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Once again, I’m very happy to welcome Best selling author, Dianne Castell, on the blog tour of her lastest book, Hot and Irresistible . This virtual tour comes courtesy Pump Up Your Book Promotion . And I received a copy of this book for hosting this tour.       Why I am a Closet Southern Belle One of the reasons I wrote Hot and Bothered and Hot and Irresistible was I wanted to set a book in the South, the real South. It has a flavor all its own from the way folks talk…How’s your mamma and daddy?…to the food…anything that has a stick of butter and cup of cream has got to be delicious! Just ask Paula Deen…to the way gals and guys behave. So my question today is… Are you a closet Southern Belle? Now you ask, Okay what the dickens makes a Southern Belle? Well, I just happen to have a little list… Do you never wear white after Labor Day or before Easter Do you own a strand of real pearls and wear them with pride Always drink sweet tea and love it when they have it on the menu A part of y

Readers, please join me welcoming Carla Buckley, author of The Things That Keep Us Here who’s guest blogging here today! About the book – Ann Brooks never thought she’d have to answer that question. Then she found her limits tested by a crisis no one could prevent. Now, as her neighborhood descends into panic, she must make tough choices to protect everyone she loves from a threat she cannot even see. In this chillingly urgent novel, Carla Buckley confronts us with the terrifying decisions we are forced to make when ordinary life changes overnight. A Debut Author’s Guide to Agents I began writing fifteen years ago, and found an agent ten years ago. My debut novel is about to be released, and I’ve been reflecting on a few things I’ve learned over the years regarding authors and agents. In order to be published, you have to have an agent. False, sort of. It depends on your hopes and dreams. If you’re writing category romance or looking at e-publishers, you don’t necessarily need to be