in In the Name of Duty.
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Sneak peek!
Honestly, it’s a bit nerve-wracking for me to post sneak peeks, but I’m trying to be “brave, bold, and daring.”
Keep readingFront Cover Reveal!
A wounded warrior. An abandoned countess. Resentment and festering feelings covered by the politeness and social niceties of an arranged marriage. Robert, Eighth Earl of Aberleigh and Georgiana, Lady Aberleigh had been married for six years before he returned, grievously injured, from Waterloo. Will the combined efforts of his family, their staff, and the village…
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Comics? What?
If you’ve known me for, oh, years, you might have heard about an indie comic I have been involved with. It’s not published yet, but like a lot of projects in the creative indie community, it’s been percolating. Hotspur: Hand of Fire by Rampant Comics is the name of the project and the creator is…
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Chag Sameach
“Chag Sameach” is a one way to offer a holiday greeting for Passover. According to the website chabad.org – Sephardic Jews prefer the biblical term for a festival, “chag.” Thus, when wishing someone a joyous festival, they say “chag same’ach” (pronounced CHAG sah-MAY-ach). This greeting has its roots in the Torah, where forms of these two words are used in…
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Happy New Year!
I don’t do serious New Year’s Resolutions. Instead, taking the example of a pastor of mine eons ago, I resolve NOT to do something. Once again, I herein resolve to avoid skydiving. I have my limits! And focus words? I don’t focus so well on a concept like that, even when I’m trying. I know…
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Love Has Come
We are in the last days of Advent, 2022. This is something I posted on the last Sunday of Advent, for which the theme is generally regarded to be LOVE. We say, “God is Love” sometimes. Which is true. Always. But I also sometimes feel compelled to quote Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride: “You…
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Not so blank, now…
“You can’t edit a blank page.” If you’re a writer, it is very possible that someone has tossed this phrase your way. It may seem particularly unhelpful when you’re stuck in a paragraph, chapter…. Or a rut. But it’s true, nevertheless. This is why we have FIRST drafts. (Even if the first draft is of…
Keep reading25 YEARS
No, it’s not my wedding anniversary. The Spousal Unit and I celebrated thirty years of wedded bliss this past summer, which was lovely. But then, you might extend a bit of pity to the man. He didn’t marry a writer, but he’s married to one, now! Twenty-five years ago, on December 1, 1997, I began…
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Productivity…?
Yesterday was a day similar to other days that reminded me why I don’t do #NaNoWriMo officially. This time of year, less than a week until Thanksgiving with family holidays and such hard on that day’s heels, there’s a lot to do and coordinate with . . . gasp! . . . other people. I’ve…
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Making progress!
I thought I’d share a favorite line from this DRAFT of the chapter I’m writing…
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NaNoWriMo 2022
…Tell me I have to write 1,667 words a day and I subconsciously set my jaw against being told what to do….
Keep readingGiving is Exciting
For many children, one of the chief joys of Christmas is receiving a present or two under a tree or wherever such presents go in their home. Sometimes, wrapped gifts make an appearance early and eager eyes and minds try to decipher what the wrapping could be hiding. Other times, nothing appears until Christmas morning,…
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Waiting is Hard
When I was a little child, waiting for Christmas seemed hard. It was such a l-o-n-g wait! Oh, there were stories to keep my mind occupied during the weeks leading up to the big day. There was music. There were things to do here, there, and everywhere, but it still felt like forever until Christmas.…
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Hope is a Thing
There’s a place in Alaska that had its last sunset on November 17th and will not see a proper sunrise until January 22nd. There will be civil twilights on either end of the day, yes, but it’ll be a pretty dark, overall, in Utqiagvik, Alaska. Darkness can be depressing. If you or someone you know…
Keep readingWhat does it all mean?
Whenever there is a catastrophe—manmade or occurring in nature—it has long been the pattern of people to seek out a cause for its beginning as well as a reason for the future. “What does it mean?” This is how we are. God created us with this inner curiosity and wish to connect with the Divine.…
Keep readingBook Review: The Wizard’s Butler
The Wizard’s Butler by Nathan Lowell My rating: 4 of 5 stars I hadn’t read anything by Nathan Lowell before, so this was a new adventure for me.Roger Mulligan is Our Hero in this story, and he is the new butler and the sole perspective the reader has on all events. This means that he…
Keep readingRampant Studio
Imagine a world that was once like our own…but where the old stories were real. There, the Faerie Land is a true thing, and the powers of the Fae have made themselves known to even the most mundane. People with rare and sometimes frightening powers might be found anywhere. Such as in law enforcement. Hotspur—the…
Keep readingMac’s Daring Heart
The Lipstick Outlaws have been rebranded and are taking their act on the road! Click on the book cover to pre-order on Kindle or purchase the paperback! Fiercely talented and full of fire, the Sweethearts of Country Music are rising stars. But when romance beckons, can they take a shot at love without giving up…
Keep readingAn Unexpected Woman
“Put a bow around the woman you want for me, so I’ll know.” Associate Pastor Dr. Mark Countryman is a recent transplant to North Fort Myers, Florida. Although it’s a paradise for some, Dr. Countryman has never felt more alone. As his fortieth birthday approaches, he reevaluates his past relationships and prays that God will guard his…
Keep readingÉire’s Viking Trilogy
When the Northmen came to the Green Island, they sought first to profit by, then to change the people and the land. Instead, they were changed by them. This trilogy illustrates one way in which these changes happened. You will also get to meet Tuirgeis, who was the first Viking High King of Éire. Éire’s Captive…
Keep readingAbout the Author…
I’m Sandi Layne and this is lo, another online abode for me. Welcome! I’ve been writing since I first put pen to paper in December of 1997. My writing career has walked the bridge from the era of “print the best copy on the highest quality paper and box the manuscript for shipping” to watching…
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Sandi Layne 