Happy 4th! ✨Check out some BBQ and books
Jul 04, 2020 10:31 pm
Happy Fourth of July! Also, welcome to our new readers. Thanks for joining the Rom-Com news list! If you haven’t yet gotten your free preview of the new series, grab Felony Melanie and the Moonshiner’s Cabin here: https://storyoriginapp.com/directdownloads/a93a8575-392e-4132-a3d4-3a3ab57f071c. These opening chapters stand alone as a short story. Fans of the movie Sweet Home Alabama will love seeing teen Melanie in action! You can get the story as an ePub, .mobi (Kindle), or PDF.
Also, the whole book is available free via Story Origin if you agree to review it on Amazon or other retailers, your blog, etc.
In honor of the Fourth of July check out these barbecue pictures from Doug’s Alabama trip (back before travel and everything else changed). Here Doug visits SAW’s in Birmingham and shows their chicken sandwich.
Here’s Doug chowing down at a roadside BBQ place
And in case you aren’t hungry yet, check out these ribs and sides at Dream BBQ in Montgomery.
If you want a Sweet Home Alabama-style Fourth, check out these Recipes That Deserve a Spot on Your Fourth of July Menu from Southern Living.
Doug’s New Vlog:
Doug has started a new vlog (video blog) about writing for movies and television! On the next episode, he will be discussing Comic-Con and networking with three guests:
Eugene Son - animation writer (Avengers Assemble, Star Wars Resistance) and comic book writer (Ultimate Spider Man)
Spiro Skentzos - TV writer (Arrow, Grimm) and host of the ComicCon@Home “Writing for TV” panel
Ben Raab - TV writer (Arrow) and comic book writer (Phantom, Green Lantern)
You can watch the video on July 11th on Doug’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcqhLz_C6YT_ptr9iGEeheQ
Praise for Felony Melanie in Pageant Pandemonium: Thanks to Keelan Storm for this review: This really was an interesting read! The author did a great job of capturing the characters we know and love from the movie, and by a third of the way into it, I found it difficult to stop reading and honestly powered right through the book in one sitting. I loved the plethora of metaphors and descriptions. The twist and turns at the end made for a fun finish. Great read!
Check out a long list of romantic comedies! You can sign up for any author newsletters you’d like (at least one, but only those of your choice) and enter to win an e-reader and bundle of all the books. It looks like quite a collection! Heat level ranges from sweet to erotic, but of course if you win, you can read only the books that appeal to you.
Find New Authors and Books
Best Friends to Lovers FREE July eBooks
Need a book vacation? Sign up for newsletters from great authors and get free stories! This giveaway is for works with the “Best Friends to Lovers” trope. Watch good friends turn into something more.
Get your fun, fast beach-read type romance, without dark elements or heavy-duty topics. You’ll find lots of fantasy and some contemporaryromance about young people finding themselves. All are free when you sign up for the author’s newsletters.
Check out young adult romance novels, with some rom-coms and contemporary romance from ten different authors. These are full books, no newsletter signups, but not free.
Learn about the present and past world by taking trips through books, even if you can’t travel in real life. Here find books for kids, from preschool through middle grade (hint, adults can enjoy kids books too!).
Books on our radar:
The Double D Ranch (A Fortuna, Texas Novel Book 1), by Rochelle Bradley: “‘The Double D Ranch’ is a tongue-in-cheek, larger-than-life, Texas romance that combines romance and ranch-handling with entrepreneurial genius, erotic hi-jinks, and a hidden secret from the past.” – IHIBRP Reviews
The Fortunate Events of Margot Heartily! (The Lady Liberty Series) by Kim Hall: be aware that the “five books” are really one longer story, but for ninety-nine cents or free in KU, it could be fun.
Reviews help readers find great books, and they help authors keep writing. Review Felony Melanie in Pageant Pandemonium here.
Thanks and stay safe while you have fun this weekend!
Doug and Kris