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New Release at Fire Star Press: Desert Rose
A secret life is the best protection against love Men love Rose Badger, and if the other inhabitants of dead-end Blake’s Folly, Nevada, don’t approve, she couldn’t care less. With a disastrous marriage far behind her, settling down is the last thing she...
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The Inspiration for A Swan's Sweet Song
Contemporary Romance published by The Wild Rose Press Quite a few years ago, I got a job at Radio France, writing and broadcasting a daily program about the history of North American country music. I was in Laval, a small city in the west of France —...
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All About Charming Alice: Romance in Blake’s Folly
The Romance Dance Romance is very much a dance, archaic and complicated, one that has to be re-learned, each time it appears. The first steps are always awkward, tentative, then just when we gain a bit of confidence, we trip over our own feet, stumble,...
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Desert Rose (and some armchair travel)
Armchair travel? Nothing like it. No last-minute panic while getting out to the airport; no check-in or security check lines; no obnoxious seat partner on the plane; no screaming babies; no lost baggage; no lousy exchange rate; no pickpockets; no struggle,...
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Author interview on Maggie Blackbird's blog: Where Writers Write
My writing space in the country 1. Why did you choose this particular writing spot to draft your novel? J. Arlene: Because it’s beautiful. 2. Share a story (funny or serious) that occurred at your favourite writing spot. J. Arlene: This room looks beautiful...
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All about finding a stray dog and where that takes you #MFRWhooks
The back seat of Jace’s car looked like it needed a shave. “Can’t you dogs keep your hair on?” The huge black animal only wagged its tail, a look of simple adoration in its eyes. Jace sighed. His day was going all wrong. He didn’t like dogs, didn’t like...
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Coming face-to face with a lover forty years later... #MFRWhooks
“Uh—Marek?” He turned, his eyes sweeping over her, taking in the thick, white towel fastened, sarong style, over her slender curves, and she felt her heartbeat increase again, sending tension along every single nerve. Cut this out. This is nothing but...
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#MFRWhooks All the wrong first impressions
A heavy fat paw clapped him on the shoulder. Carston turned, found a jovial-looking, cigar-chewing individual grinning into his face. “I’ll bet you and Sherry have a lot to say to each other, seeing both of you are in the same line of business.” Life...
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Do I Travel for Research? by J. Arlene Culiner from Jana Richards.blogspot.
Do I travel for research? I certainly do, and I often find myself in strange places and uncomfortable situations. For a recently completed non-fiction biography, I found myself tramping over frozen winter roads in backwoods Ukraine — not a soul in sight....
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Brenda Whiteside's Blog:Desert Rose and Armchair Travel by J. Arlene Culiner
Muse Monday My guest today, J. Arlene Culiner, makes a great point. Through a book, you can travel the world! Armchair travel? Nothing like it. No last-minute panic while getting out to the airport; no check-in, or security check; no obnoxious seat partner...
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Guest post from Layla Writers: What inspires me by J. Arlene Culiner
What inspires me as a writer? Absurdity. I love it. Silliness and bad behavior are equally delightful. Why? Because those are the things I need when creating pesky secondary characters or when I want to inject a little comic relief. The obnoxious woman...
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Notes on Sad Summer in Biarritz: the flip side of romance
Both men and women wish for a deep and lasting connection with someone perfect, someone they can trust with their deepest secrets and darkest fantasies. And, unable find that ideal lover in real life, they seek it in fictional characters. Romances are...
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New Release: Felicity's Power from The Wild Rose Press
Ex-lovers come face-to-face after a forty year separation: can you fall in love with the same person twice, Felicity's Power is the story of two lovers who meet after a forty year separation. Both are in their sixties — and that's pretty rare in the world...
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http://www.longandshortreviews.com/guest-blogs/j-arlene-culiner-interview-and-giveaway/#comments
Long and Short Reviews welcomes J. Arlene Culiner who is visiting with us to talk about the two books in her mini-series, Romance in Blake's Folly: Desert Rose and All About Charming Alice. Click o... You are here: Home / Guest Blogs / J. Arlene Culiner...
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All About Falling in Love with an Instrument
I hadn’t played the flute for over forty years. I wasn’t even sure I still had my old instrument, having moved many times over the years. But, one day, as I was rummaging around in the cellar hoping to find a bottle of red wine, lo and behold, there was...
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Author Spoltlight at K&T Book Blabbers
Author Spotlight ~J. Arlene Culiner ~ Born in New York, raised in Toronto, Jill (J. Arlene) Culiner has lived in several cars, one closet, a Hungarian mud house, a Bavarian castle, a Turkish cave dwelling, in a haunted house on the English moors, in the...
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Desert Rose: A trailer and an excerpt
Book Excerpt/Trailer
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One Foot in Front of the Other and Sleeping in Fields
Well…I usually know where I’m headed and what country I’m in (although I sometimes, unknowingly, cross borders). I do carry large-scale maps with me, and they are an immense help. But that’s where the planning stops. After that, it’s one foot after the...
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Book Reader Magazine Author Interview
Featured Interview With J. Arlene Culiner Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now? I was born in New York and raised in Canada, but I left North America a long time ago, determined to have a life of adventure and...
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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog READER – WRITER – RESOURCES – & MORE
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog READER – WRITER – RESOURCES – & MORE Meet Guest Author Jill Culiner/J. Arlene Culiner… Posted on January 15, 2019 by The Story Reading Ape Young, I set out to have a life of adventure and discovery, not one of security...
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Welcome to The Write Way Café! An Interview with J. Arlene Culiner
The Write Way Café w elcomes J. Arlene Culiner, who discusses her very interesting road to publication and offers advice: Never. Ever. Throw away any writing. Where did the idea for your story come from? Years ago, I worked for Radio France. Because I’m...
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Love, From Coffeetime Romance: Danger, and Archaeology: The Turkish Affair by J. Arlene Culiner
by J. Arlene | Jan 14, 2020 Release date: January 15, 2020 In my romantic suspense, The Turkish Affair, the setting is Karakuyu, an archaeological site in a dangerous part of Turkey. My heroine, Anne, is a former American journalist who, after a scandalous...
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#MFRWhooks A Passionate Encounter?
Felicity's Power by J. Arlene Culiner “You’re right, of course. This dream is going to blow sky high, just the way Owen’s did a hundred and fifty years ago.” A woman’s voice. Rich, throaty. Lazy. Marek Sumner looked up from the lecture notes he’d been...
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About Supernatural Beings Known as Houbies (and being fearless…or feckless) by J. Arlene Culiner #FearlessFriday #supernatural Guest Post on Brenda Whiteside's Blog
FEARLESS FRIDAY It's always fun to have J. Arlene Culiner on Discover... Her Fearless Friday post is no exception. So grab a cup of whatever, sit back, and enjoy the read! I live in an area of France where ancient sunken paths lead between villages or...
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Author interview on Whispering Stories: Felicity's Power and Sad Summer in Viarritz
http://whisperingstories.com/writing-life-jill-culiner/ The Writing Life of: Jill Culiner by whisperingstories · 16th November 2017 Jill Culiner This week on ‘The Writing Life of:‘ I am thrilled to be interviewing author Jill Culiner. Jill will be sharing...