The bigger your hair is, the smaller your waist appears. That’s right, I said it. It’s scientific fact—an optical illusion sure to fool the most discerning male eye. Or not. LOL. But if you were a girl who went through high school in the eighties, chances are good that you…
Author: Katie Clapsadl
A Pirate’s Command is book two of the Secrets of the Bayous Trilogy. When I wrote the first book, Dark Secrets, Deep Bayous, I had written with the idea it was a single book, but after it was completed, the sister of the hero, asked me (as characters often do)…
Throwback Thursday: Wrestling Edition When I was a kid, wrestling was never really on my radar. I knew my big brother had wrestled in high school, but that knowledge had little to no context. (He’s twelve years older than me, so if I was ever taken to a meet,…
Hello there friends! With my new book coming out, I’ve been thinking a lot about my writing must haves. You know what I mean, those tools and materials that I can’t live without. That I can’t write without. So here are my top 5. #5: A thesaurus. Because though I’m…
When I write, I like things to come full circle (like the end of Moonstruck when everyone shows up in the kitchen). So when life gives me a completed cycle, it makes me inordinately pleased. At about the time this photo was taken, I owned a 1976 Pinto. It was…
Boring meetings don’t usually result in romance novels, but the idea for A Touch of Chardonnay was born in one. Instead of paying attention that day, my mind was inside an old Spanish Colonial Revival mansion I’d seen. It was perched on a sandstone cliff and I wondered how long…
I like broken people. A little twisted, I know, but let me explain. Perfect fictional people are like an animated classic movie. They endure a trial by fire, their “worst thing,” and earn their happy ending on the other side. It’s the ideal 90-minute movie that sends us home singing…
Every novel has a unique birth. Mine was born as I was working my day job as a TV news reporter in Florida. Pope John Paul II was making an historic first visit to Cuba to meet with Fidel Castro, and I was chosen to follow a large group of…
Do you love tattoos? Do they have special meanings to you? Have you always wanted the chance to design one? Well we have the perfect contest for you! In Hide Me, the first book in the upcoming amazing Silver Strand series, the heroine, Whit is a tattoo artist. She gives the…
NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author Julia London writing for the first time as Jessa McAdams. The Perfect Bargain releases on June 30, 2015 and if you love 27 Dresses or Leap Year you won’t want to miss this light-hearted romantic read! We’re so excited for this book that we…