Sharon Wray
@sharonwray.bsky.social
📚USA Today Bestselling Author
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🤗 one-eyed rescue 🐶
📖 Recovering librarian
👗Former wedding gown designer
❤️coffee
🤗 one-eyed rescue 🐶
📖 Recovering librarian
👗Former wedding gown designer
In this last post about Pennhurst Asylum, I reflect on gratitude, empathy, and the responsibility to preserve memory and humanity. I also explore why remembering Pennhurst is a moral act of courage.
Pennhurst: Why We Must Remember
In this last post about Pennhurst Asylum, I reflect on gratitude, empathy, and the responsibility to preserve memory and humanity. I also explore why remembering Pennhurst is a moral act of courage.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
In this last post about Pennhurst Asylum, I reflect on gratitude, empathy, and the responsibility to preserve memory and humanity. I also explore why remembering Pennhurst is a moral act of courage.
Today I'm celebrating the holidays by offering a free novella in The New Romance Cafe's Christmas Advent Calendar only available on Facebook.
Giving Books for Christmas
Today I'm celebrating the holidays by offering a free novella in The New Romance Cafe's Christmas Advent Calendar only available on Facebook.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Today I'm celebrating the holidays by offering a free novella in The New Romance Cafe's Christmas Advent Calendar only available on Facebook.
It's December 1 but despite the world tells you, there's still plenty of time to begin planning for meals, guests, and gifts and still enjoy the season. This post includes two free printables: A Holiday Planning Schedule and a Holiday Meal Portion Planner that you can adapt for your own needs.
‘Tis the Season for Planning
It's December 1 but despite the world tells you, there's still plenty of time to begin planning for meals, guests, and gifts and still enjoy the season. This post includes two free printables: A Holiday Planning Schedule and a Holiday Meal Portion Planner that you can adapt for your own needs.
sharonwray.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
It's December 1 but despite the world tells you, there's still plenty of time to begin planning for meals, guests, and gifts and still enjoy the season. This post includes two free printables: A Holiday Planning Schedule and a Holiday Meal Portion Planner that you can adapt for your own needs.
Rough Draft November ends today. But regardless if you hit your goal or not, the only thing that matters is how you feel about your stories and that, as a writer, you know you're not alone!
Last Day of Rough Draft November
Rough Draft November ends today. But regardless if you hit your goal or not, the only thing that matters is how you feel about your stories and that, as a writer, you know you're not alone!
sharonwray.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Rough Draft November ends today. But regardless if you hit your goal or not, the only thing that matters is how you feel about your stories and that, as a writer, you know you're not alone!
Happy Day After Thanksgiving! If you're home enjoying your family (and watching games or holiday movies), you may be eating leftovers. And today I have a wonderful recipe for leftover stuffing waffles.
The Hungry {Romance} Writer: Leftover Stuffing Waffles
Happy Day After Thanksgiving! If you're home enjoying your family (and watching games or holiday movies), you may be eating leftovers. And today I have a wonderful recipe for leftover stuffing waffles.
sharonwray.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Happy Day After Thanksgiving! If you're home enjoying your family (and watching games or holiday movies), you may be eating leftovers. And today I have a wonderful recipe for leftover stuffing waffles.
Just in time for holiday shopping season, The Christmas Lily is now on sale for .99! This prequel tells the story of Rafe and Juliet Montfort before they're separated and reunited in Every Deep Desire, book 1 in the Deadly Force series.
A Sale for The Christmas Lily
Just in time for holiday shopping season, The Christmas Lily is now on sale for .99! This prequel tells the story of Rafe and Juliet Montfort before they're separated and reunited in Every Deep Desire, book 1 in the Deadly Force series.
sharonwray.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Just in time for holiday shopping season, The Christmas Lily is now on sale for .99! This prequel tells the story of Rafe and Juliet Montfort before they're separated and reunited in Every Deep Desire, book 1 in the Deadly Force series.
Happy Thanksgiving. Today I'm sharing a Thanksgiving meditation on first frost. How it destroys and preserves, and what it teaches us about creativity, love, and gratitude.
First Frost: Meditations on Endings, Preservation, Love.
Happy Thanksgiving. Today I'm sharing a Thanksgiving meditation on first frost. How it destroys and preserves, and what it teaches us about creativity, love, and gratitude.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Happy Thanksgiving. Today I'm sharing a Thanksgiving meditation on first frost. How it destroys and preserves, and what it teaches us about creativity, love, and gratitude.
Today I'm sharing a collection of short stories perfect for the Thanksgiving holidays written by some of my favorite authors.
Thanksgiving Short Stories Filled with Gratitude
Today I'm sharing a collection of short stories perfect for the Thanksgiving holidays written by some of my favorite authors.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Today I'm sharing a collection of short stories perfect for the Thanksgiving holidays written by some of my favorite authors.
In my fifth post about Pennhurst Asylum, I write about the contested future of Pennhurst Asylum and how its haunted past is coming up against data-center plans. Can memory survive redevelopment?
Pennhurst: Tension and Reckoning
In my fifth post about Pennhurst Asylum, I write about the contested future of Pennhurst Asylum and how its haunted past is coming up against data-center plans. Can memory survive redevelopment?
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November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
In my fifth post about Pennhurst Asylum, I write about the contested future of Pennhurst Asylum and how its haunted past is coming up against data-center plans. Can memory survive redevelopment?
November is almost over, but there's still time to reach your goals. So let's check-in with our word counts, and I've shared some ideas about how to keep our motivation up until we type The End.
Rough Draft November Check-in
November is almost over, but there's still time to reach your goals. So let's check-in with our word counts, and I've shared some ideas about how to keep our motivation up until we type The End.
sharonwray.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
November is almost over, but there's still time to reach your goals. So let's check-in with our word counts, and I've shared some ideas about how to keep our motivation up until we type The End.
Another week has gone, but I'm busy getting ready for Thanksgiving by trying out new recipes. And I'm excited to share this pecan pie recipe that doesn't use corn syrup.
The Hungry {Romance} Writer: Syrup-less Pecan Pie
Another week has gone, but I'm busy getting ready for Thanksgiving by trying out new recipes. And I'm excited to share this pecan pie recipe that doesn't use corn syrup.
sharonwray.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Another week has gone, but I'm busy getting ready for Thanksgiving by trying out new recipes. And I'm excited to share this pecan pie recipe that doesn't use corn syrup.
Today I'm talking about my favorite romantic Thanksgiving movies to watch this fall—heartfelt Hallmark hits, cozy classics, and love-filled holiday favorites.
A Romance Writer’s Favorite Thanksgiving Movies
Today I'm talking about my favorite romantic Thanksgiving movies to watch this fall—heartfelt Hallmark hits, cozy classics, and love-filled holiday favorites.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Today I'm talking about my favorite romantic Thanksgiving movies to watch this fall—heartfelt Hallmark hits, cozy classics, and love-filled holiday favorites.
Thanksgiving is almost here. So let's add to our TBRs with new free and on sale romance novels just in time for the long holiday weekend coming up.
November Book Fairs and Reading Events: Part 2
Thanksgiving is almost here. So let's add to our TBRs with new free and on sale romance novels just in time for the long holiday weekend coming up.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Thanksgiving is almost here. So let's add to our TBRs with new free and on sale romance novels just in time for the long holiday weekend coming up.
Thanksgiving on a budget doesn’t have to feel like cutting corners. Here are creative, heart-centered ways to celebrate with warmth, connection, and story without overspending.
A Thankful Table
Thanksgiving on a budget doesn’t have to feel like cutting corners. Here are creative, heart-centered ways to celebrate with warmth, connection, and story without overspending.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thanksgiving on a budget doesn’t have to feel like cutting corners. Here are creative, heart-centered ways to celebrate with warmth, connection, and story without overspending.
The Christmas anthologies are coming out daily, but today I'm celebrating One Love, a charity anthology where all the proceeds supportJamaica Hurricane Relief.
One Love Charity Anthology Release Day
The Christmas anthologies are coming out daily, but today I'm celebrating One Love, a charity anthology where all the proceeds supportJamaica Hurricane Relief.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The Christmas anthologies are coming out daily, but today I'm celebrating One Love, a charity anthology where all the proceeds supportJamaica Hurricane Relief.
Today I'm O. Henry’s classic Thanksgiving tale The Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen. It's a timeless story of kindness, gratitude, and human connection.
The Two Thanksgiving Gentlemen
Today I'm O. Henry’s classic Thanksgiving tale The Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen. It's a timeless story of kindness, gratitude, and human connection.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Today I'm O. Henry’s classic Thanksgiving tale The Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen. It's a timeless story of kindness, gratitude, and human connection.
We're halfway through Rough Draft November and things are getting tough and authors are getting tired. It's also the most dangerous time in a story's evolution because this is when Shiny Object Syndrome kicks in.
Rough Draft November and Shiny Objects
We're halfway through Rough Draft November and things are getting tough and authors are getting tired. It's also the most dangerous time in a story's evolution because this is when Shiny Object Syndrome kicks in.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We're halfway through Rough Draft November and things are getting tough and authors are getting tired. It's also the most dangerous time in a story's evolution because this is when Shiny Object Syndrome kicks in.
Today is release day for Holly and Heartstrings Vol. 2, a new holiday contemporary romance anthology filled with romantic stories that take place around the winter holidays. There's also a link to a free Advent Calendar filled with more holiday romances!
It’s Release Day for Holly and Heartstring Vol. 2
Today is release day for Holly and Heartstrings Vol. 2, a new holiday contemporary romance anthology filled with romantic stories that take place around the winter holidays. There's also a link to a free Advent Calendar filled with more holiday romances!
sharonwray.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Today is release day for Holly and Heartstrings Vol. 2, a new holiday contemporary romance anthology filled with romantic stories that take place around the winter holidays. There's also a link to a free Advent Calendar filled with more holiday romances!
The first full week of November is over, and I'm deep into my NaNo 2.0 manuscript. So tonight I'm making one of my favorite fall "one dish" meals: Chili Cornbread Skillet.
The Hungry {Romance} Writer: Chili Cornbread Skillet
The first full week of November is over, and I'm deep into my NaNo 2.0 manuscript. So tonight I'm making one of my favorite fall "one dish" meals: Chili Cornbread Skillet.
sharonwray.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The first full week of November is over, and I'm deep into my NaNo 2.0 manuscript. So tonight I'm making one of my favorite fall "one dish" meals: Chili Cornbread Skillet.
The days are getting colder which means winter will soon arrive. That means it's time to make a winter Vanilla Shampoo Bar that will be perfect for January and February. Why make it now? Because it takes 4-6 weeks to cure.
Sarah Munro’s Vanilla Shampoo Bar
The days are getting colder which means winter will soon arrive. That means it's time to make a winter Vanilla Shampoo Bar that will be perfect for January and February. Why make it now? Because it takes 4-6 weeks to cure.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The days are getting colder which means winter will soon arrive. That means it's time to make a winter Vanilla Shampoo Bar that will be perfect for January and February. Why make it now? Because it takes 4-6 weeks to cure.
Today is release day for Snowed In With You, a new contemporary romance anthology filled with winter romantic stories about couples who end up stranded in a snowstorm.
Snowed In With You Has Arrived!
Today is release day for Snowed In With You, a new contemporary romance anthology filled with winter romantic stories about couples who end up stranded in a snowstorm.
sharonwray.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Today is release day for Snowed In With You, a new contemporary romance anthology filled with winter romantic stories about couples who end up stranded in a snowstorm.
In my fourth post about Pennhurst Asylum, I step inside through scent and memory to explore how the odors of decay and autumn air reveal history, emotion, and forgotten lives.
Pennhurst: The Smell of Memory
In my fourth post about Pennhurst Asylum, I step inside through scent and memory to explore how the odors of decay and autumn air reveal history, emotion, and forgotten lives.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
In my fourth post about Pennhurst Asylum, I step inside through scent and memory to explore how the odors of decay and autumn air reveal history, emotion, and forgotten lives.
Windswept gratitude is all about finding creativity, courage, and thankfulness amid chaos, fear, and the resistance that comes with new beginnings.
Windswept Gratitude in Fall
Windswept gratitude is all about finding creativity, courage, and thankfulness amid chaos, fear, and the resistance that comes with new beginnings.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Windswept gratitude is all about finding creativity, courage, and thankfulness amid chaos, fear, and the resistance that comes with new beginnings.
Rough Draft November week 2 is here, but no matter how well (or not well) your novel is going, don't forget to have fun! More fun feeds our creativity and makes better art.
Rough Draft November: Week 2
Rough Draft November week 2 is here, but no matter how well (or not well) your novel is going, don't forget to have fun! More fun feeds our creativity and makes better art.
sharonwray.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Rough Draft November week 2 is here, but no matter how well (or not well) your novel is going, don't forget to have fun! More fun feeds our creativity and makes better art.
Today I'm sharing a new cover and a preorder link for One Love, a romance charity anthology where all the proceeds will go to Jamaica Hurricane Relief. Thank you for your support!
One Love Cover Reveal
Today I'm sharing a new cover and a preorder link for One Love, a romance charity anthology where all the proceeds will go to Jamaica Hurricane Relief. Thank you for your support!
sharonwray.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Today I'm sharing a new cover and a preorder link for One Love, a romance charity anthology where all the proceeds will go to Jamaica Hurricane Relief. Thank you for your support!