tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30615535711496440812024-03-05T22:22:10.804-05:00It's All oKayeIt's All oKaye: On Romance, Arts, and Lights in the DarkElla M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-65282292899863095362022-06-08T11:26:00.000-04:002022-06-08T11:26:33.067-04:00The Texture of Glass Excerpt : Hiding “You can’t hide here forever, honey.”Isabel sighed. Of course Papa Niall was right. He was always right. She took the hand he set on her shoulder and focused on the softness of the back of the thin hand compared to the rough hardness of the palm and long fingers. Working hands. Even now, although technically retired, her grandpa was a hard worker. He often went to help neighbors with LK Hunsakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-30284912217408597482022-02-09T11:24:00.001-05:002022-02-09T11:24:58.246-05:00Ways To Show Someone You Love Them Long and Short Reviews (click image)Since I'm releasing my 7th novel this week (finally, after five years from the last one), I'm making lists of the ways Isabel and James, from The Texture of Glass, show each other love. Neither consider themselves easy to love. Neither is particularly looking for love, or even to date again yet. The odds are against it working. At all. Still, they hang inLK Hunsakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-63631167344450382562019-09-11T09:37:00.003-04:002019-09-11T09:37:22.670-04:00Books I Keep Meaning To Read
Books I Keep Meaning to Read (and haven't yet)
This post could get incredibly long if I start listing titles. I'm an avid reader, but I'm not a fast reader. I'm often reading three books at a time: one at my bedside, one on the little table by my easy chair, and one on my tablet. Although I do intend to read every night before bed, I'll have to admit I too often end up working until I'm LK Hunsakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-42548370791140277662019-09-04T10:22:00.001-04:002019-09-04T10:22:25.360-04:00Tough Topics in Fiction
Today's Prompt: Books That Deal Well With Tough Topics
I've been meaning to jump into this challenge for some time, and keep ending up using whatever writing time I can find to ... well, write/edit/publish. This one, though, dragged me right in because it's up my alley.I'll admit it. I read big books with tough topics. Regularly. I also read fun things in between and I have a particular LK Hunsakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-71795937069316381902019-08-14T12:42:00.000-04:002019-08-14T12:42:23.840-04:00Re-Start (again) AKA Artists Books Officially in Print
There's an incredible amount of work involved with putting books out in print and e-format. Especially when you're doing three at a time. More especially when you're doing it all yourself.They've been a long time coming, in print, that is. But here they are, the first three Artists & Cottages books now available through Ingram, meaning you can find them at any book retailer you use, LK Hunsakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-49803887355717536472017-06-20T19:33:00.001-04:002017-06-20T19:33:07.372-04:00Goodreads Giveaway for Shadows of Rust & Reels
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Ella M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-42334452389873211042017-06-13T12:52:00.001-04:002017-06-13T12:52:49.359-04:00Release Day! Holli's Clay
Holli picked up her newest vase. It was still leather-hard, still able to be carved, due to the cool dampness of the cellar. She didn't plan to carve it, only to paint it, and she hadn't planned to play with her clay tonight. She'd meant to crash on her couch and do nothing but watch whatever she found on Netflix, maybe the new female Avenger show. She forgot the name and then she laughed atLK Hunsakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-36913136719007575632017-05-25T15:24:00.001-04:002017-05-25T15:30:14.118-04:00Music of the Heart: A Melody in the Dark
Be my friend, my buddy, my dear companion.
I’ll hand you my hand when you’re deep in the goo
of despair.
Laugh with me, cry with me, cradle me softly.
But when night falls and silence takes over,
Intoxicate me, too.
Melody pulled her fingers from her guitar strings and shrugged. Okay for now, she supposed, although goo wasn’t working for her and would have to be reworked. She meant it as aElla M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-75523321325963293042016-10-13T17:05:00.004-04:002016-10-13T17:05:26.509-04:00Shadows of Rusts & Reels: Chapter 1
Outside the Sternwheeler Snack Bar, Williamstown WVPhoto courtesy Brenda Rainwater and Charles W. Showalter
(The following is a pre-release excerpt and may change somewhat during edits.)
Holli did her best to block out the menagerie of local voices
mixed with the whiny country-pop female artist streaming from the too-loud
jukebox as she stepped inside the Beachcomber and scanned the crowd LK Hunsakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-37840492190321033752016-02-18T11:28:00.001-05:002016-02-18T11:28:11.284-05:00Shadows of Blues & Echoes: Chapter One
Shadows of Blues & EchoesThe 2nd EMK Artists & CottagesContemporary Romance Series
Chapter One (pre-release excerpt, may change in editing)
“You
absolutely cannot put me on that story.”
“Oh,
Gillian, relax. It’s just a story.”
“There’s
no such thing as just a story and you know it, even if you are totally immersed
in your high-brow editor job now instead of being LK Hunsakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-2933242899296687032016-02-10T12:54:00.000-05:002016-02-10T13:00:49.862-05:00Pre-Release Excerpt: Gillian and the Crows
The following excerpt is from a work in progress. Do not quote. May change in edits.
Gillian made her way to the door and knocked, lightly at first, then louder when there was no reply. Someone lived there. It was obvious between the open windows and tire tracks that led around the back. She knocked harder. No reply. No stirring. No sound other than the raucous crows swirling above the LK Hunsakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-71241798266635118632016-02-08T16:27:00.002-05:002016-02-08T16:27:17.592-05:00Romance Week!
Forget waiting for a Valentine treat. Get one, or more than one, for yourself! What's better for a nice romantic day than to get swept away to a beach or a cottage in the woods and lose yourself in two people finding true love? Pick up an Ella M. Kaye romance and buy yourself that box of chocolates. Go ahead. You deserve it!
Oh, did you notice? EMK has a new look! What do you think of the newLK Hunsakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-72820465574349308252015-03-06T15:45:00.001-05:002015-03-06T15:50:45.661-05:00Grammar Nerds Unite!Did you know there was a National Grammar Day? I’m betting most people don’t. It was March 4th, and yes, I missed posting in time, but that happens during book release days. Your mind gets addled with details about what you haven’t done yet that you were supposed to do a month ago.Anyway, a bit of a secret: I’m a Grammar Nerd.Another bit of a secret: Francis of Shadows of Greens & Memories isElla M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-50296124463065259072015-02-22T15:52:00.001-05:002015-02-22T15:52:44.719-05:00Excerpt: Shadows of Greens & Memories With Buddy Guy playing in the background, Fran lost track of time as she worked on her newest canvas: a piano with a boy propped on the bench, his fingers on the keys. From memory. The boy’s hair was giving her the most trouble, possibly because she couldn’t pin down the color of George’s hair. Brownish blondish reddish ... depending on the light source of the moment. These days the blond showedElla M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-72988587851121508252015-02-15T15:34:00.001-05:002015-02-15T15:34:04.225-05:00Snippet Sunday and Cover Revealfrom the upcoming Shadows of Greens & Memories:~~~~”I might not understand much of anything else, but I know who and what I am. The biggest change is that I don’t apologize for it or hide from it any longer.” G.F. looked out over the yard, listened to the crickets and to an owl in the distance, and devoured the brownie she’d handed him. Maybe the most luscious brownie he’d ever had. Though heElla M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-70971574417502350622014-11-23T13:15:00.001-05:002014-11-23T13:15:43.664-05:00WIP untitled–the beginningI’m doing what I usually don’t and posting the beginning of the book I’m working on. This is an unedited excerpt that may change a bit before publication, but I’m enjoying the story and felt like sharing. No title yet. From the second EMK Artists & Cottages book set partly in Durango, Colorado: ~~~ “You absolutely cannot put me on that story.” “Oh, Gillian, relax. It’s just a story.” “There’sElla M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-11011827344615606882014-11-04T12:55:00.001-05:002014-11-04T12:55:20.725-05:00Pieces of Light: meet Emma Emma perused the flyer in the break room. Ballroom dance classes. No partner needed. Could she get the school to pay for the classes if she turned around and taught it to her fifth graders? She supposed not since she wasn’t a PE teacher. And how many fifth graders would want to learn ballroom dance? Most were too hooked to their booty shaking vulgar lyric stuff she’d never allow. Not at that ageElla M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-72888610936174187512014-11-04T12:49:00.001-05:002014-11-04T12:49:18.608-05:00Pieces of Light: meet Fillan Fillan tried to put his mind off work and onto the trail he was hiking at a near jog. Thoughts of Ireland streamed back into his soul as he looked out over the fauna of Cape Cod. And the girl. Had she come home yet? Had she bothered to notice he was away? He left without word. It was fair, Fillan figured, since she’d done the same. Purposely or not, she’d left him. She said she’d return, but Ella M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-49574817250092562522014-11-02T10:50:00.001-05:002014-11-02T10:50:40.211-05:00Getting FreshMy books, that is. Getting fresh new shiny covers.Want to see them? Of course you want to see them! Why else would you be here? (You’ll have to forgive me for the sappy start to this post: time change and age and all takes its toll.) So they’re only partly new. I couldn’t let go of my couples and their settings fully. I like them much better this way and I hope readers will, as well.Appearance Ella M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-90486695193680657202014-06-27T15:02:00.001-04:002014-06-27T15:07:19.061-04:00Guest Author: Linda AcasterThe Bull At The Gate – Handling Characters’ Emotional Arcs I’m happy to welcome author Linda Acaster with her take on Lights in the Dark as related to her newest release, book 2 of the Torc of Moonlight trilogy: Bull at the Gate. I’ve read the first two books of the series and recommend them highly for any reader who loves intrigue, history, and supernatural elements. A review for the books Ella M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-53853570296305392932014-06-16T10:53:00.001-04:002014-06-16T10:53:06.942-04:00Pieces of Light: The Story A Cape Cod grade school teacher. An Irish ballroom teacher visiting for the summer. A little girl who needs a lot of guidance and understanding. On the shores of Provincetown, Massachusetts, three independent spirits are brought together by unpredictable tides of rapid change. Emma has survived an unsupportive marriage while supporting her family. Fillan is trying to balance his passion for Ella M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-36862796515363955862014-05-10T19:04:00.001-04:002014-05-10T19:04:26.591-04:00Art … on Cover art. Imagine that.Remember the old romances? They tended to be rich and deep with all kinds of things weaved into the storyline. And their covers … were actual art. Drawn and painted.Of course there was no stock art back then where cover artists could skim through and grab the images that looked right for the story. They had to really on artists. Many of them really did look pretty much the same and it wasn’t Ella M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-19176458070874587512014-04-27T13:48:00.001-04:002014-04-27T13:54:26.374-04:00Ballycurrin Lighthouse–a story in a storyDo you read the comments under blog posts? I do. Often. Not always. I’m glad I do often, though, because some of the best material can come from comments. This is Ballycurrin Lighthouse near Galway, Ireland. It’s the setting for a short scene in my current WIP which is currently unnamed. Most of the story is in Provincetown, Massachusetts, but my hero is from Galway so using this neat little Ella M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-27542013806975300552014-03-02T10:59:00.001-05:002014-03-02T11:57:42.011-05:00Read An Ebook WeekREAD! an Ebook weekHave an Ereader, laptop, pad of some sort?Looking for great bargains to load books on it?This is Read an Ebook Week and you’ll find great bargains over at Smashwords.com … Including PIER LIGHTS. This week only and only at Smashwords, Pier Lights is absolutely FREE with coupon code RW100. No need to remember – it’s listed on the book page, just be sure to enter it at Ella M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061553571149644081.post-78014863695422134752014-02-24T10:06:00.001-05:002014-02-24T10:06:17.478-05:00Guest Author Nicole Zoltack and Blood LustPlease welcome author Nicole Zoltack to It’s All O’Kaye. Nicole is here with her take on Lights in the Dark and her brand new Epic Fantasy Romance release: Blood Lust ~~ ~~ ~~ As humans, we all have dark and light inside of us. We lie, we cheat, we steal. We hope, we dream, we love. Within the world of BLOODLUST, barbarians are created from the union of humans and elves. For the most part, Ella M. Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131611432608857620noreply@blogger.com3