I love K-Dramas So Much that I Created a Spotify Playlist
I love K-Dramas So Much that I Created a Spotify Playlist

That’s right. I love K-Dramas. Here is a Spotify list of my favorite songs from my favorite K-Dramas. The list will continue to grow as I watch more and more . So far, songs from Crash Landing on You, What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim?, Itaewon Class and Healer are on my humble list. You’re welcome.

Are there iconic K-drama songs I’m missing? If so, let me know and I will add it to my playlist. Is there a K-drama that I absolutely must see if for no other reason than the music? Tell me too!

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Thank You For Making The Jingle Balls Anthology a USA Today Bestseller!
Thank You For Making The Jingle Balls Anthology a USA Today Bestseller!

I'm sending a huge THANK YOU to all of my readers and friends who supported the Jingle Balls Anthology, the limited-release collaboration I contributed to in support of the Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation. Not only did you (my lovely readers) help raise a ton of money for the foundation: you helped Jingle Balls become a USA Today Bestseller! It ranked #99 on the list the week of October 8th, its debut week!

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I Was Just Nodded For my 50th Award! "Spooning Leads to Forking" is a Finalist in the Golden Leaf!
I Was Just Nodded For my 50th Award! "Spooning Leads to Forking" is a Finalist in the Golden Leaf!

Huge thanks to New Jersey Romance Writers for honoring Spooning Leads to Forking as a finalist in the 2020 Golden Leaf Contest in the Romantic Suspense category. This honor is particularly sweet because it's my 50th award and my first award for Spooning Leads to Forking. All of my books are a little autobiographical. In Spooning Leads to Forking, heroine Shea is a food critic (I used to be a food, wine and travel writer myself.) It was a great time in my life and I loved reliving it through writing the book.

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The Jingle Balls Anthology is Top 100 in the Kindle Store! (Have You Read It?)
The Jingle Balls Anthology is Top 100 in the Kindle Store! (Have You Read It?)

I’ve been telling you about my holiday story called Sleigh My Name, a special epilogue for Snapdragon and Chrysalis fans, which features an extension to Darby's and Michael's story. It is available exclusively through the Jingle Balls Anthology. Tuesday was release day and the collection has been selling like hot cakes. Today it’s top 100 in the Kindle Store! This is the very first and the very only place that this story will be on sale. Based on how Chrysalis ended, you won't believe what Darby and Michael are up to…

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Love in the Time of COVID-19: Why We Need Romance Novels Now More than Ever
Love in the Time of COVID-19: Why We Need Romance Novels Now More than Ever

Join me as I drop in (virtually!) to Napa Bookmine on Saturday, August 15th at 5:00PM PDT for a special Bookstore Romance Day author panel: Love in the Time of COVID-19: Why We Need Romance Novels Now More than Ever. I’ll be joined by fellow San Francisco authors Aimee O'Brian and Rebecca Hunter, and moderator Sue Brown-Moore. Since this is a virtual event, readers from all over the world can join, though, you must RSVP to attend.

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Book Riot Just Called "Snapdragon" One of The Best Books You've Never Heard Of!
Book Riot Just Called "Snapdragon" One of The Best Books You've Never Heard Of!

Squee! I went to Twitter to post something this morning only to find that Book Riot listed my novel, Snapdragon, as one of its best books you've never heard of! I will admit, I wish that a LOT more people had heard of this book. Thanks to this article, and to Carole, the reader who thought to give it a nod, a few more people have. Yea for good newsy things!! Snapdragon is right here, BTW. Because, shameless self-promotion: http://bit.ly/kb-snapdragon

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The Biggest, Bestest, Fangirliest News Ever: I'm Working on a Future Project for Smartypants Romance!!!
The Biggest, Bestest, Fangirliest News Ever: I'm Working on a Future Project for Smartypants Romance!!!

The headline says it all! The three exclamation points at the end show you how unbelievably excited I am. And it is thrilling to finally let the cat out of the bag. I have the extreme honor of working on a project with Smartypants Romance! Yes, that Smartypants Romance. The publishing entity run by one of my favorite authors of all time, Penny Reid. Through Smartypants, a handful of amazing authors has…

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Next-Level Issues on Diversity in Publishing - My Interivew on The Good Story Podcast!
Next-Level Issues on Diversity in Publishing - My Interivew on The Good Story Podcast!

First things first: you need to check out The Good Story Podcast. It’s new(ish) but great-already source for rich discussions about meaty topics in authoring. It is also the brainchild of Mary Kole. She is the founder of The Good Story Company, a multidimensional career and craft blog and resource center for authors. After meeting her virtually, we quickly realized we had much to discuss about diversity in publishing.

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"Crocodile Tears" is a Finalist in the Rising Star Award given by the The Women's Fiction Writer's Association
"Crocodile Tears" is a Finalist in the Rising Star Award given by the The Women's Fiction Writer's Association

Exciting news! My debut Women’s Fiction Novel, Crocodile Tears (working title) has been named one of five finalists in the Women’s Fiction Writers Association Rising Star Awards. The Rising Star Awards are open to all unagented authors of Women’s Fiction who are unpublished in the genre.

Crocodile Tears is Hatfields & McCoys meets Romeo & Juliet. An enemies-to-lovers story steeped in a century-old family feud.

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I'm Proud to Participate in #AuthorsAdopt2020 in Support of Frontline Health Care Workers Battling COVID-19
I'm Proud to Participate in #AuthorsAdopt2020 in Support of Frontline Health Care Workers Battling COVID-19

Usually, on Mother's Day, I post gratitude for the mothers in my life. Today, I'll post a different gratitude, for all the mothers who are working on the front lines of the COVID crisis, taking care of all the mothers who are sick and who can't be visited by and comforted by their own loved ones—the mothers who are taking care of so many people and not seeing or being able to hug their own mothers and their own kids.

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Kobo Interviewed Me for their Podcast! (I Geeked Out on Alternative Storytelling Platforms)
Kobo Interviewed Me for their Podcast! (I Geeked Out on Alternative Storytelling Platforms)

It seems like a million years since early January, when I sat down with Kobo to record this podcast. I’m so excited to announce that the recording is live! The good people at Kobo had initially asked me to share my thoughts on what I call “emerging story platforms.” Those of you who know me well know that I geek out on technology, and on the business aspects of authoring. 2019 was the year I got to know…

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Kilby Q&A: 10 Things You Always Wanted to Know About “Spooning Leads to Forking” (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Kilby Q&A: 10 Things You Always Wanted to Know About “Spooning Leads to Forking” (But Were Afraid to Ask)

It's time for another installment of Kilby Q&A! This week, I answer 10 questions about my newest culinary romance!

Q1: First of all: yay! This is the follow-up to your much-loved novel, The Secret Ingredient! Why did you decide to turn it into a series? A: Mostly, because I’m a huge foodie and there’s no way for me to not write about food.

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Kilby Q&A: 10 Things You Always Wanted to Know About “Adam Bomb” (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Kilby Q&A: 10 Things You Always Wanted to Know About “Adam Bomb” (But Were Afraid to Ask)

It's time for another installment of Kilby Q&A! This week, I answer ten questions about my award-winning gay romance novel, Adam Bomb! There’s always a story behind the story…

Q1: First things first: Adam Bomb is about a guy who can’t fall out of love with his best friend. Has that ever actually happened to you? A: Ummm…kind of? I was best friends with a woman I later ended up in a relationship with.

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Hidden Gems Just Named "The Secret Ingredient" One of its Hottest Romances of 2019. Here's Why I'm So Excited...
Hidden Gems Just Named "The Secret Ingredient" One of its Hottest Romances of 2019. Here's Why I'm So Excited...

I am a-okay with the fact that Hidden Gems put The Secret Ingredient on its list of the Hottest Romances of 2019! I am even more okay with the reader review they put in the article. If you’ve ever sat with me and talked books, or listened to interviews with me in which I talk about my reading preferences, you’ll know all about a pet peeve of mine when it comes to romance novels.

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I Decided to Do a Dog Reveal for my New Release, "Adam Bomb". (It Sounded a Lot More Fun than a Cover Reveal.)
I Decided to Do a Dog Reveal for my New Release, "Adam Bomb". (It Sounded a Lot More Fun than a Cover Reveal.)

No offense to cover reveal parties, but I just don’t have the patience. When I have a cover designed, I fall in love with said cover, want everyone to see it immediately…you get the picture. But that doesn’t mean I don’t like a good party. And that doesn’t mean I don’t want people to get excited about my books. Enter my new idea for a book celebration party: A DOG REVEAL!!!

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TMI Thursday: I Really Love Movies. Here are My Favorites of 2019...
TMI Thursday: I Really Love Movies. Here are My Favorites of 2019...

Something not everyone knows about me is that I go to the movies at least once a week. I go by myself, and because I have a taste for cinematic quality, I don’t go with Mr. Blades. Don’t get me wrong—I love Mr. Blades (so much that I married him!) but his favorite movie is White Chicks, which should pretty much tell you everything you need to know. As we get close to the end of the year, I find myself reflecting upon the best films I’ve seen in 2019.

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"Friended" is Coming to Audiobook!
"Friended" is Coming to Audiobook!

Fans have asked and I have answered. I’m in the midst of bringing my entire library to audiobook and I’m pleased to announce that the first one out will be Friended! This five-time-honored and critically-acclaimed YA Rom Com still gives me the most LOLs out of any book I’ve written. I’ve been working with Carlton Powell and Katherine Page, the voices of Jag and Roxy, for the past two months on getting it recorded. I’ve loved listening to the chapters come together.

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TMI Thursday: I Literally Don’t Know Whether You Are Famous (a.k.a. My Weekend at the NINC Conference)
TMI Thursday: I Literally Don’t Know Whether You Are Famous (a.k.a. My Weekend at the NINC Conference)

Before any of us ever knew Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham on Downton Abbey, he’d played in one of the most brilliantly-acted scenes in Rom Com history eleven years prior. In said scene, he arrives to a dinner party and chats up a colossally famous woman for several minutes, utterly unaware that she is one of the most famous actresses in the world. This, my friends, is me. For reasons unexplained (because I’m a visual person), I have zero recall for faces

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"The Secret Ingredient" is a Quarterfinalist in the Publisher's Weekly Booklife Prize for Fiction!
"The Secret Ingredient" is a Quarterfinalist in the Publisher's Weekly Booklife Prize for Fiction!

Hot on the heels of an amazing review for The Secret Ingredient from Publisher’s Weekly, I’ve heard great news about the book: it’s been named a Quarterfinalist in the Publisher’s Weekly Booklife Prize! The competition this year was really amazing, with the five titles that made it to the Semifinals scoring 9.5 or above. I am so thrilled to have been honored even though I did not progress to the next round. Here is the full text of the scoresheet/critical review:

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