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The Christmas Tree Guy

by Railyn Stone

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The Christmas Tree Guy...

It's here! It's here! Release day is here and I'm so unbelievably excited. I am so happy to announce The Christmas Tree Guy is available. I don't really know what to do with myself. I've dreamed of this day. Envisioned what it would be like to be a published author, but nothing I've ever envisioned or thought comes close to how elated I am today. 

Without further ado, it's blastoff time...

Railyn Stone's "The Christmas Tree Guy"

Releases today!!!!

Sydnee Garrett has a lot on her to-do list. Wrangle her young and rambunctious twin boys. Check. Get her life back in order since her husband decided to leave her for a much younger woman. Check. And buy a Christmas tree. Check.

What she wasn’t expecting was adding one more thing to her list. A young, sexy personal trainer. Check.

Quinn Masters is a man who knows what he wants and doesn’t take no for an answer. He isn’t fazed by age or race differences and he does everything in his power to win Sydnee over.

Will Sydnee continue to fight for her orderly life or welcome in the chaos that’s threatening to change her entire world?

About Railyn Stone

Railyn Stone hails from the Tar Heel State and is a romantic at heart. She believes you can find romance in the simplest aspects of life and enjoys letting her imagination run wild. Trying new restaurants, listening to music, playing golf and writing over the top stories about ordinary people are the hobbies she cherishes most.

Facebook: facebook.com/railynst 

Twitter: @railynwrites

Website: www.railynstone.com

Moving...

So...I'm moving.

Actually, this must be the season for moving. I moved offices at work. I am in the process of moving to a new place to live and I'm moving my updates and blog link to a new website, www.railynstone.com (would love to have you follow me there going forward) Bring your friends!

And of course, with moving, comes change. I am still adjusting to my new surroundings at work. It'll take some getting used to, but I'm up for the challenge. Moving to a new website has definitely taken some getting used to, and I've decided instead of stressing about it, I'm just going to chalk it all up to a learning experience.

My office move went fairly easy. I packed up all of my stuff, put it in a rolling box and a moving company moved it from one office to the other. Simple and stress free. I started the website a few weeks ago and it went fairly easy too. Simple and stress free.

The home move went pretty well too. At least all of our stuff has now been moved from one place to the other. Unpacking all of the boxes and things, well, that's a whole other monster to tackle. Pray for me.

Dare to Share

I watched a video today that gave me chills. It was about a man and his relationship with his father. (Hmmm, pretty appropriate since Father’s Day is Sunday) Anyway, as a youth, the boy wasn’t proud of his father. He thought he was poor and didn’t have a great job and wasn’t all that great. When he got older, he didn’t have much time for his father and vowed he would be a better man than his dad by having a better job and making more money. Once his father died, the young man found letters addressed to him where his father had made donations in his name to a hospital. When he was young, the man’s father tried to get him to understand how important it was to give. However, the young man didn’t understand exactly what his father meant, until he found the letters and made a visit to the hospital. I thought the video was touching, but it was also disheartening. Why?

Make New Friends…

I love to write. I’m pretty sure most have figured that out by now and it isn’t something I have to keep blasting to the world. But what I really love about writing, besides being able to manipulate lives (muwaaahaaaa), is the camaraderie between authors. I stepped into this creative arena pretty unsuccessfully a few years ago. I dove in, head first, filling the readers head with enough backstory and characters to choke a horse. Needless to say, I have tons of rejection letters (yes, I keep them, my little badges of honor).

I was ready to give up. Everyone I knew that read anything I wrote always said I wrote well. That they liked my stories. So what was the problem? If my friends liked it, why didn’t the literary agents and publishers? Why?