MJ Greenway

My NA Contemporary romance Dating Maggie will be out Oct. 27th.  It's about an actress who encounters a rancher; he threatens to turn her five year plan upside down. In the meantime, my publisher has put out some intriguing new releases and pre-orders over the past few weeks. If you are looking for a compelling read, check out the Limitless Publishing page and curl up with a page-turner this weekend.

I found this clip montage on YouTube and thought I'd share it. It features some of my favorite romantic comedies. When Harry Met Sally and Say Anything are probably my favorites. I did find that The Notebook wasn't in the montage, sadly. What are your favorites?

Did you enjoy Bridget Jones's Diary or Sex and the City? If so, my book Dating Maggie may be right up your reading alley: When Maggie’s 25 th birthday rolls around she makes herself a promise. She will get a boyfriend and an acting gig by her next birthday. If it doesn’t happen, she will break up with tinsel town for good. At least she’s got a cool day job as a movie studio tour guide. Her best friend Kate is also pretty great. Skinny botoxed blondes, traffic jams and sunshine have even kind of grown on her. She just yearns for more.  With renewed determination she decides to try a new dating app. She thinks it will give her plenty of fodder for her dating vlog. Then out of the blue she meets Brad, at a catering job. He’s cute and an actor too. She sees great potential in him. At the same time, she befriends Cliff, a handsome rancher she met on one of her tours. He’s just in town for a wedding but lives in Maggie’s hometown of Portland. Once he learns about her d...

It's not even fall yet and baking is on my mind. I came across this recipe recently, it's one of my favorites.  The walnuts and oat flour add a bit of nutrition:  Oat Walnut Shortbread Cookies 1 stick of salted butter 1/3 c. sugar 1 t. vanilla ½ cup of unbleached white flour ½ cup of oat flour ¼ cup ground walnuts Preheat oven to 325. In a mixer combine room temp. butter, sugar, vanilla until smooth. Slowly add flours until just combined. Roll into a log and freeze for 10 min. Slice into 1 by 1 inch pieces. Put on baking sheet about 1 inch apart on silpat or parchment paper. Pierce each one with a fork. Bake for 17 minutes, don't let them brown too much. Let cookie sheet rest on cooking rack for 10 minutes.  They are also great drizzled with melted dark chocolate.

I was researching dating vloggers that remind me of the main character in my contemporary romance Dating Maggie . I found this one and it was pretty funny. It also gave me some new ideas for the live action book trailer that my friend and I will be shooting in a few weeks. Play for a good laugh.

I am in the process of putting together all of the elements I'll need for a book trailer. I have a filmmaker friend (Natasha Green) who will help me shoot and direct. I'm auditioning a few actresses and have just written the script. Now I've been perusing Youtube to get some ideas. I found this great tutorial that I thought I'd share for anyone else researching the process. Note: My book is being published by a small press, Limitless Publishing. This tutorial was made by a self-publisher as part of her series about self publishing professionally. Her production is much bigger than mine will be, but fun to see her tips.

My New Adult Contemporary Romance DATING MAGGIE will be released October 27th 2015. I will post a cover reveal and possibly a few give-away opportunities in the coming weeks. It's an exciting time. The publishing process has been made easy so far by the team at Limitless Publishing. The next round of edits will be in September, so I'm working on a new book now. The next three months will be about starting to get the word out and learning how to market a book. That said, if you are a blogger and review books, leave a comment and I will get in touch. Feel free to follow me on Twitter too: @AuthorJGreenway.