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# Roxanne Snopek

Life, Love, Books... and More

## Posts

- [Blog2](https://roxannesnopek.ca/blog/) - The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. | Moulin Rouge | Because words matter
- [Love Note to Ruth, for no particular reason](https://roxannesnopek.ca/love-note-to-ruth/) - A Love Note to Ruth, my dear friend and podcast partner, who is better at celebrating others than she is herself. Well, that won't do, sweetcheeks. Not today.
- [The Wrangler's Christmas Gift](https://roxannesnopek.ca/the-wranglers-christmas-gift/) - It's the season of miracles, when the lost are found and strangers become family. Read The Wrangler's Christmas Gift for the dramatic conclusion to the series!
- [Picking up the Pace](https://roxannesnopek.ca/picking-up-the-pace/) - Picking up the pace is what writers do when they want readers to stay up all night, breathlessly clutching the book, unable to read fast enough.
- [Me, in Concert](https://roxannesnopek.ca/me-in-concert/) - Me, in concert. Performing in a piano recital with a bunch of children, including my own, was a special character-building exercise. Breathe. Cringe. Applaud.
- [Rox reads... more books!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/rox-reads-more-books/) - Rox reads... and she's writing too! Find out her latest book recommendations (you know you're always looking for a great read) and find out what's next for her!
- [Love Note from the Lake January 2024](https://roxannesnopek.ca/love-note-from-the-lake-january-2024/) - 2024 has landed and for us, that means COLD! It's too cold to be outdoors, so I'm getting lots done inside and that means new books - and a surprise. Read on!
- [Happy Hour January 11](https://roxannesnopek.ca/happy-hour-january-11/) - At Happy Hour January 11, Ruth & Roxy discuss Zoom, authenticity, the cold snap that's making them want to move, and the soothing power of medicinal beverages.
- [Rock Stars](https://roxannesnopek.ca/rock_stars/) - Rocks stars in the literary world are writers who know how to craft a great story and tell it skillfully. So shouldn't this include stories by and for women?
- [Hallmark Book Club Pick!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/hallmark_book_club/) - Larissa Wohl has chosen A Dog Called Valentine as her February title for the Hallmark Book Club! You're invited to join - read on for more details!
- [Nevertheless, this author persists](https://roxannesnopek.ca/nevertheless-this-author-persists/) - I'm in the home stretch of The Cowboy's Lost Family and as always, I'm feeling a combination of excitement and terror. Will this be the book that breaks me?
- [Love Note From the Lake: December '21](https://roxannesnopek.ca/love-note-from-the-lake-december-21/) - Winter has started with a bang! Between an atmospheric river and catastrophic flooding, I appreciate the kindness of excellent humans more than ever.
- [Date Walnut Sourdough](https://roxannesnopek.ca/date-walnut-sourdough/) - Date Walnut Sourdough has got to be one of the joys of life. But sourdough is a challenge. I'd love to know what you think, if you bake it, buy it, or not.
- [Fruit and Nut Bread](https://roxannesnopek.ca/fruit-and-nut-bread/) - Fruit and nut bread is one of the best breakfast items in my little world. Toasted, with some natural peanut butter, a mug of good coffee... it's heaven.
- [Starting Sourdough](https://roxannesnopek.ca/starting-sourdough/) - Making sourdough starter isn't hard. But why do all that work when there's perfectly good bread available at local artisan bakeries? Because it's fun.
- [The Glamour of Writing](https://roxannesnopek.ca/the-glamour-of-writing/) - The glamour of writing is that... there isn't much. All of it is hard, so you take your inspiration and your rewards where you can get them. Pets help. A lot.
- [Love Notes from the Lake](https://roxannesnopek.ca/love-notes-from-the-lake/) - What have I been up to lately? This photo might explain it. The lake is beautiful at any time of year, but misty days like this feed my soul. As do new books!
- [Love Note from the Lake: March 2021](https://roxannesnopek.ca/love-note-from-the-lake-march-2021/) - Wild Sky series launch | Granny Love | Featured Reader | The Chocolate Comeback and World Down Syndrome Day | SFU Editing Program
- [Love Note from the Lake: April 2021](https://roxannesnopek.ca/love-note-from-the-lake-april/) - Two books on sale for $0.99 right now: Montana Dawn & Sunset Bay Sanctuary. Also, a spotlight on author pal Robin Bielman and a challenge to brighten your day.
- [Love Note from the Lake: May '21](https://roxannesnopek.ca/love-note-from-the-lake-may/) - August 19, 2026 | Life, Love, Books... and More | Our first time kayaking this season! It was chilly to start, but ended up being a perfect morning. See how placid the water is? To our surprise, we weren't even sore afterward. We'll definitely be doing this more often! Wild Sky Romance Box Set: Now available Includes all four e-books in the Wild Sky
- [Why be Vulnerable?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/why-be-vulnerable/) - Why be vulnerable? I'm reading Brené Brown these days, on the secret power of vulnerability and, it turns out, it's one of the keys to connecting with others.
- [Thriller Book Reviews](https://roxannesnopek.ca/thriller-book-reviews/) - Thriller book reviews for a few of my latest stay-up-too-late-at-night reads. I might reread a few of these novels, in fact. They're all excellent page-turners!
- [Rock Stars](https://roxannesnopek.ca/rock-stars/) - Rock stars of the literary world include many great names. Did you know that many, many of them are romance authors? In fact, we hold up the entire industry.
- [Handbags and Drama](https://roxannesnopek.ca/handbags-and-drama/) - Handbags and drama. No, one doesn't cause the other, usually. This is me, searching for the best handbag and recommending some great books with family drama.
- [30 Day Challenge](https://roxannesnopek.ca/30-day-challenge/) - A 30 day challenge is what got me into serious yoga practice. Nothing made me feel better... though the hot version sure made me feel worse at the time.
- [Another November, gone](https://roxannesnopek.ca/another-november-gone/) - Another November gone and I'm a little bit closer to becoming a career writer. That's the thing about writing, you have to keep the faith. And keep going.
- [Moving a Mountain](https://roxannesnopek.ca/moving-a-mountain/) - Moving a mountain is hard. Marriage is hard. Raising kids is hard. Writing is hard. But you know what? We can do hard things. Challenge? Accepted. Stand back.
- [Not Giving Up](https://roxannesnopek.ca/not-giving-up/) - Not giving up... that's every author who's ever been published. At the Surrey International Writers' Conference, I'm reminded that talent is just the beginning.
- [Resetting the Bar](https://roxannesnopek.ca/resetting-the-bar/) - Resetting the bar... we all need it from time to time. After working alone in our heads for too long, writers need reminders that real life is good, too.
- [Warning: life is risky!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/warning-life-is-risky/) - Life is risky and yes, your pet can hurt you in a million creative ways. But I pulled a muscle getting out of bed yesterday, and I'm not ditching the bed, so...
- [Synchronicity](https://roxannesnopek.ca/synchronicity/) - Synchronicity: meaningful coincidences that seem to have no cause; incidents of spiritual significance that jolt us from self-obsession to consider the divine.
- [March Madness](https://roxannesnopek.ca/march-madness/) - March madness is about editing the novel I wrote during November's National Novel Writing Month and moved on to the (now-defunct) National Novel Editing Month.
- [Roxanne Bakes Cookies](https://roxannesnopek.ca/roxanne-bakes-cookies/) - Roxanne bakes cookies from time to time, even though nobody needs cookies, exactly. These, however, are full of good things, and not full of bad things, so...?
- [Travel days](https://roxannesnopek.ca/getting-there/) - Travel days aren't super fun, but it's the price we pay for time away, right? Airports, airplanes, taxis, shuttles, and then that first cold beverage. Bliss!
- [Fresh meat, lightly seared](https://roxannesnopek.ca/fresh-meat/) - Fresh meat on day one of our Maui vacation, and we're lightly seared. Why do sunburns never show up until it's too late? We should know better. Oh well.
- [Maui 2009 Saturday](https://roxannesnopek.ca/maui-2009-saturday/) - On Saturday of our Maui trip, we visited the volcano Haleakala, got cold, got inspired, got amazed. The views are amazing and to be above the clouds is magical.
- [Beautiful words](https://roxannesnopek.ca/beautiful-words/) - I wish I could use every single one of these beautiful words in my everyday life. Think of how much smarter I'd seem! Which are your favourites?
- [Back on the weight loss plan...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/weigt-loss-plan/) - Back on the weight loss plan to get healthier, feel better, and become stronger, mentally and physically. But it's not easy, especially when you have baggage.
- [Five people, seven days, one bathroom](https://roxannesnopek.ca/five-people-seven-days-one-bathroom/) - As the homeschooling years near an end, family life changes. I'll miss some parts, but I celebrate the next phase of our life together. With space to grow!
- [Me and My Brain](https://roxannesnopek.ca/me-and-my-brain/) - It's not easy being me. My husband adds that it's not easy being WITH me sometimes, too. But he married me for better AND worse, so I say, suck it, darling man.
- [The Things We Do For Love](https://roxannesnopek.ca/the-things-we-do-for-love/) - The things we do for love include the best medical care available for our four-legged pals when slip-and-fall on icy steps leads to knee surgery for our poodle.
- [Salted Caramel Pecan Treasures](https://roxannesnopek.ca/salted-caramel-pecan-treasures/) - Salted Caramel Pecan Treasures feature in a most delicious scene in this story. Find out how to make these simple, delicious treats for someone you love.
- [The Chocolate Comeback](https://roxannesnopek.ca/the-chocolate-comeback/) - Fashion, second chances, special people, special needs, homecoming, love, and chocolate. A fan favourite, and part of the Love at the Chocolate Shop series.
- [What Everyone Asks About China](https://roxannesnopek.ca/what-everyone-asks-about-china/) - You know what everyone asks about China? The bathrooms. We North Americans are pretty squeamish about squat toilets but you know what? They've got advantages.
- [Embracing a Spacious Tomorrow](https://roxannesnopek.ca/embracing-a-spacious-tomorrow/) - Embracing a spacious tomorrow requires a house purge of epic proportions. Making space for a renovation means letting go of the past to make way for the future.
- [Best Kitchen Toy Ever!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/best-kitchen-toy-ever/) - The best kitchen toy ever helps us survive the joys and trials of a six-month major home renovation. We ate. The house looks great. We are still married. YAY!
- [First review for Sunset Bay Sanctuary!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/first-review-for-sunset-bay-sanctuary/) - The first review for Sunset Bay Sanctuary is a real treat, coming from an industry giant... and they LOVED this story! How excited am I? I think you can guess!!
- [Today's Teaser: Sunset Bay Sanctuary](https://roxannesnopek.ca/todays-teaser-sunset-bay-sanctuary/) - Today's teaser features a sneak preview of her latest novel SUNSET BAY SANCTUARY. Find out what everyone's talking about in this fan-favourite series starter!
- [Rox Reads: Parrish, Davis, Mofina, and Small](https://roxannesnopek.ca/rox-reads-latest-recommendations/) - Rox reads like it's a competition! She's got a great roundup for you today. You have great taste (just like her!) so we know you'll find something to love here!
- [The Cure for Shoulder/Neck Pain?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/the-cure-for-shoulder-neck-pain/) - This nifty laptop holder allows for proper neck and arm angulation when working, to avoid shoulder/neck pain from repetitive stress injury. Fingers crossed!
- [Rox Reads: Slaughter, Bratt, Moriarty, and Burton](https://roxannesnopek.ca/rox-reads/) - Rox reads like it's a competition! Here's her latest recommendations. You have great taste (just like her!) so we know you'll find something you love here!
- [Rox Reads: Jill Shalvis, Jeannie Moon and Liane Moriarty](https://roxannesnopek.ca/rox-reads-shalvis-moon-moriarty/) - Rox reads like it's a competition! I've got some great recommendations for you today. You have great taste (like me!) so I know you'll find something you love!
- [A Sweet Christmas Treat](https://roxannesnopek.ca/a-sweet-christmas-treat/) - In this sweet Christmas treat: a couple searching for a new life and a way back to each other discover that love can be found in the most unlikely of places.
- [A Sheriff, an Elf, and a Reindeer...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/a-sheriff-an-elf-and-a-reindeer/) - A beloved Christmas story. 5 STARS: "Be ready to put a smile on your face because this story is definitely going to do it." - Read Your Writes Book Reviews
- [Blackberry Cove excerpt](https://roxannesnopek.ca/blackberry-cove-excerpt/) - Check out this excerpt from the latest instalment of my Sunset Bay series. Love heartwarming stories set in gorgeous locales, plus dogs? Then these are for you.
- [Roxanne Reads](https://roxannesnopek.ca/roxanne-reads/) - Roxanne reads like it's a competition... here are some of her latest favourite books. There are so many great books out there and I love talking about them!
- [Escape to New Zealand](https://roxannesnopek.ca/escape-to-new-zealand/) - Join me in an escape to New Zealand with author Rosalind James. If your winter is looking as dreary as mine, you'll love this glorious escape to warmth and joy!
- [Fall in Love with Valentine!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/fall-in-love-with-valentine/) - Fall in love with a dog called Valentine! Meet the heart-stealing mutt, the woman who rescues him, and the man who needs them both, in this heartwarming read.
- [A Dog Called Valentine](https://roxannesnopek.ca/a-dog-called-valentine/) - Check out this teaser excerpt from A DOG CALLED VALENTINE! Meet this rambunctious dog, the woman who rescues him, and the man who needs them both. Ah, love!!!
- [More shovelling...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/more-shovelling/) - More shovelling brings us to a Throwback Thursday in which we re-visit WILD SKY REDEMPTION, a fish-out-of-water, enemies-to-lovers story set in wintery Montana.
- [End the R-word](https://roxannesnopek.ca/end-the-r-word/) - End the R-Word Day should be every day. You know what word I'm talking about. It's shorthand, sure, but it's not used for convenience. It's used for meanness.
- [Counter Culture](https://roxannesnopek.ca/counter-culture/) - Counter Culture.... that thing living in your kitchen... or Better Living with Baking or... Ferment Your Way to Happiness...
- [Sourdough Baking Toys](https://roxannesnopek.ca/sourdough-baking-toys/) - Sourdough baking toys can make the difference between a meh result and something brag-worthy. What are your favourite kitchen toys? What are your must-haves?
- [What I'm Reading](https://roxannesnopek.ca/what-im-reading/) - What I'm reading that is bringing me joy, hope, and courage. Books do so much for us, don't they? I'd love to know what books you turn to when life is hard.
- [The F-Word Book Reviews?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/the-f-word-book-reviews/) - Word of mouth and book reviews are my favourite ways to find new reads. Have you read this one? I'm on the fence and would love to know what you think.
- [Love Note From the Lake: July '21](https://roxannesnopek.ca/love-note-from-the-lake-july/) - E-bikes!! Last summer, we rented e-bikes on a trip to the Okanagan for a wine tour. Neither of us had ridden for years (decades, for me, probably) and with one or two iffy knees between us (mine, usually) we weren't sure what to expect. Well. We LOVED it! Of course, during COVID, because everyone was doing
- [Psychological Thriller Recommendation](https://roxannesnopek.ca/psychological-thriller-recommendation/) - Rox Reads| I've got a psychological thriller book recommendation for you! I met the author, Linwood Barclay, at a writers conference years ago. I was brand new but he was already making a name for himself in the crime-fiction world, and a nice guy, as well. He's continued to build his craft and his name and when I| Psychological Thriller Recommendation | Roxanne Snopek| August 19, 2026 | https://roxannesnopek.ca/psychological-thriller-recommendation/
- [20 Creativity Tips](https://roxannesnopek.ca/20-creativity-tips/) - Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec velit neque, auctor sit amet aliquam vel, ullamcorper sit amet.
- [What’s On Your Booklist](https://roxannesnopek.ca/whats-on-your-booklist/) - Nulla porttitor accumsan tincidunt. Praesent sapien massa, convallis a pellentesque nec, egestas non nisi. Vivamus magna justo, lacinia eget.
- [Istanbul Travel Guide](https://roxannesnopek.ca/istanbul-travel-guide/) - Praesent volutpat justo sed turpis elementum aliquet. Praesent faucibus laoreet lacinia. In in varius urna. Morbi mi eros, commodo vitae venenatis nec.
- [25 Best Horror Books](https://roxannesnopek.ca/25-best-horror-books/) - Vivamus suscipit tortor eget felis porttitor volutpat. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin eget tortor risus donec rutrum congue.
- [One Fitness Tip, One Healthy Recipe](https://roxannesnopek.ca/one-fitness-tip-one-healthy-recipe/) - A great start to 2016.
- [New Release! And Prizes GALORE!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/new-release-and-prizes-galore/) - The launch party is almost here and the prizes are awesome! But you have to stop in for a chance to win.
- [Start the year off right with The Chocolate Cure](https://roxannesnopek.ca/start-the-year-off-right-with-the-chocolate-cure/) - And find out what love tastes like!
- [Need Last Minute Gift Ideas?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/need-last-minute-gift-ideas/) - In case of last-minute gift-buying panic, click here.
- [Reader Thank-You Giveaway!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/reader-thank-you-giveaway/) - Every year, Melissa McClone puts together tote bags for military families with loved ones in hospital. Here\'s this year\'s totes and how you can help.
- [Easter Egg Hunt!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/easter-egg-hunt/) - Collect these hunky Zodiac men and enter to win a gift card!
- [A Fresh New Look](https://roxannesnopek.ca/a-fresh-new-look/) - So, I got my hair cut today. I’ve worn it long for quite some time now – usually in a ponytail or clip – and I’m a little tired of it. I tend to chicken out when it comes to major change, so I figured I'd just get a trim and color touch up. If
- [Furniture Serendipity](https://roxannesnopek.ca/furniture-serendipity/) - So you know how you go to the mall for shoes sometimes and end up buying a couch? Well that happened to us recently. To be fair, we'd been toying with the idea for a long time. A long time. Because you know, there's always a better use for the money, right? Anyway, it all
- [Broth, Anyone? 99c Books, Anyone?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/broth-anyone-99c-books-anyone/) - I love soup. It's the best part of the autumn-winter stretch, when we're often cold at the end of the day. I love to make a big pot of vegetable-hearty soup on Monday and usually the leftovers stretch for lunches and on-the-run meals until at least Wednesday. Add some bread and cheese to mix it
- [USA Today Bestseller!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/usa-today-bestseller/) - The eight stories in A Montana Born Christmas just hit the USA Today list, thanks to our enthusiastic readers!
- [Prizes! Have You Entered?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/prizes-have-you-entered/) - We're in the home-stretch of our release blitz for A Montana Born Christmas! If you haven't entered yet, there's still time: Blitz-wide giveaways (INTL) in our Rafflecopter giveaway include $10 Amazon gift card eBook copy of Home for Christmas by Melissa McClone eBook eBook copy of Flirting with Forty, a free download for the Kidnapped Christmas Bride
- [A Montana Born Christmas](https://roxannesnopek.ca/a-montana-born-christmas/) - Welcome to the Christmas season! It's time for gingerbread, twinkling lights, Jingle Bells and mistletoe. And here's the perfect way to start: with a bundle of heart-warming holiday love stories, now available for download. Curious? And forget pre-order - it's available NOW! My award-winning story, A Sweet Montana Christmas, is included in this lovely
- [Readers Choice Award Finalists!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/readers-choice-award-finalists/) - Both my Christmas books are up for a Readers Choice award - I need your votes to win!
- [Day #1 of 100 Days of Happiness](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-1-of-100-days-of-happiness/) - Life is good. Paying attention makes it even better. That\'s what I\'ll be focusing on for the next 100 days. Join me, will you?
- [Millionaire Daddy, 99c. Even better with clothes on!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/millionaire-daddy-99c-even-better-with-clothes-on/) - The Millionaire Daddy Project, a contemporary fairy tale, on sale for 99c, limited time only.
- [Welcome to Cherry Lake!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/welcome-to-cherry-lake/) - A brand new contemporary romance by four bestselling authors and the team at Montana Born Books. You loved Marietta. Now visit Cherry Lake!
- [The Secrets of Cherry Lake](https://roxannesnopek.ca/the-secrets-of-cherry-lake/) - A new series from Tule Publishing, by USA Today bestselling author Roxanne Snopek and award-winning fan favorites Joan Kilby, Paula Altenburg and Jeannie Watt.
- [USA Today Debut!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/usa-today-debut/) - I seriously can\'t breathe! I hit the list, people!
- [Two Series Openers, Three Low Prices](https://roxannesnopek.ca/two-series-openers-three-low-prices/) - Limited time only, two series opener books and one audio-book, for less than a dollar!
- [Pre-Release Contest, BC Wine and The Millionaire Daddy Project](https://roxannesnopek.ca/bc-wine-and-the-millionaire-daddy-project/) - Help spread the news about my new release! Alpha hero, BC wine, a deserted island retreat... and the woman who knows he\'s so more than a millionaire.
- [Beer Can Chicken](https://roxannesnopek.ca/beer-can-chicken/) - Yummy recipe for the best barbecue-roasted chicken
- [Cinderella's Cowboy Launches!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/cinderellas-cowboy-launches/) - The latest in Roxanne\'s contemporary romance novella series launches today. You\'ll love Chad\'s story... plus, there\'s a kitten, y\'all!
- [On Krispy Kremes and Enjoying the Moment](https://roxannesnopek.ca/on-krispy-kremes-and-enjoying-the-moment/) - Some days, I have no self-control whatsoever.
- [Authors in Bloom WINNER!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/authors-in-bloom-winner/) - Congratulations to Alisha! And thanks to all who shared your love of gardening and spring... \'tis the season for green thumbs!
- [Authors in Bloom](https://roxannesnopek.ca/authors-in-bloom/) - Hey lovely readers, we know you love books... do you also love gardening? Springtime? Food? How about winning prizes? Then read on, my friends. I'm participating in a cool contest you might want to enter. Here's how it works. Read my post. (You're doing it right now!) Then pop onto the Rafflecopter widget below and follow
- [Chronic Back Pain Part 1](https://roxannesnopek.ca/chronic-back-pain-part-1/) - Dry Needle therapy for chronic muscle spasms, who knew?
- [Cowgirl Up!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/cowgirl-up/) - To thank all my lovely readers and supporters for helping me launch The Cowboy Next Door, I'm running a Rafflecopter giveaway. Each tweet enters you to win this cool prize package, containing two print books, a cowboy-themed dishcloth, chocolate, soap, pen/paper, and a coveted Tule Publishing tote bag! You know you want it! a
- [Happy Valentine's Day!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/happy-valentines-day/) - 99c Sale and Giveaway!
- [The Cowboy Next Door!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/the-cowboy-next-door/) - Plucky single mother Leda Plett doesn’t need to be rescued from her life. Handsome rodeo-star turned agent Eric Anders can’t let injustice go by without intervening. Even when his help ends up hurting, he can’t stay away, and she can’t say no. Love, it seems, is worth more than being right.
- [On Pets, Love and Loss](https://roxannesnopek.ca/on-pets-love-and-loss/) - Update on Myshkin, plus our Home for Aged Pets
- [Poor Myshkin Day 2](https://roxannesnopek.ca/poor-myshkin-day-2/) - It\'s like the hemorrhoid from hell that just got worse.
- [A Sweet Montana Christmas 99c - MERRY CHRISTMAS!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/a-sweet-montana-christmas-99c-merry-christmas/) - Recharge your Christmas spirit!
- [A Sweet Montana Christmas](https://roxannesnopek.ca/a-sweet-montana-christmas/) - Marriage in jeopardy + decrepit honey farm = Christmas miracle. Healing, humor, love and really good cookies, what more could you want?
- [Get Ready for Christmas!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/get-ready-for-christmas/) - With a $200 Rafflecopter Contest
- [Depression, Amy Poehler and Roxanne's Rant on "Baby Blues"](https://roxannesnopek.ca/depression-amy-poehler-and-roxannes-rant-on-baby-blues/) - Funny people get depressed too.
- [$0.99 Countdown for FINDING HOME](https://roxannesnopek.ca/0-99-countdown-for-finding-home/) - Finding Home on sale now for 99c - help spread the news and earn chances to win a Very Berry Montana gift bag!
- [Three River Ranch, the audio-book!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/three-river-ranch-the-audio-book/) - Coming soon, with Audible!
- [New Release - FINDING HOME](https://roxannesnopek.ca/new-release-finding-home/) - Contemporary romance novella, part of the Homecoming series from Tule Publishing Montana Born Books
- [$500 VISA Gift Card Contest!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/500-visa-gift-card-contest/) - You love these authors - now "Like" their pages and you could win $500!
- [Just A Little Love Story](https://roxannesnopek.ca/just-a-little-love-story/) - Sweet romances... the cure for the common cold?
- [It Made Sense In My Mind](https://roxannesnopek.ca/it-made-sense-in-my-mind/) - One conversation, three people. How many different stories?
- [Roxanne's Review Team](https://roxannesnopek.ca/roxannes-review-team/) - Would you like to read my books a week or two before official release? Will you post an honest* review on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, GoodReads, Kobo, etc? If you're jumping up and down, yelling "Yes, yes, pick me!!" then join my review team! Team members will have exclusive access to things like deleted scenes,
- [Roxanne's Not-A-Speech Wedding Story](https://roxannesnopek.ca/roxannes-not-a-speech-wedding-story/) - The story I read at Stephanie and Steven\'s epic #snowgill wedding.
- [Heat Wave Getting to You?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/heat-wave-getting-to-you/) - Immerse yourself in a snowy winter romance!
- [Love You Forever](https://roxannesnopek.ca/love-you-forever/) - The classic children\'s book still makes me cry, 25 years later.
- [Roxanne's Glimpse of The Matrix](https://roxannesnopek.ca/roxannes-glimpse-of-the-matrix/) - Computer problems took me offline, made me crazy(er) until I realized... The Matrix is REAL.
- [Solja Boy Gangnam Style? Um, No.](https://roxannesnopek.ca/solja-boy-gangnam-style-um-no/) - It\'s finally time to get over my Fear of Dancing. So I found two dance tutorials that are beyond me and one that isn\'t!
- [Wedding Bliss](https://roxannesnopek.ca/wedding-bliss/) - Who doesn\'t love weddings? What\'s your best wedding memory?
- [Resisting the Rancher review](https://roxannesnopek.ca/resisting-the-rancher-review/) - 4.5 stars for Resisting the Rancher
- [Romance For Every World Interview](https://roxannesnopek.ca/romance-for-every-world-interview/) - My ideas come in that instant between turning the steering wheel and hearing the blast of horn from the guy in your blind spot. Well. Only once.
- [Are You a Highly Confident Person?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/are-you-a-highly-confident-person/) - Highly confident people believe in their ability to achieve. Now, I\'m not walking into the Fraser River with rocks in my pockets, but I\'m no Dale Carnegie, either. I\'ve got areas to improve; how about you?
- [Share Your Favorite Movie Kiss for a Chance at a $15 Amazon GC ](https://roxannesnopek.ca/best-kisses-share-your-favorites/) - Any of these make you swoon? Got any that will knock our socks off? Share, please!!
- [A Writer's Sketchbook](https://roxannesnopek.ca/a-writers-sketchbook/) - Chatting at A Writer\'s Sketchbook today, plus Three River Ranch is 0.99 TODAY ONLY. Get the first and last in my series for $2 today, readers!
- [Prizes, Prizes, Prizes!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/prizes-prizes-prizes/) - Enter the Resisting the Rancher RAFFLECOPTER here!
- [Resisting the Rancher Blog Tour](https://roxannesnopek.ca/resisting-the-rancher-blog-tour/) - Tomorrow is launch day for RESISTING THE RANCHER, the latest book in my Three River Ranch series. Here\'s where I\'ll be for the next two weeks - I\'d love it if you joined me! Of course, there are prizes to be won: #1: $25 Amazon gift card #2 a print set of the series books so far!
- [Body Image Issues?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/body-image-issues/) - It\'s the only body you\'ve got; love it, use it, look after it - and where whatever you want!
- [When I'm Not Writing Romance Novels...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/when-im-not-writing-romance-novels/) - National Adoption Weekend events at PetSmart stores across Canada result in some of the best love stories.
- [Find Your Bliss: Free Sample Chapters!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/find-your-bliss-free-sample-chapters/) - Sample chapters from every author published by Entangled Bliss, plus never-before-scenes from four best-sellers (including Three River Ranch) and sneak-previews of upcoming releases! And... it\'s FREE!
- [Good Morning, Deer!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/good-morning-deer/) - Suburban wilderness...
- [Post-Game Hockey Interviews: Cliché Alert](https://roxannesnopek.ca/post-game-hockey-interviews-cliche-alert/) - Say as little as possible, using stock phrases, with a heavy accent. And smile!
- [Benefits of Yoga](https://roxannesnopek.ca/benefits-of-yoga/) - Flexibility is great. But now I need to wash my eyes.
- [The Writing Year Ahead](https://roxannesnopek.ca/the-writing-year-ahead/) - What\'s ahead for me in 2014, new heroes I\'m working on and my writing process. ie: How Does She Do It?
- [Still Charming...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/still-charming/) - Okay, so he didn\'t win Most Charming Cowboy in the GraveTells Readers\' Choice Awards. He\'s still pretty charming - as are my lovely readers!
- [Kissing Booth](https://roxannesnopek.ca/kissing-booth/) - Learn about Sheriff Red LeClair of Stranded With a Hero. You want this guy to kiss you!
- [Most Charming Cowboy?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/most-charming-cowboy/) - If you agree that this tortured cowboy has earned it, head on over and cast your vote.
- [The Fussy Librarian](https://roxannesnopek.ca/the-fussy-librarian/) - A free subscription book recommendation service, pointing readers to high-quality e-books by new authors, at reasonable prices.
- [Snarky Moms Talk Christmas](https://roxannesnopek.ca/snarky-moms-talk-christmas/) - Roxanne\'s interview at Snarky Mom Reads, about Christmas movies, music, and how to get that holiday spirit.
- [Why My Husband Shouldn't Read the Books I Write](https://roxannesnopek.ca/why-my-husband-shouldnt-read-the-books-i-write/) - and why I\'m okay with it.
- [France Needs Cowboys!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/france-needs-cowboys/) - Roxanne\'s cowboys are going to France!
- [Saving the Sheriff - Now Out!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/saving-the-sheriff-now-out/) - Part of the Entangled Bliss anthology, Stranded With a Hero.
- ["Luke. I am your dark side. Hug me."](https://roxannesnopek.ca/luke-i-am-your-dark-side-hug-me/) - It\'s time to explore the dark corners of your life. What are you pretending not to see?
- [Riding the Wave](https://roxannesnopek.ca/riding-the-wave/) - Goal-setting is all about attitude. I\'m on a roll right now. How about you?
- ["Self-Doubt...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/self-doubt/) - ... when you\'re right. Or so says Hugh Laurie. Here\'s what Roxanne has to say about self-doubt. You can trust her; she knows.
- [New Release! Three River Ranch](https://roxannesnopek.ca/three-river-ranch/) - The first book in a brand new series of Montana-set category romances.
- [Annah, You're My Latest Blog-Hop WINNER!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/annah-youre-my-latest-blog-hop-winner/) - The winner of my blog tour promoting His Reluctant Rancher
- [Mercury Retrograde... Stay Calm and Hang On!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mercury-retrograde-stay-calm-and-hang-on/) - One possible explanation of why your life sucks right now.
- [Anthology, Now Available for Pre-Order!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/anthology-now-available-for-pre-order/) - Featuring my novella, Saving the Sheriff, as well as stories by Karen Erickson, Cindi Madsen and Coleen Kwan.
- [FREE EXCERPT: Fake Fiancé Real Revenge](https://roxannesnopek.ca/free-excerpt-fake-fiance-real-revenge/) - Chapter One The ultrarich were a monotonous lot, but they sure knew how to throw a party. Mitchell Granger reached for another glass of champagne, feeling as if his face was about to crack, reminding himself that he was glad he wasn’t like them. They were pretentious. Predictable. Profoundly shallow. He wasn’t like them. Not at
- [And the Winners Are:](https://roxannesnopek.ca/and-the-winners-are/) - Announcing the winners of my two-month blog-tour celebrating the launch of Fake Fiancé, Real Revenge!
- [Day 96 Scary Eyes](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-96-scary-eyes/) - Sniffy Snifferson was back in class today. Really, there's something wrong with a person who's so oblivious. Lest you think I'm psycho-reactive, I wasn't the only one annoyed, as I heard a few other pointed huffs and ahems. To no avail, though. As I attempted to reach a Zen-like state of non-attachment to my sniff-free
- [Day 98 Function Before Form](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-98-function-before-form/) - In case anyone was wondering, beer and yoga do not mix. Not when we're talking Bikram Yoga, and I'm on my 98th consecutive day. Today, the Vancouver Canucks played the San Jose Sharks at noon. By chance, some dear friends of ours were in town and able to watch with us. We had brunch together, and
- [Day 100 Canucks Game 100](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-100-canucks-game-100/) - I don't want to take all the credit, I mean, after all, the guys are playing great hockey. They're on fire. That counts for something. But my 100th day of Bikram yoga falling on the Canucks 100th game of the season? Come on. Can't be a coincidence. You're welcome, Ryan Kesler. Call me.
- [Day 125, Yup 125 Bikram Yoga classes in 2011](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-125-yup-125-bikram-yoga-classes-in-2011/) - That's all I'm going to say about yoga right now. Next topic: Can I be honest? This isn’t an opening gambit, ala Joan Rivers or Oprah. Nor is it a request for permission. It’s not even a rhetorical question. It’s an actual question, one I’ve been asking myself for, I don’t know, about four decades.
- [Day 73 The 80-20 Life](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-73-the-80-20-life/) - "I've been doing yoga for seven years," our instructor, Randee, told us today. "And it took me three years before I could do Fixed Firm." As this is a pose that only took me a week or two to master, I suddenly felt pretty darn good about my practice. (Again, not me in the photo, but
- [Day 74 No Judgment](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-74-no-judgment/) - Anthea often tells us in class to listen to our bodies, do the postures as best we can, with no judgment. "Time and patience," she says. "That's how you improve." I've never thought of myself as a particularly patient person, however when I think of the activities with which I occupy my time, it becomes pretty
- [Day 75 McYoga Bad Boy](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-75-mcyoga-bad-boy/) - There's another woman at my studio who's also going for 90 days, Heather, and we compare notes whenever we happen to be at the same class. We're both a little amazed, I think, that we've made it this far. Today Heather brought her brother in with her. She'd been talking it up, I guess, and
- [Day 77 Sing It, Sarah!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-77-sing-it-sarah/) - Brian, our marriage counselor, once told us very firmly that we were to make sure we had a date night once every week, and an overnight or weekend trip every couple of months. "There's no reason you can't do this!" he emphasized. No reason, maybe, but lots of excuses, especially in the last few years.
- [Day 78 Tripping on the Finish Line?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-78-tripping-on-the-finish-line/) - [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Pl7d2fyc8] I just signed up for a workshop with acclaimed screenwriter Michael Hauge, sponsored by my local chapter of the Romance Writers of America. (Same guy, different event from the one advertised above, but wasn't that a cute clip?) Michael Hauge is a story and script consultant, author and lecturer who works with writers and
- [Day 79 Cinnamon Buns, For Real!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-79-cinnamon-buns-for-real/) - Nothing makes yeast breads rise quite as nicely as potato water, and since I happened to save some after making supper last night, I was inspired to bake today. Once the thought entered my brain and set up shop, it didn't really matter that I had several things to do after yoga; I began craving
- [Day 81 Thanks, Mom](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-81-thanks-mom/) - A couple of years ago, in a moment of complete and utter self-delusion, I bought my parents a gift pass at a local Iyengar yoga studio. Now, Iyengar yoga is not like Bikram, lest you think it was an assassination attempt. Iyengar's all about recovery, regaining normal function, and uses a lot of props. Belts,
- [Day 82 Seriously. Turn Down the HEAT.](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-82-seriously-turn-down-the-heat/) - This is the third day in a row that I've skipped the last few postures. Is the thermostat broken, people? I'm not a rank beginner, but I've been feeling a little wibbly around the edges in the hot room. Nauseated. Black spots floating in my peripheral vision. Beginners have been fleeing like lemmings, soggy, desperate
- [Day 83 A Loophole!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-83-a-loophole/) - I'm in the homestretch of my 90-Day Bikram Yoga challenge and recently learned that day 90 will fall on next Saturday, when I'm scheduled to be at a writers' workshop in Vancouver. All day. Double-class days are no fun, as I've mentioned before. So what do I do? Wave the white flag of defeat? (as opposed to
- [Day 84 Mother's Day Flowers](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-84-mothers-day-flowers/)
- [Day 85 I'm an Apiarist!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-85-im-an-apiarist/) - I mentioned awhile back to my husband that I was intrigued with the idea of setting up a mason bee colony. Megan and I had seen them at a nursery, where we'd learned that there's been an overall decline in the population of pollinators. We large, clumsy, land-greedy humans have messed up a lot of
- [Day 87 & 88 Still Here, Still Me](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-87-88-still-here-still-me/) - Yes, yes already, those of you who've been virtually nudging me. I'm not dead or on the lam. I forgot, okay? I forgot to blog. So here I am. Happy? This might be an appropriate time to check in on the whole 90-Day Challenge thing. My goals, as you might recall, upon embarking on this
- [Day 89 & 90 Still on Track! And Inner Conflict...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-89-90-still-on-track-and-inner-conflict/) - Yes, that means I did a double day on Friday. It was a calculated risk; at the 9:15 am class, I noticed it didn't feel as hot as it sometimes does. "The heater's not working right," explained Dan. "It'll be fixed on Monday." Hm, I thought. This is about the best chance I've got to
- [Day 91 Q: Who's the Hero of Your Story?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-91-q-whos-the-hero-of-your-story/) - A: Obviously, each of us is the Hero of our own story. When I say Hero, I mean Heroine, Protagonist, Main Character, Star of the Show, Point-of-View Character, Dude, The Big Guy, Harry Potter. The one who owns the story. You, in your show. Me, in mine. But some of us forget that sometimes. We
- [Day 93 What's That Smell??](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-93-whats-that-smell/) - Hot yoga is hell on the laundry schedule. Every class means one large towel, plus a hand towel, and one entire outfit - top, bottom, underwear, headband. Also I usually have a third towel for the car, so I don't soak up the upholstery. On the days my daughters join me it means an instant mountain of drench-n-stench in the
- [Day 94 Free-Time Parenting?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-94-free-time-parenting/) - In the paper this morning, I read about a 47-year old actress who's cutting back on work because she needs "... a little more free time to be a mom" to the baby girl she and her husband have recently adopted to go with their four-year old son. Now, she may be the Super-Mom of
- [Day 51 Muscles Need Fuel](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-51-muscles-need-fuel/) - If you'd have told me in January that I'd be tackling a 60-Day Bikram Yoga Challenge as soon as we got back from Maui, I'd have snorted rum through my nose. I knew I'd be getting back into it, and I'd even tossed around the idea of a 30-Day Challenge, but 60? And now I'm
- [Day 52 Frequency, Intensity, Precision](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-52-frequency-intensity-precision/) - These are three ways to improve your yoga practice, according to guru Ida Ripley, who nearly killed me last weekend, in her hot-hot-hot Master Class. I can't really increase my frequency of practice, seeing as how I'm going every day, and I've already experienced a double-class day for the first and last time. Intensity, well,
- [Day 53 A Disturbed Minority](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-53-a-disturbed-minority/) - Well, a reader corrected me recently on my use of slang. I referred to the heft on my torso as “meat flaps” when I should have used the term “bat wings.” Whatever. To-may-to, to-mah-to, right? Not so much, according to the Urban Dictionary. “Meat flaps”, I’m told, might be confused with “meat curtains” or “beef
- [Day 54 Listening to the Mountain](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-54-listening-to-the-mountain/) - It's warm and sunny today, which means I get to spend a few hours digging in the dirt, before I do my yoga for the day! Give me a wheelbarrow and a couple yards of bark mulch and I'm happy. Give me a vacuum cleaner and a floor mop and I'll tell you exactly what you
- [Day 55 Monkey-Mind Chatter](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-55-monkey-mind-chatter/) - Most of the usual crowd had other things to do on a sunny Saturday, so there was only eight of us in the hot room this afternoon. I'd worked in the yard, gone grocery shopping, took my daughter out, and ended up being very nearly late for class. Which wouldn't be good, because then I'd
- [Day 57 Kicking Down the Door](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-57-kicking-down-the-door/) - Another strong day. Hm. I'm beginning to wonder if there's really something in Bikram's multiples-of-thirty concept. I've hung in there for nearly 60 days now, and it seems I'm suddenly reaching a new level. I'm not the only one noticing, either. "Your practice is really changing," commented Randee as I made my way to the door
- [Day 59 Why, Why, Why?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-59-why-why-why/) - It's one of the first questions a writer learns to ask, so I guess I came to this occupation honestly. I'm obsessed with understanding the "why?" behind stuff. Like rules, for instance. (Which made me a poor fit in my fundamentalist, conservative, evangelical family. I've no problem with God, never have had, but "the Bible says..." was
- [Day 60 Expect the Unexpected](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-60-expect-the-unexpected/) - I didn't see this coming. Yesterday the neighbourhood was aflutter with wheelbarrows, pruning shears, aerators and lime. Today? Snow. It was even more dramatic at 7 am, when my daughter poked me to ask I'd be able to get down the mountain to school. I looked outside. White-out. Seriously, if there'd have been wind, it
- [Day 61 Farouche, That's Me](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-61-farouche-thats-me/) - Funniest thing I've heard recently was a bit of dialogue on 30 Rock last night, loosely reconstructed as follows: "Let's ask those ugly people, you know the ones with the paper, who change the shapes on it?" "Oh." Long pause. "You mean the writers?" Yep, that'd be us. That's what we do. We make those
- [Day 62 A Good Story](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-62-a-good-story/) - A good story, well-told, that's what every writer strives to accomplish. They say the shorter the story, the harder it is to do well. I'm not a screenwriter, but I imagine the same goes for films. I watched Children of the Corn at an impressionable age, so this one rang all sorts of bells for
- [Day 63 "I See You"](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-63-i-see-you/) - During my college years, I was the girl people brought their problems to. I was a "good listener" and apparently my advice wasn't too bad because they kept coming back. One weird roommate (my daughter once told me that creeps are attracted to me) bouncy and oblivious as a Labrador puppy, would sit at the
- [Day 64 Zero Sum Life?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-64-zero-sum-life/) - It's playoff season for hockey fans. The Canucks look like they might just make it to the Cup this year and put on a fantastic show doing it. I haven't always been a hockey fan; I started watching because my husband is a fan. This was back in the early days of our marriage when
- [Day 65 Go Canucks!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-65-go-canucks/) - Game Four against Chicago, will the Canucks prevail? I believe! And I'm watching the game, so no more blogging. (But in case you're wondering, I'm still doing my daily 90 minutes of Bikram yoga and surviving celebrating marriage, motherhood and menopause.) So, as Arnold says, "Ahh'll be bahk." Tomorrow. * Never mind. I still buh-leeve.
- [Day 66 The Colour of Gratitude](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-66-the-colour-of-gratitude/) - My parents are moving to another unit within their condo complex and they've asked me to help them redecorate. This is kind of a big deal because, left to their own devices, they're likely to either go with eggshell white everywhere (because it goes with everything, you know) or be wild and paint all the
- [Day 67 Too Tired to Read? Never!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-67-too-tired-to-read-never/) - It doesn't happen often, but I've had a couple of nights this week where I can't keep my eyes open long enough to read in bed. Of course, my restless legs still don't let me sleep, so I usually end up putting drops in my eyes and squinting and twitching into the wee hours anyway.
- [Day 68 A Little Editorial Input](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-68-a-little-editorial-input/) - Every writer needs readers, but before that, we need editors. Good ones, who help us develop our stories, plug plot holes, manage character arcs, and prevent us from giving all our characters names that start with the letter K. But I've heard rumours that some editors are um, less than helpful. "Blowhards with delusions of
- [Day 69 & 70 Ahead of My Time](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-69-70-ahead-of-my-time/) - When I was about 16, a friend of mine told me that I'd make a great grandma one day. This person was petite, blonde, vivacious and popular, everything I was not, and her comment did not exactly boost my self-esteem. I'd have been thrilled to have a boyfriend, or at least boobs, and there she
- [Day 71 Don't Be an "I'm-Sorry-Butt"](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-71-dont-be-an-im-sorry-butt/) - The Vancouver Sun ran a piece by columnist Susan Schwartz this morning with the header "Apologies Often Remedy the Situation but Timing is Crucial." A thought-provoking story as I've often mourned the demise of apology, blaming it on our increasingly-litigious culture. Politicians and CEOs are famous for this strategy: "Don't apologize, don't explain," in order
- [Day 33 Do I Feel Lucky?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-33-do-i-feel-lucky/) - No, not today. The universe, it seems, was conspiring against me making the 3:30 yoga class today, all because I tried to fit a trip to Chapters in first. I left three hours. Plenty, right? Half-hour there, half-hour back, an hour to browse, an hour to spare, no problem, right? Wrong. Every single road we tried was
- [Day 34 Check-In Time](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-34-check-in-time/) - Well, finally, a day when all the postures seemed to just... flow. So, since I'm thinking about it, here's where my body and I are at after 34 straight days of Bikram Yoga: Postures: Pretty solid on all of them. They say that as some postures become easier, others become more difficult, and I'm definitely
- [Day 36 Who's the Handsomest Prince?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-36-whos-the-handsomest-prince/) - Randee of Bikram Yoga Abbotsford has just returned to teaching after having her second child, and lucky for me, she taught the 3:30 class today. She was nervous, she said, coming back, but she did a great job. And I so needed it today! You see, it's grooming day for my dog and I do it
- [Day 38 Recovery Cocktail](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-38-recovery-cocktail/) - There comes a point in each Bikram yoga class when, in the words of my favourite blogger-commedienne Allie, of Hyperbole-and-a-Half, I'm so thirsty I'd "shank an infant for juice." I've read her post on her experience running a marathon in Texas several times, and each time it makes me laugh more. I love the way this
- [Day 39 I'll Take It](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-39-ill-take-it/) - My practice today was strong. Even Standing Western union fees Head-to-Knee! My right hip is still stiffer than my left, but I can tell I'm making progress. One millimeter at a time, perhaps, but I'll take it. I've been told that in the first 30 days, you notice changes in your body, but they're subtle.
- [Day 40 Endorphin Junkie](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-40-endorphin-junkie/) - Several years ago, before a trip to Mexico, I decided to have my legs professionally waxed. I have nothing against shaving, but I've got a raised pigmented mole on my left shin that I tend to forget about. I've cut the top off that thing so many times, it now looks like a little brown target, which you'd think
- [Day 41 Baby Got Back(bone)](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-41-baby-got-backbone/) - From the start, one of the most difficult parts of the Bikram yoga workout for me was the spine-strengthening series. Four exercises done in a prone (stomach-down) position: Cobra, Locust arms-down, Full-Locust and Bow. All involve backward bending, lifting the body up using back strength, lifting the legs up using back strength or (yes it gets better)
- [Day 42 Whose Idea Was This, Anyway?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-42-whos-idea-was-this-anyway/) - 42 days of Bikram yoga. Forty-two. In a row. Day after day. 90 minutes each time. That's 63 HOURS of yoga. SIXTY-THREE HOURS. (Unless my math is wrong. I calculated it first in my head at 21 hours and then 84 hours, before getting out the calculator. But now we're just quibbling about details. No matter
- [Day 44 Breathe... Listen... Be....](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-44-breathe-listen-be/) - On Tuesday, the Vancouver Sun ran a story of two boys charged with sexually assaulting and murdering Kimberly Proctor, and I've got to say, stories like this knock me off my pins. Such tragedy, such waste. For the girl, obviously. But also, in a lesser way, for the boys. What on earth happened to turn them into monsters capable
- [Day 46 The Next Level?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-46-the-next-level/) - A young woman named Ida Ripley is coming to our Bikram yoga studio this weekend to run a Master Class on Friday and a Posture Clinic on Saturday. I was toying with the idea of doing Friday's Master Class, but am a little intimidated. The instructors are all a-twitter. After all, "the only thing more fun than 90 minutes
- [Day 47 Well, I did it...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-47-well-i-did-it/) - ... and my Bikram yoga journey continues. I took it a little easier at the 9:30 am class, so that I'd have some juice left for 7:30 pm Master Class with Ida Ripley tonight. Turns out that, while some things, like scoops, shots and Bubble, are good doubled, other things, like chins, bets and trouble, are
- [Day 48 When God Opens a Window](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-48-when-god-opens-a-window/) - Actually, it wasn't God, it was Tony, one of the owners of the studio, but it was a little miracle, nonetheless. It was a very full room, as I believe I've mentioned. Lots of bodies. Lots of big, hard bodies. The kind that produce their own heat. Real estate was at a premium, but I managed
- [Day 49 It's All About Balance](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-49-its-all-about-balance/) - *Warning: If you have a super-sensitive gag reflex, ie: you can't change a diaper without a Haz-Mat suit, this post may not be suitable for you.* Yoga's about balance. Inside, and out. In this, my second 30-day Bikram yoga challenge, things are happening to my body on a cellular level. Muscles, ligaments, osteoblasts, osteoclasts, yada, yada. Structures are
- [Day 50 What Do You REALLY Want?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-50-what-do-you-really-want/) - There's an old folk tale about a woman who is cursed to be a hideous crone by day, but beautiful by night. There's all sorts of stuff in this story: knights, kings, peasants, a peasant who gets raped by a knight, but I can't remember how all that goes and you don't really care, do you? Anyhoo.
- [Day 15 A Blog-Post a Day...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-15-a-blog-post-a-day/) - I’ve decided I want to blog more. Since I've already been posting daily for my 30-Day Bikram Yoga Challenge, I figured I might as well add a blog challenge to it. All writing is good exercise. After all, writers write. Right? (Sorry, that was lame.) So, I hereby commit to posting on this blog once a
- [Day 16 Are We Done Yet?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-16-are-we-done-yet/) - The 30-Day Challenge began on Feb. 14, and I haven't missed a day yet. However, I'd been going pretty regularly before that, as in 24 classes total in February. Surely I should be seeing results. Surely I shouldn't have these wipe-out days anymore. My feelings on yoga at the moment: I did it. My butt
- [Day 17 Hanging On, Barely](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-17-hanging-on-barely/) - All I wanted to do today was NOT GO TO YOGA. That's it. I had no other agenda. However, it's not called a challenge for nothing, and I hate giving up. "Just to let you know," I said to Tony, the instructor, as I dragged myself into the studio this afternoon, "I do not want
- [Day 19 Dig deeper - thar's muscle under that thar flab.](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-19-deep-deeper-thars-muscle-under-that-thar-flab/) - In a brillliant example of value-added service, my yoga studio provides massage therapy with a magic-fingered woman named Laura. I've been going to Laura every two weeks for several months now, and between that and the yoga, my back and neck have never felt better. So now, of course, she's trying to get to the
- [Day 23 Question:](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-23-question/) - How long Western union money transfer does it take to increase hamstring flexibility? Answer: More than 23 days. For me, anyway. This up-and-down, start-and-stop stuff is driving me crazy. YesterdayI was full of energy, my practice was a breeze, I got yoga plus a ton of other stuff done. I was woman, hear me roar. Today,
- [Day 24 What a Difference a Day Makes](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-24-what-a-difference-a-day-makes/) - Tra-la. Today I had energy to burn. Cleaned the bathroom, vacuumed, washed floors, tried out a delicious new recipe for supper, the sort of good house-wifey things I'd normally rather stab myself in the eye than do. Maybe it's because I did the afternoon class, instead of the morning class. Let's do the math: between
- [Day 26 Results are in...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-26-results-are-in/) - ... and what do you know. Recovery time matters. 17.75 hours between classes is not long enough. I wimped out on several postures today, damaging my dignity slightly in front of a delectable new instructor. I felt better though, after he ever-so-gently adjusted me into a better Spine Twisting Posture. Such a nice boy. For the record, those people who do two classes in one
- [Day 27 Must. Have. DOUGHNUTS.](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-27-must-have-doughnuts/) - Today's afternoon class was a breeze, despite Ken and Barbie in the back row. More about them tomorrow. But after class, I overheard Juliette, the instructor, talking to one of the newcomers who was asking about weight loss. "Most people actually gain weight when they first start Bikram yoga," explained Juliette. She happened to say it
- [Day 29 On Make-Up and Butt-Sag](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-29-on-make-up-and-butt-sag/) - There are those who practice yoga, and there are those who want to look like they practice yoga. Those in the first group wear anything from baggy shorts and tee-shirts to sports bras and bike shorts, usually in black. Image takes a back seat to comfort, because in the hot room, it's all about survival. Those in
- [Day 30 I'd Like to Thank the Academy...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-30-id-like-to-thank-the-academy/) - I did it, folks! I DID IT!! 30 classes in 30 days, which is more consistent exercise than I've had in, well, ever. And 30 blog posts in 30 days, which is more consistent writing than I usually do, at least without a contract. I don't know which one is more significant for me. Some
- [Day 1](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-1/) - Class: CHECK Note to self: a full stomach = an unpleasant 90 minutes in the hot room. Honestly, what was I thinking?? But I stayed in the room and did most of the postures. Writing: CHECK 500+ words today, so far. Maybe I can hang in there. I'm registered for the RWA National conference in
- [Day 2 - No problem!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-2-no-problem/) - Two days down, 28 to go. I did all the postures today, even Camel posture, which is usually my worst. It didn't look quite like this ....... ... in fact, I think it might have been rather frightening.
- [Day 3](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-3/) - My hip hurts again. Got some good writing done though, almost four pages. It's a good story, family secrets, lost love, adorable child.
- [Day 4 - Roxanne gets up early](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-4/) - Had to do the 6:30 am class today, the only one that fit my schedule. My husband just laughed when I told him the night before I'd be up early. In fact, I don't mind getting up early - if I have a reason. And the early yoga class was hands-down the best one I've been to
- [Day 5 - Ouch.](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-5/) - Early class again. Didn't sleep last night. Hip hurts. When I say "hip" I really mean my hamstring origin. My ass. My ass hurts. Gave up on Camel, I even gave up on Triangle, which I'm good at. Oddly enough, the spine strengthening series, which are usually brutally hard for me, wasn't a problem. Go
- [Day 6](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-6/) - Slept late this morning, oh what luxurious pleasure and delight! Did the noon class, didn't particularly feel the heat, made it through all the postures just fine. Came home and did some landscaping work on my never-ending mountain project. This yoga challenge stuff is a piece of cake!
- [Day 8](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-8/) - Well, I survived my first week of the challenge. And I wrote over 16 pages in my current work-in-progress. I haven't lost any weight over the past week. (This isn't a big surprise, since I keep eating pie.) And given my sturdy Russian-Dutch genetics, I'll never be a svelt 120-lb sylph. Let's be real: I'll never be
- [Day 9 Sore and Tired](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-9-sore-and-tired/) - My car smells like the inside of a gym locker. A boy's gym locker. And I'm tired. Really, really tired. And my right hamstring is reaching a stage of tenderness that, if it was a roast, it'd be just about done. 21 days to go. Yay.
- [Day 10 and a Surprise](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-10-and-a-surprise/) - Surviving Bikram Yoga
- [Bitten By the Downward-Facing Dog](https://roxannesnopek.ca/bitten-by-the-downward-facing-dog/) - Last spring, I did 100 consecutive days of Bikram Yoga. 90 minutes of sweating, bending, sticking, stinking yoga, every day for a for more than three months straight. I was invincible, toned, and annoyingly vocal about the benefits of Bikram Yoga. Everyone should do it, I proclaimed. (Well, everyone without a heart condition.)
- [More Why Some Days, You Just Shouldn't Talk](https://roxannesnopek.ca/more-why-some-days-you-just-shouldnt-talk/) - Conversations with teenagers. AGAIN. Yes, these things are true.
- [Last child syndrome...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/last-child-syndrome/) - ... and why no kid should be named Bull. Or Rock.
- [SERENITY NOW!!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/serenity-now/) - Stand back, folks. I\'ve no time for interruptions!
- [A Christmas Letter That Doesn't Make You Hate Yourself](https://roxannesnopek.ca/a-christmas-letter-that-doesnt-make-you-hate-yourself/) - I dare you to send one like this. Come on. You know you wanna.
- [Day 43 Why Women Can't Sleep](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-43-why-women-cant-sleep/) - Can\'t. Turn. Off. Brain.
- [Day 7 - Bikram Yoga 30-Day Challenge](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-7-bikram-yoga-30-day-challenge/) - Curious about what a Bikram Yoga class looks like but scared to actually try one? Check this out, but keep in mind, it's actually 90 minutes long. ?[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kSohbJR4xs]
- [Day 11 Is there yoga after dentistry?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-11-my-mouth-hurts-but-not-from-yoga/) - After the usual school run this morning, my day started with a trip to the lab for some routine blood tests. I had a dental appointment at 9 am, and I figured I might as well do all the unpleasant tasks on the same day. I hadn't really thought that through. I'm totally stoic for
- [Day 12 Just Let Me Sleep](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-12/) - On the plus side: my jeans are fitting nicer. On the minus side: I can't walk.
- [Day 13 Okay, I've got space issues](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-13/) - So today my practice was easy, straight-forward and relatively pain-free. Didn't feel the heat, balance was good, endurance was strong, my limbs loose and flexible. Just goes to show how different one day can be from the other. Or maybe it was the Naproxen last night. However, a few thoughtless yogis made my practice less
- [Day 14 Sweaty Naked Boys](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-14-sweaty-naked-boys/) - So a few weeks ago, three young guys tried out a yoga class. You could tell they thought it was a joke; they swaggered into the studio like hockey players, all ripped and cocky, naked but for their under-armours, all "look at me" and "yeah, baby, enjoy the show." Those of us with a few classes under our belts just
- [Day 18 Never Too Late](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-18-never-too-late/) - "Never too sick, never too old, never too broken ... to begin again." That's the slogan at my yoga studio. Labouring, as I am, through the murk of a full-blown mid-life crisis, I find it particularly encouraging. Yes, yes, I know what you're thinking. I look so stable. Normal, even. Well, beneath my mild-mannered exterior
- [Day 20 Consider Yourself Warned](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-20-consider-yourself-warned/) - I've reached that stage in an exercise program where my body has reached a plateau, neither improving (as far as I can tell) nor leaving me in a limp puddle of humiliation after a class. Now, they tell me, it becomes a mental challenge. NOW it becomes mentally challenging?? I don't know what that means,
- [Day 22 Death Race 2011, School-Zone Style](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-22-death-race-2011-school-zone-style/) - I planned to go to a morning yoga class today, but after the school run, all I wanted to do was get off the road. Is everyone rushing out for free McDonalds coffee?? Are they all on crack?? (Are those two things related?) Today I witnesssed the following: -one driver clearing his windshield of ice,
- [Day 25 Yoga: Guaranteed Weight Loss!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-25-yoga-guaranteed-weight-loss/) - It's not really true. I have nothing new to report so I figured I'd find out if this really is the best way, aside from porn, to drive your blog traffic through the roof. (Naked Sweaty Boys was a big hit, but that's as racy as I'm going to get.) My hypothesis of yesterday is neither proven nor disproven, as
- [Day 28 A Good Mennonite Girl Breaks the Silence](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-28-a-good-mennonite-girl-breaks-the-silence/) - Posture number 14, of the 26 in the Bikram series, is called Wind-Removing Pose (or Pavanamuktasana. I can't say it, but I can spell it. Even if I couldn't, who'd know??) It looks like this: And if there's any little effervescence hanging around your colon, let me tell you it'd take a bionic sphincter to keep
- [Day 31 And Now For Something Completely Different...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-31-and-now-for-something-completely-different/) - I'm off to a morning class, but this is in honour of my hubby, who's taken the plunge into, wait for it: FACEBOOK. Yes, the "never, never" man couldn't stand being left out anymore. You'll like this, it's called Failbook, a riff on the funniest or stupidest Facebook profiles. Enjoy!
- [Day 32 Lock-Down](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-32-lock-down/) - Every living organism has a mechanism to protect itself from harm or threat, from the classic fight-or-flight response, to the more subtle: withdrawal, camouflage, external armour, repellent spray, group safety, etc. These days, our dangers are not primarily physical, no sabre-toothed tigers or warring tribes after us. Yet we go through our days with defenses up: game faces on, bluffs at the ready,
- [Day 35 Dead by 9:30 am](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-35-dead-by-930-am/) - I'm sitting in my car in the Surrey Guildford parking lot, enjoying an Americano misto and some sushi, re-reading Rhoda Janzen's Mennonite in a Little Black Dress. I promised to take my youngest daughter and her friend shopping, the capper to a girls' weekend, and their stamina is about two hours longer than mine, and the
- [Yoga: Not For Everyone...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/yoga-not-for-everyone/) - Yoga mat for sale. Used once. $1.
- [Day 37 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle... Reinvent?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-37-reduce-reuse-recycle-reinvent/) - When I was a kid, we lived by many rules, one of which was "use it up, wear it out, make do or do without." Yes, we were environmentalists before it was cool. My people can stretch a dime, an onion, a teabag, a pair of jeans, like you wouldn't believe. My mother sewed our clothes,
- [Day 45 Miss Communication](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-45-miss-communication/) - Choking to death. Or dying of embarrassment. It\'s pretty much the same thing.
- [Day 80 110 Percent?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-80-110-percent/) - The continuing saga of surviving menopause by even more sweating!
- [Day 56 Great News - I'm Not Pregnant](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-56-great-news-im-not-pregnant/) - But it certainly explains the blueberry-sized pimple percolating unicorn-like on my forehead. It's an evil joke that puts chin hairs and zits on the same face, but I know of many women around my age that are dealing with this. Hot flashes interspersed with menstrual cramps. Mood swings and memory lapses, (which is actually a
- [Day 72 Crack Me Up](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-72-crack-me-up/) - So as I continue my education in all things yoga, my reading has extended to a book called Stretch: The Unlikely Making of a Yoga Dude, by Neal Pollack. Very, ahem, different from my other recent readings. His catch-phrase is "Namaste, mother&*%$ers!" How can ya resist? Here's the bit I've been making everyone read, with full attribution
- [Day 76 Botulism, Anyone?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-76-botulism-anyone/) - I got all kitchen-inspired yesterday by Secrets of Moms Who Dare to Tell All (how can you resist such a tagline?) to make what Secret-Telling Mom Liz calls the Best Macaroni & Cheese Ever. Since I'm pretty fond of all pasta and all cheese, it's a lead-pipe cinch that a recipe claiming the best ever combo will call
- [Day 86 Say NO to Sniffing!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-86-say-no-to-sniffing/) - A sniffer comes to yoga class. Narrowly escapes death.
- [Same Words, Different Conversations: the Language of Marriage](https://roxannesnopek.ca/same-words-different-conversations-the-language-of-marriage/) - How two people in the same conversation can have two completely different experiences.
- [Hic, Pik and Otis](https://roxannesnopek.ca/it-could-be-worse/) - Preventing Internet embarrassment by giving your kids nicknames.
- [Things I Hate Today](https://roxannesnopek.ca/things-i-hate-today/) - Yes, I was a hater. Now I am not.
- [Why Some Mornings You Just Shouldn't Talk](https://roxannesnopek.ca/why-some-mornings-you-just-shouldnt-talk/) - Real-life conversations with teenagers. Do not try this at home.
- [Road to Crazy-Town](https://roxannesnopek.ca/road-to-crazy-town/) - A day in the life of a harried mother...
- [20th Anniversary of the Surrey International Writers' Conference](https://roxannesnopek.ca/20th-anniversary-of-the-surrey-international-writers-conference/) - The best writers conference in Canada celebrates two decades of rah-rah-writers!
- ["My Reading Room" Interview](https://roxannesnopek.ca/my-reading-room-interview/) - Chatting with a book blogger
- ["Good Choice Reading" Interview](https://roxannesnopek.ca/good-choice-reading-interview/) - Roxanne chats with a book blogger
- [Best Ever Minestrone Soup! ](https://roxannesnopek.ca/best-ever-minestrone-soup/) - The best vegetable soup I\'ve ever made!
- [Bliss-ful Carrot Cake](https://roxannesnopek.ca/bliss-ful-carrot-cake/) - The rest recipe you\'ll ever find... and good for you, too!
- [Deadline Panic and the Dark Night of the Soul](https://roxannesnopek.ca/deadline-panic-and-the-dark-night-of-the-soul/) - The occupational hazards of being a writer.
- [Why I Spent Five Hours in a Walmart Parking Lot - and LOVED It!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/why-i-spent-five-hours-in-a-walmart-parking-lot-and-loved-it/) - Writing a book is tough enough, but with constant interruptions, one has to get creative.
- [Sweaty, Naked Guys? AGAIN?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/sweaty-naked-guys-again/) - Join me at Fresh Fiction tomorrow!
- [All life is story...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/i-want/) - Our job is to find it... and then tell it.
- [His Reluctant Rancher: FREE EXCERPT!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/his-reluctant-rancher-free-excerpt/) - FREE EXCERPT: Chapter One
- [Three River Ranch - FREE EXCERPT!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/three-river-ranch-free-excerpt/) - FREE EXCERPT: Chapter One
- [AMAZON TOP 100 LIST!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/amazon-top-100-list/) - Three River Ranch hits the Amazon Top 100 list after being part of the Kindle Daily Deal
- [Fake Fiance, Real Revenge Blog Tour](https://roxannesnopek.ca/fake-fiance-real-revenge-blog-tour/) - Two month, 27-stop plan for blogging about Fake Fiance, Real Revenge
- [E-Reader Sleeve Giveaway!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/e-reader-sleeve-giveaway/) - To celebrate the release of Fake Fiance, Real Revenge, Roxanne\'s giving away two gorgeous e-reader sleeves.
- [COVER REVEAL!!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/cover-reveal/) - Fake engagement between Mitch Granger and his one-time love, midwife Sabrina Becker, who wants only to break his heart, like he broke hers.
- [Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Writers...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mamas-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-writers/) - Roxanne\'s journey to publication with Entangled Bliss.
- [Fake Fiance, Real Revenge is out!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/fake-fiance-real-revenge-is-out/) - Roxanne Snopek\'s latest novel in the popular Three River Ranch series was released August 12, 2013.
- [Dani Collins Interview](https://roxannesnopek.ca/dani-collins-interview/) - In-store interview with published romance author Dani Collins
- [Today ONLY, $0.99 to try my books!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/today-only-0-99-to-try-my-books/) - Saturday August 10 all Entangled Bliss books are $0.99 on Kindle Daily Deal.
- [Poll and GIVEAWAY!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/poll-and-giveaway/) - Keith Urban is the inspiration for Mitchell Granger, the hero of my latest book, Fake Fiancee, Real Revenge. Which do you prefer: polished businessman or rugged cowboy?
- [Fifty Shades of... Chicken?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/fifty-shades-of-chicken/) - a book trailer for a cookbook parodying Fifty Shades of Grey
- [More "Some Days You Shouldn't Talk"](https://roxannesnopek.ca/more-some-days-you-shouldnt-talk/) - Another touching mother-daughter moment.
- [Looking for Hints?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/looking-for-hints/) - The Romance Reviews Summer Sizzler contest is on. Prizes galore! Roxanne\'s question is up this week and here\'s where to find hints.
- [Roxanne's Margarita Chicken Soup!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/roxannes-margarita-chicken-soup/) - My extemporaneous instructions for a deliciously citrusy version of chicken soup. If you don\'t like it, well, don\'t cook it.
- [Cat Friends vs. Dog Friends](https://roxannesnopek.ca/cat-friends-vs-dog-friends/) - Pet lovers, this will crack you up!
- [RT Book Reviews - the BIG TIMES!!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/rt-book-reviews-the-big-times/) - My first review in one of the biggest genre review magazines in the industry!
- [Spring is Wildlife Season!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/spring-is-wildlife-season/) - Experienced wildlife rehabilitators and nature-lovers share their stories of animal interactions and rescues.
- [Barnes & Noble NOOK Book fan? Check out my contest:](https://roxannesnopek.ca/barnes-noble-nook-book-fan-check-out-my-contest/) - enter the contest to win a free NOOK book of Three River Ranch
- [4-STAR Review!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/4-star-review/) - Riverina Reviews gives two thumbs up for His Reluctant Rancher!
- [How Animals Eat Their Food](https://roxannesnopek.ca/how-animals-eat-their-food/) - Forget about your own diet for a minute and watch this.
- ["So, What's Your Real Job?"](https://roxannesnopek.ca/so-whats-your-real-job/) - And why they sometimes might appear surly... or even psychotic.
- [Tales from the Bedroom...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/tales-from-the-bedroom/) - Double duvets don\'t mean the same thing in Germany as they do here!
- [A Hand to INSPIRATION!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/a-hand-to-inspiration/) - Working writers share inspiration - on their hands!
- [Rustic Potato-Leek Soup](https://roxannesnopek.ca/rustic-potato-leek-soup/) - A super-easy soup that\'s also easy on sore throats!
- [Breathe deeply...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/some-days-its-all-you-can-do/)
- [Stay calm...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/some-days-are-like-this/) - ... and play ball.
- [Aim high. But stay grounded.](https://roxannesnopek.ca/roxanne-cant-wait-to-go-barefoot-again/)
- [Romancing Rakes Interview](https://roxannesnopek.ca/romancing-rakes-interview/) - More little-known facts, plus a chance to #enter to #win a #Kindle!
- [Interview and Kindle Giveaway!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/interview-and-kindle-giveaway/) - Help promote Roxanne\'s latest book - and enter to win a Kindle! \nAlso, stop overusing the word "like." Like, now!
- [It's all good.](https://roxannesnopek.ca/his-reluctant-rancher-2/)
- ["What? Is there something on my face?"](https://roxannesnopek.ca/three-river-ranch/)
- [Coming Spring 2013, the updated edition of Wildlife in the Kitchen](https://roxannesnopek.ca/coming-spring-2013/) - From Heritage House, the new improved version of Wildlife in the Kitchen, finally!
- [Readers Love Three River Ranch!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/yee-haw/) - A great review of Three River Ranch on Guilty Indulgence Romance Reviews!
- [Fake Fiance, Real Revenge, coming August 2013](https://roxannesnopek.ca/three-river-ranch-book-3-mitchells-story/) - Some of the guys who populate my latest books.
- [What Would You Do?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/what-would-you-do/) - Such a sweet-looking child...
- [HIS RELUCTANT RANCHER!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/his-reluctant-rancher/) - Hot off the presses - so to speak. The latest in the Three River Ranch series, now available in digital format from Entangled Publishing.
- [Jobs: First, Worst and Cursed](https://roxannesnopek.ca/jobs-first-worst-and-cursed/) - Valentine\'s Day gifts for romance readers! Hop from blog to blog and enter them all to win!
- [Three River Ranch - A 'REAL' Book!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/three-river-ranch-a-real-book/) - Why I love digital books.
- [Just Do It!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/just-do-it/) - Troubled by writer\'s block? Watch this.
- [Dogs That Heal](https://roxannesnopek.ca/dogs-that-heal/) - A labrador mother befriends a child with Down syndrome, who has probably never met a dog before.
- [A Merry Mennonite Christmas](https://roxannesnopek.ca/a-merry-mennonite-christmas/) - Hello. My name is Roxanne. I’m a Mennonite. I know, you're thinking how is that possible, since I wear make-up and jeans and don’t have a little black beanie pinned on my braids? My pacifist rebel blood set me on a different path from my ancestors but there is much I cherish about my Mennonite
- [D'Ann, You're My Entangled Blog Hop WINNER!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/dann-youre-my-entangled-blog-hop-winner/) - $25 Amazon gift card winner announced
- [Christmas Blog Hop!](https://roxannesnopek.ca/christmas-blog-hop/) - Join your favorite authors at Entangled as we blog about all things books. Prizes galore...
- [DANCE of 1000 Hands](https://roxannesnopek.ca/dance-of-1000-hands/) - chinese deaf-mute dancers\' stunning performance
- [Rain City Girl on Three River Ranch](https://roxannesnopek.ca/rain-city-girl/) - …a delightful read. Ms. Snopek delivers an entertaining story with confidence and wit. I was charmed by both main characters, and loved all the animals as well. Who could resist? I look forward to her next book.
- [Mitchell and Webb - Write this](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mitchell-and-webb-write-this/)
- [Roxanne on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/RoxanneSnopekAuthor)
- [AngelaLaughing on Three River Ranch](https://roxannesnopek.ca/angelalaughing-on-three-river-ranch/) - …a little gem of a story. And because I've enjoyed this one so much, I'll be watching for more in the series.
- [Wendy Catalano on Three River Ranch](https://roxannesnopek.ca/wendy-catalano-on-three-river-ranch/) - …a sweet contemporary romance. A quick read with a fast-paced story. The characters were well developed and the story flowed seamlessly. The richly drawn setting made me feel like I was at Three River Ranch.
- [Rhianna Walker on Three River Ranch](https://roxannesnopek.ca/rhianna-walker-on-three-river-ranch/) - If you're looking for a category romance that won't make you cringe at the cheesiness of the over-the-top trope and you love animals please look no further! If you're sick of heroines who get walked all over by heroes who are overly alpha you will find THREE RIVER RANCH a refreshing change of pace that
- [Jennifer K. Jovus on Three River Ranch](https://roxannesnopek.ca/jennifer-k-jovus-on-three-river-ranch/) - Full of strong characters that are simply good people trying to do their best… I loved the interactions and honesty that flows between Carson and Rory… I really hope that author gives us a spin off book… with her writing style, I can promise you I will be buying more of her books.
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- [Robin Bielman on Three River Ranch](https://roxannesnopek.ca/robin-bielman-on-three-river-ranch/) - Loved this story! The romance quickly jumps off the page even though it takes the characters a little while to catch up. (Which I loved. And I especially fell for Carson - he is swoon-worthy.) The story is heartwarming and sexy, the characters wonderfully engaging!
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- [And We're Off...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/and-were-off/) - A huge thank-you to everyone who downloaded Three River Ranch last weekend! Thanks to you, it reached #71 on Amazon's TOP 100 romance series list! Next week, the promotion begins in earnest, so if you haven't already "Liked" me on my Facebook author page, please do so! There will be contests, chats, "Hero Wars," and
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- [What are you reading?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/what-are-you-reading/) - We were at a Canada Day party recently (well, on Canada Day, duh) when a friend asked me what my favourite book was. And then LISTENED FOR A RESPONSE. A brave man, our friend. Or perhaps really, really bored. Asking me about books is like asking our spaniel about food. Specifics don't matter. The answer
- [Do You Like Cowboys?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/do-you-like-cowboys/) - I know I like cowboys. Always have. I love horses, too, even owned one for a short time. About 14 years ago, as a surprise birthday gift, my Mr. (Always)Right had some photos taken for me. Now understand, horseback riding isn't really his thing. He's what you might call a reluctant cowboy, but he knows
- [Take that, cholesterol.](https://roxannesnopek.ca/take-that-cholesterol/) - With all the comings and goings in our house lately, proper meals are a hit and miss affair. I know it's typical of this stage of life; kids hopping up and down on the brink of the nest... dad finally trading his 60-hour work weeks for some fun stuff ... and me with my predictably
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- [Dog Days of Winter](https://roxannesnopek.ca/dog-days-of-winter/) - Yes, there's really a dog underneath all that snow-covered hair. He loves the snow because, hello, snowBALLS! It's like the world is covered with potential toys for throwing, catching, chasing, eating. It's all good, as far as he's concerned. Except for the snowballs that collect on his legs. Once he starts walking like an old
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- [How a Writer Takes a Benylin Day:](https://roxannesnopek.ca/how-a-writer-takes-a-benylin-day/) - Best part of being a writer? You can take a nap whenever you want, and still get your pages in. In fact, stay in bed all day, who cares? Got my dog, my phone, my new iPod, and my trusty AlphaSmart Neo. And, since I'm neither dead nor in a coma, I got my 2000
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- [Day 3 NaNoWriMo2011](https://roxannesnopek.ca/day-3-nanowrimo2011/) - 6014 words. Need yoga. Reminder to self: some of these NaNo drafts will end up as published books. Sara Gruen wrote the first draft of Water for Elephants during National Novel Month. I can do this.
- [Best Breakfast Cereal Ever?](https://roxannesnopek.ca/best-breakfast-cereal-ever/) - It's tasty, yes. But I bought it for the name. Holy Crap Cereal
- ["She's Alive!"](https://roxannesnopek.ca/shes-alive/) - It's Wednesday, the third day after returning from the Surrey International Writers' Conference, and I do feel somewhat like I've risen from the dead. (Or maybe it's because my kids got me into watching Walking Dead. Which is awesome... and I don't even LIKE zombies.) But the past year for me has been something of
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- [Of All the Things I've Lost...](https://roxannesnopek.ca/of-all-the-things-ive-lost/) - ... I miss my mind the most. I don't know where the joke originated, but I can relate. Although for me, it's not my mind, it's my glasses. Yup, I lost my glasses this morning. (Losing my mind came later.) Anyone who wears glasses understands the conundrum. How do you look for your glasses when
- [The "Anyone Can Paint" Art Project](https://roxannesnopek.ca/the-anyone-can-paint-art-project/) - This is my latest project, for my friend Elizabeth, of Elizabeth's Wildlife Center. I always drew and painted as a child, but it wasn't until after my own daughters had been taking art classes for years, that it occurred to me that I might enjoy taking it up again, myself. So, a few years ago,
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- [Babies in Our Backyard, Part 1](https://roxannesnopek.ca/babies-in-our-backyard-part-1/) - I know, how lucky are we to have this kind of wildlife just outside our doors, right? The dogs think it's quite an enormous responsibility, keeping all these interlopers out of their territory, and most of the time, it's okay. (Having survived a coyote attack a few years ago, Myshkin frantically informs us - from
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- [Author Home](https://roxannesnopek.ca/) - Roxanne Snopek is the USA Today bestselling author of award-winning anti-patriarchal women's fiction and romance | Laugh, cry, love, think... and fight back.
- [The Road to Publishing Success](https://roxannesnopek.ca/about-me/credentials/) - Professional development, conferences, speaking engagements, classes, awards | the long road to publishing success | what she's seen and done along the way.
- [Editorial Services for Writers](https://roxannesnopek.ca/for-writers/) - Author | Editor | Publisher | Mentor | Cheerleader | Need help with your project? Roxanne Snopek's editorial services for writers can help.
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- [About Roxanne](https://roxannesnopek.ca/about-me/) - “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” – Moulin Rouge R oxanne lives next to the wilderness of Golden Ears Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. When not writing or editing, she enjoys gardening, painting, and working out with her virtual reality headset. She’s written dozens of
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- [Sunset Bay Sanctuary](https://roxannesnopek.ca/sunset-bay-sanctuary/) - Book 1 in the Sunset Bay series | Life, Love, Books... and More | award-winning fiction from USA Today bestselling author Roxanne Snopek | Because words matter
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- [Blackberry Cove, Sunset Bay Book 3](https://roxannesnopek.ca/blackberry-cove/) - Amid the wildly beautiful beaches of Sunset Bay, Oregon lies Sanctuary Ranch, a refuge for strays, a place where love and healing go hand-in-hand.
- [Next Up](https://roxannesnopek.ca/next-up/) - next up from Roxanne Snopek | the Lost Malones
- [Blog](https://roxannesnopek.ca/my-blog/) - Featured ArticleLove Note to Ruth, for no particular reasonA Love Note to Ruth September 2, 2025 If you’ve been following Happy Hour with Ruth and Roxy, you know that my pal Ruth Atherley writes Love Notes to celebrate those she cares about. She’s good at it. The subjects of her Love Notes invariably feel heart-warmed
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- [Wild Sky Romance novel series](https://roxannesnopek.ca/wild-sky-romance-series/) - Award-winning romance by USA Today bestselling author Roxanne Snopek | Life, Love, Books... and More | Dogs, horses, babies, romance... it's a wild sky world
- [SAVING THE SHERIFF, a Christmas novella](https://roxannesnopek.ca/christmas-novella/) - A Three River Ranch Christmas novella | sweet snowbound romance by a USA Today bestselling author | celebrate the season | rescue a reindeer | read a book
- [TWO STEPS FORWARD - a short story](https://roxannesnopek.ca/two-steps-forward-2/) - A literary short story | from Half in the Sun, an anthology of Mennonite writing | truths wrapped in fiction | imagined one cold dark night of early parenting
- [Short Stories by Roxanne Snopek](https://roxannesnopek.ca/short-stories/) - Award-winning "Lucky" from Blood on the Holly, an anthology of crime writing | "Two Steps Forward" from Half in the Sun, an anthology of Mennonite writing
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- [Sunset Bay Sanctuary Ch 1 excerpt 3](https://roxannesnopek.ca/sunset-bay-sanctuary/sunset-bay-sanctuary-ch-1-excerpt-3/) - Chapter One excerpt three (Start from the beginning here:) Haylee angled her path upward so she could keep an eye on the stranger as he walked away and before long, he’d disappeared around a rise of black rock. “He seemed nice,” she told Jewel. “Though I could be biased by pretty packaging and a very
- [Sunset Bay Sanctuary Ch 1 excerpt 2](https://roxannesnopek.ca/sunset-bay-sanctuary/sunset-bay-sanctuary-ch-1-excerpt-2/) - Chapter One, continued: (Miss the first excerpt? Read it here:) “Have you heard?” Gayle was saying. “There’s a new doctor in town. I met him today at the department meeting. He comes from Portland with a rock-star reputation. He’s also single, gorgeous and let’s just say, if I wasn’t batting for the other team, I’d
- [Sunset Bay Sanctuary Ch 1 excerpt 1](https://roxannesnopek.ca/sunset-bay-sanctuary/sunset-bay-sanctuary-chapter-one/) - CHAPTER ONE “Two thumbs up for Sanctuary Ranch: go for the horses. Stay for the food. Best week ever.” –DanandJan There was a lot to love about ranch life, and as Haylee Hansen breathed in the aromas coming through the open sliding doors to the main house, and listened to the cook and her assistant
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## Portfolio

- [The Wrangler's Christmas Gift](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/the-wranglers-christmas-gift/) - Unwrap the mystery of JP Malone in The Wrangler's Christmas Gift, the last book in the Lost Malones of Grand, Montana series.
- [Wild Sky Romance Box Set Volumes 1-4](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/wild-sky-romance-volumes-1-4/) - xxx
- [The Millionaire Daddy Project](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/the-millionaire-daddy-project/) - Can throwing the traditional Sweet Montana Christmas Open House save their marriage? Because he won't lose her, no matter what.
- [Cinderella's Cowboy](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/cinderellas-cowboy/) - This princess feels more like a scullery maid... but to Cinderella's cowboy, she's perfect. Find out why reader's adore Cinderella's Cowboy! When a stuttering wallflower saves a half-feral barn kitten, she has no idea she'll meet a charming cowboy-playboy. Contemporary small-town romantic comedy at its finest.
- [The Cowboy Next Door](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/the-cowboy-next-door/) - Can throwing the traditional Sweet Montana Christmas Open House save their marriage? Because he won't lose her, no matter what.
- [A Sweet Montana Christmas](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/a-sweet-montana-christmas/) - Can throwing the traditional Sweet Montana Christmas Open House save their marriage? Because he won't lose her, no matter what.
- [Her Montana Hero](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/her-montana-hero/) - Fourteen years after her abrupt departure, Samara Davis returns to Marietta, Montana. Now a widow, all she wants is to give her anxious four-year old daughter, Jade, a happy, stable home. Unfortunately, her newly-purchased heritage house is nowhere near ready for occupancy. And the man responsible for the delay is none other than high-school golden boy and love of her life Logan Stafford, available, interested and just as swoon-worthy as ever.
- [Shameless Sweetheart](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/shameless-sweetheart/) - The patriarch of Sweetheart, Montana, knows that sometimes doing the right thing can hurt those you love the most and must watch quietly while his beloved grandchildren risk heartache over and over again. What he doesn't see coming is a second chance at first love - for himself.
- [Forever Yours Sweetheart](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/forever-yours-sweetheart/) - Sweetheart’s official photographer has a problem. The boudoir photos Carrie Logan used to do, long ago and far away, have come back to haunt her. So she turns to Ethan Nash, the mysteriously gorgeous guy with big dogs and a bad attitude, for help containing this secret and the scandal it will cause.
- [The Chocolate Cure](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/the-chocolate-cure/) - When failed fashion model DeeDee Cash becomes an unlikely caregiver to a young man with Down syndrome, she is challenged by the man's handsome older brother to become more than she ever thought she could be, and finds love in the process.
- [The Chocolate Comeback](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/the-chocolate-comeback/) - When failed fashion model DeeDee Cash becomes an unlikely caregiver to a young man with Down syndrome, she is challenged by the man's handsome older brother to become more than she ever thought she could be, and finds love in the process.
- [Blackberry Cove](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/blackberry-cove/) - Amid the wildly beautiful beaches of Sunset Bay, Oregon, lies Sanctuary Ranch, a refuge for strays, both human and animal. A place where love and healing go hand-in-hand.
- [Driftwood Creek](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/driftwood-creek/) - Nestled among the forests and coves that dot the Oregon coast, Sanctuary Ranch is a home for strays—both human and animal—and the starting off point for second chances . . .
- [Sunset Bay Sanctuary](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/sunset-bay-sanctuary/) - The spectacular scenery and craggy beaches draw tourists to the small Oregon town of Sunset Bay. But Sanctuary Ranch offers a different kind of experience: a refuge for people—and animals—desperate for a new beginning . . .
- [A Dog Called Valentine](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/a-dog-called-valentine/) - Hearts-and-flowers day has nothing on a dog called Valentine! When a rescue dog smells romance between his foster mom and the trainer, he decides he's found his forever home. Now, to convince them. Let the fun begin!
- [Wild Sky Healing](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/wild-sky-healing/) - Secrets, scandal, heartache, hope. It’s a wild ride. She’s had a crush on him as long as she can remember. He’ll never see her as anything more than his best friend’s little sister but he can’t resist a damsel in distress. She’d punch anyone who called her a damsel, but there’s no denying her distress. It’s embarrassing, but what’s a little more humiliation to the youngest girl in a family of cowboys, after all?
- [Wild Sky Treasure](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/wild-sky-treasure/) - Babies, business, secrets, revenge. It’s a wild ride. When a successful developer dodges a setup by claiming a sweetheart back home, he needs to convince the woman to play along. Unfortunately, she happens to be his first love…and biggest mistake. And she’s going to make him pay.
- [Wild Sky Redemption](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/wild-sky-redemption/) - Horses, healing, forgiveness, love. It’s a Wild Sky ride. He can’t forgive himself for the accident that destroyed his family. She can’t help him heal until they all accept the past. Horses, healing, forgiveness, love. It’s a Wild Sky ride.
- [Montana Dawn](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/montanadawn/) - Dogs, horses, heartache, secrets. It’s a Wild Sky ride. He’s not happy to discover a children’s therapist renting the guesthouse on his ranch. Dogs, horses, heartache, secrets. It’s a Wild Sky ride.
- [The Maverick’s Surprise Family](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/the-mavericks-surprise-family/) - In The Maverick's Surprise Family, more clues are revealed linking a birth mother to her three adopted children - and her missing cowboy lover.
- [The Rancher's Lost Bride](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/the-ranchers-lost-bride/) - Clues to a thirty-year-old mystery arise in The Rancher's Lost Bride linking a woman to her birth family, just as the love of her life returns... with a child.
- [The Cowboy's Lost Family](https://roxannesnopek.ca/mybooks/the-cowboys-lost-family/) - The first of a four-book series, the Cowboy's Lost Family is an adoption reunion story of a man discovering his identity and a woman overcoming her past.

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- [Books I Wish I'd Written](https://roxannesnopek.ca/category/favorite-books-plus-a-few-of-my-own/) - These are the books I wish I’d written, by authors I strive to emulate… and the books I’ve actually written. You know, just to keep me humble.
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