I don't know about you, but I love when I'm reading a novel and stumble across a food or beverage that is perfect for the scene. It adds to the authenticity and setting for me—a self-proclaimed foodie with hundreds of recipes pinned to endless boards on Pinterest. Plus, there have been many times when a personal favorite food or drink has snuck its way into one of my novels. More than that really. Did I mention I love food? As I skimmed my books, I found many, many references

It happens the same time every week. Tuesday. Mondays are usually pretty annoying, but Tuesdays are their sister and, therefore, just as bad. Now, if I'm being honest, I got a lot done yesterday and I can't complain too much. And look at me now, doing a blog post like a boss or something. Maybe Tuesdays aren't that bad. Anyway, there's a lot happening in the Mabie Camp this summer. Books! Updates and things for past and current series. New books. New covers. New characters. N

It's been a little bit since I posted. Hopefully, posting/blogging will be something I can do more frequently in the coming months. Starting after Thanksgiving I'll be writing full-time and—fingers crossed—I'll have more time for these types of things. You know? The stuff that I really love doing, but ranks lower on my priority list? Have any of those? For me it's blogging, and I really miss it. Because goals. Mr. Mabie and I had a really fun summer. We traveled more than we

Happy Saturday! This is my first entry on this site. It's weird. I feel a bit awkward, it's a shuffle past someone in the hallway feeling. Excuse me. No, Excuse me. No, really, excuse me. The past few months have been surreal. It was a year ago on April 20th that myself and, at the time fellow blogger, Natalie (a.k.a N.A. Alcorn) took a maiden road-trip with each other to an event in Columbus, OH. We'd never met, except for online. I think we were equally thinking it was a Ca