Geared for the new and intermediate writer, this insightful ebook on writing dialogue from award winning author Ginger Hanson focuses on how to incorporate body language, props, and setting into scenes to give your dialogue more depth. Based on a workshop she presented at regional, national, and online writing conferences, Ms. Hanson draws on examples from books, movies, and plays to demonstrate ways to keep your characters from sitting, standing, or looking out a window as they talk.

Abandoned at the alter when her new husband hies off to Canada, Hope Templeton Westcliffe petitions the Church for an annulment of her marriage to the Marquis of Pennleigh. Hope is willing to risk ostracism from society to win her freedom from this travesty of a marriage, because not only has her husband been gone for seven years, he loves her sister.Set in Regency England, Butterfly Bride centers around a well-meaning father who wins a wager and obtains a titled husband f...

Dialogue is the hardest working element in the fiction toolbox. She Said, He Said: The Power of Dialogue explores the many ways dialogue enhances storytelling. From the great “said” debate to dialogue pitfalls to avoid and everything in between, this writing skills book will be a valuable addition to your writing library. Written with the new and intermediate writer in mind, She Said, He Said: The Power of Dialogue is a companion book to award winning author Ginger Hanson...

As a teen, Faith Featherstone made two mistakes. One gets her pregnant, the second lands her in juvenile detention. Eager to do what’s best for all, Faith gives her son to her barren sister. Faith believes she has found the perfect solution. Matthew, will have two loving parents, she will be a part of his life, and he will know his biological father, because her sister is married to the father’s brother. Her only request? Be named Matthew’s legal guardian.Five years later, the unth...

Take one heroine and hero gripped in relationship limbo. Stir in a possible media scandal. Sprinkle lightly with a three-year-old child. Add a potential mother-in-law, a former boyfriend, a reporter hot for a story break, and a Hollywood celebrity. Knead above ingredients together well. Cover. Let rise in a warm place. Bake for 40 chapters.Yield: Ellie’s Song, the story of shy folk artist Ellie Kellson who loves country singer Lane Walker. Unable to cope with the media attention La...

Running away from possible charges of theft, assault, and breach of promise, Lady Riana Travistock heads for London where she is knifed in a street brawl when she helps a man attacked by footpads. Luckily for Lady Riana, the victim of the attack is army surgeon Captain Devlin Carrington.Dev takes injured woman home to tend her injury. When Dev cuts off her blood-soaked chemise to suture the wound, a fortune in jewels spill onto the blood soaked sheet. Has he saved a lovely jewel th...

Billie D’Angelo renews the war between the North and South when she attempts to steal her horse from the Yankee officer who commandeered him during the war. Billie is determined to get Destiny, the former pride of her father’s stable, back by any means possible. The war took her family, their horse breeding farm, and all the horses. Destiny is all she has left. When Grayson Vanderlyn foils her attempt to take Destiny, Billie’s glad she wore the ragamuffin disguise she used during the war.

Susannah Warden is trapped in a life she doesn’t want. She quit college, put her life on hold to care for her terminally ill mother, made a deathbed promise to look after her father, took over her mother’s dress shop, and got herself engaged to an eligible bachelor. None of these actions reflect what she wants to do with her life. Guilt drives her as she tries to fit the mold her mother created for her.When archeologist, Dr. Perry Elliston, arrives in Tassanoxie to survey a possibl...

In this Tassanoxie short story, Serena and Ted share a common history because both have been dumped by their respective spouses. It’s time for new beginnings, but neither one thinks a second chance at love is in the cards. Battered by divorce, their self-confidence concerning the opposite sex is at all time low. Fortunately, Ted’s dog Mollie likes Serena, who visits the dog park even though she doesn’t have a pet. When Mollie brings these two wounded souls together, will they accept the po...

In A Dash of Ginger, Sassy Southern Essays, Ginger Hanson shares humorous insights into the world at large as she tackles subjects as varied as weight lifting, hair dye, plastic surgery, chocolate,, shopping, and dogs. An award winning author of five romance novels, Ginger’s articles have appeared in newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and blogs.Brighten you day with essays like:It's Hard to Primp While You're Pumping IronWho Notices Gorillas, Basketball an...

With the Civil War over, Angela Stapleton can pursue her dream of becoming a doctor. Then Ransom Champion, her deceased sister's fiancée–reported dead in battle–shows up alive. He’s come to claim his devoted fiancée, an illusion created by Angela in the letters she wrote him during the war. A deathbed promise to her sister forces Angela to hide her heart as well as the truth. Ransom must never know she was his wartime correspondent.Two dreams kept Ransom alive while he was in a Fed...

A relationship gone wrong kindled the desire for a husband, kids, and dog, but Amanda’s shattered self-confidence makes her leery of relationships. Especially with the firefighter who moves into her apartment complex. She’s attracted to Joe, but he already has a girlfriend which means hands off as far as Amanda is concerned.