#MotivationMonday – Motivated to Meet You!

I’m so excited to be participating in two awesome signings in the coming weeks! The first one is the RWA Readers for Life signing at the upcoming Romance Writers of America National Conference in Denver. The Literacy Signing is open to the general public and all proceeds benefit a local literacy group. For more info, please visit http://bit.ly/2LoK7j4 or check out the info below!

On August 4 I am doing a signing with several other authors at the Edison Barnes & Noble! So excited to be there and I hope you’ll be able to drop by and spend some time with us! For more info, please visit http://bit.ly/2Jp6XFC or check out the info below!

Hope you can make it to one of the events because I’d love to meet up with you! I’ll be sharing photos and news from the conference over the course of the week at Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter so check those sites to find out more. Links are below!

May 7, 2018

#MotivationMonday – Always Look Forward

I know I’m as guilty of it as most – looking backward. Wondering “What if” I did this instead of that? Lamenting what might have been instead of enjoying the present and looking forward to the future. If you have to look back, put a positive spin on it and think of what you’ve managed to survive. A health or financial crisis. The death of a loved one or a marriage. Those hardships made you stronger so that you can face the future with hopefully more optimism! So hang in there! The best is yet to come!
Look forward, not backward

October 30, 2017

#MotivationMonday – Per Aspera Ad Astra

You’re probably thinking “Aren’t Monday mornings hard enough without you tossing Latin at me?” LOL! Yes, they are tough and so are so many things in life. Lately it seems a challenge to just keep on going and yet, if you didn’t what would you accomplish? So this morning I told myself to find something motivating and came across that phrase: Per aspera ad astra. In English: Through Hardship to the Stars.

So when you’re feeling down, just keep that in mind. After the challenge comes the reward.

per aspera ad astra

October 16, 2017January 17, 2018

#MotivationMonday Meets #ManCandy

I am just back from the Fall in Love with New England Conference and I had a blast. I’ll share some photos later in the week!

Today I have with me my friend LG O’Connor who is providing an excellent mix of Motivation meeting Man Candy. How did I get to that? Well, lots of us need motivation to get cooking and what better way to inspire us than Man Candy in the kitchen? LOL!

So here is some info on my friend’s latest project: A recipe book by the hero of her novel, Caught up in RAINE!

Please welcome LG O’Connor and Raine!

Recipes from Raine’s Roost
“One Guy’s Guide to Saving the Day with Food”

I’m super excited to announce the release of the Recipes from Raine’s RoostÂ color cookbook on October 24th! This book is based on Raine’s guest run on USAÂ TODAY’sÂ Happy Ever After blog.
Super Cool Offer!

I released the Kindle version of Recipes from Raine’s Roost TODAY (October 16th) for a pre-launch price of $0.99 cents now through the October 24th launch date just for this offer. (Regular Retail price $2.99).

Purchase a Kindle copy between now and October 24th.
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GIFT with PURCHASE: I will send you a FREE signed color printÂ copy of theÂ book ($12.95 retail value, Limit 50 copies, USÂ only where allowed by law..)

That’s it! One of my friends is buying 10 of them to use as gifts for the Holidays! Makes an especially nice gift for that special someone who tends to set off the fire alarm when anywhere near a kitchen…
ORDER NOW:Â https://www.amazon.com/Recipes-Raines-Jillians-Kitchen-Caught-ebook/dp/B0764LQQQC/Â

Book Description:
For the record, this cookbook was Jillian’s idea. So was the hashtag, #hotguycooks. She thought I should share my mad cooking skills with the world. Well, maybe not the whole world, but people like me whoÂ haveÂ partners with an aversion to kitchens. We can’t let them starve, can we?

For those of you who don’t know me, when I first met Jillian all she had in her fridge was a jug of water, a jar of mustard and a half loaf of bread. Her freezer was empty except for an old bag of ice. I thought, “Damn, what does this woman eat?” Now I’m the only thing standing between real food and Jillian living on a steady diet of yogurt, cold cereal, and chocolate.

This isn’t your ordinary cookbook. It’s more like a medley of favorite recipes, some seasonal, all done Raine-style. Check ’em out. I skew toward organic when it comes to ingredients, and where I can, I substitute a healthy option. #sorrynotsorry. Most of my recipes come with tips, advice, and a small slice of my life with Jillian. The goal: to make you look like a culinary rock star to your significant other. So, come on, step inside the Roost. Poke around and see what’s cooking. Pull up a chair and hang out. The kitchen’s open.

~Raine

Raine MacDonald is the sexy hero of the award-winningÂ Caught Up in RAINE, the first novel in the Caught Up in Love series by L.G. O’Connor. Raine’s recipes were first seen as posts on USA Today’s Happy Ever After blog. Follow Raine on Twitter at @Raines_Roost, and check out L.G. O’Connor and her other books at lgoconnor.comÂ

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June 26, 2017

Mondays are for Fresh Starts #MotivationMonday

There is an old joke that goes like this:

LOL! The truth of it is we often set aside things which challenge us in some way. Whether its changing our eating habits, exercising more, starting a new book (like me), ending a fight, standing up for oneself . . .

It’s not uncommon to say, “I’ll do it tomorrow” or “Come Monday, I’ll get started”.

So it’s Monday and it’s a day for fresh starts. Take a deep breath and set aside those fears. Think positive about what you’re about to undertake and just give it a shot. You’ll never know if you can succeed until you take that first sometimes scary step.