New Happenings

Hi friends,

I'm no longer alone here on the homestead.  My husband returned a few days ago from visiting family.  This means my days are no longer my own.  He's decided that our pups are getting tired of their treats and had the bright idea that I should make them new ones--their own cookies.  Actually I'd been thinking about doing that anyway, but who likes being told what to do.  So, I guess I'll be making dog cookies for the boys.  I'm also looking for a new kitten.  My cat is alone in the courtyard and she needs company.  I figure a kitten will be young enough to amuse her and she can mother him all she wants.

I'm going to be reading through my latest novel, "Small Town Justice" this week for errors.  But as every author knows, you can read it a million times and still miss something.  I would like to keep as many errors as possible out of my books.  I know that when you come across them it takes you out of the story--so stay tuned for that.

Take care, All.

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Back from my hiatus.

Hi everyone,

Hope you are doing well.  I'm back.  In the past few months, I've been to Alaska and back, finished a college course and started another, put in a garden and have been working on "Small Town Justice."  I expect to get this new book up in the next few weeks.  I'm excited about that. 

I don't know about you, but the ticks are pretty bad this year.  So far I've dug eight of the little buggers out of my skin and summer hasn't even started yet.  I've taken to wearing DEET like perfume.  Seriously, I've been spraying it on my clothes first thing in the morning and then spraying my way through the house and outside.  Bug spray has become my new best friend.  I'm a little put off by all this since for the past few years I've stayed away from packaged food and concentrated on eating organic.  So, the race is on . . . what will kill me first, the poisonous spray or Lyme disease.  I think going the Twinkie route would be much more fun. 

Take care, Friends.

If you haven't had the chance, take a look at my book trailer.  I hope you enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJvSGcuBsIw&feature=plcp&context=C3a5e673UDOEgsToPDskI7Hbi59AqiISVlH60TlRJ6

Coming soon--Small Town Justice

Hi everyone,

Just to catch you up on what's happening in my neck of the woods--besides cutting our winter wood supply for next year, I've been working on a new book called "Small Town Justice."  I'm just about finished with it, but need to do some editing and re-reading before putting it up on Amazon.  This is an adult mystery novel instead of my usual young adult genre. I've put my other young adult novel on the back-burner for the time being until "Small Town Justice" is up.

I just want to say thanks to everyone who read "Unplugged."  The support has been fabulous.  You guys are the best.

Talk at you later,
Hillary

Unplugged Book Trailer

Hi everyone,
It's up!!!!  My book trailer is up and running.  I'm putting in the link below to the YouTube site where it can be viewed in all its glory.  Have fun watching it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJvSGcuBsIw&feature=plcp&context=C3a5e673UDOEgsToPDskI7Hbi59AqiISVlH60TlRJ6

Unplugged

Hi everyone,

Whew! I've done it.  At the encouragement of family and friends, I finally wrote and uploaded "Unplugged." 

Sometimes, don't you just want to get away from it all?  While everyone at some time or another craves change, we had that same urge, only we wanted to leave the hustle of the city and return to nature.  We decided to move to the mountains, build a solar home and enjoy life at a slower pace.  In "Unplugged" we didn't find rural Tennessee to be the slow, lemonade swilling from the front porch, monotonous hum-drum life we'd looked forward to, but a whole new set of surprising experiences that changed us.  I hope you'll enjoy reading my story and maybe it will inspire you to throw caution to the wind and try something new.

Take care, friends.

My favorite things.

It's this time of winter that usually puts everyone in a bad mood.  Of course, the lack of sunlight doesn't help.  Outside the wind is howling and snow flurries are racing across the yard.  I was out in it for a while, but nothing beats holding my icy hands over the warm wood stove.  So now it's time to settle on the couch, snuggle under a thick blanket, drink hot cocoa and read a good book.  Except, something is niggling at my thoughts---oh, that's right, I have to finish my next novel.  So I guess I'd better get to it. 


A special thanks goes out to all who read my Shattered and Gypsy Gold.  I appreciate your support.  I want my Nook fans to know that I won't be gone forever, I need more time to figure out how to get the covers uploaded.  That uphill learning curve to getting the eBooks online is kicking my tushka.  So be patient with me, I'm still figuring things out, and in the mean time, you can always download the Kindle app and get it on Amazon.  I hope this won't be too much of a burden on you. 

Take care, everyone.  Stay warm.

New work in progress

Hi,

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season.  We had a quiet, peaceful Christmas surrounded by family.  All in all it was nice.  Our solitude was only disturbed by our rambunctious pups who have taken up wandering all over the mountain and terrorizing the chickens.  They keep us on our toes.

I have been busy this season and unfortunately haven't had a lot of time to write.  I did manage to start a new novel and I'm excited to get it uploaded to Amazon.  I don't have a name for it yet, and I am open to suggestions.  This is another young adult novel about Paige, who is searching for a treasure with half of a map left by her grandfather.  The hero, Ace, has the other half of the map--so the hunt is on. 

May everyone's New Year be a celebration for renewal and hope.

Take care,
Hillary Bergeron