#SaddledHearts – Jan Sikes

January 16, 2026March 6, 2026

Friday Focus #2

A pair of glasses bringing a blurred scene into focus.

We made it through another week! Happy Friday. Thanks for joining me. On Wednesday, the word we discussed was "waken." In fiction writing, we can often have characters who are unaware of something going on around them because of an "unreliable narrator." At its core, an unreliable narrator is a character whose credibility is compromised. …

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November 29, 2022

Saddled Hearts Blog Tour Wrap-up and Winners!!

I want to give a huge shout-out of thanks to all the hosts who so generously gave of their time and space to help me launch Saddled Hearts, the last book in The White Rune Series. Seriously, we are a wonderful community of supporters, and I am so happy to be a small part of …

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November 18, 2022

Saddled Hearts #BlogTour #Giveaway #ScavengerHunt @wildrosepress

The trail ride ends today. I sincerely appreciate everyone who visited along the way, left comments, and shared. Our blogging community is the best! And I can't think of a better place to end the tour than with Erika Kind. Her name says it all. She is one of the kindest souls I've encountered in …

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November 17, 2022

Saddled Hearts #BlogTour #Giveaway #ScavengerHunt @wildrosepress

Today, we get to visit two places. Marlena Smith Burris is a long-time friend and one of the nicest women you could ever want to meet. She never has an unkind word to say about anyone. She is positive all the way. And she is an author. Her most recent release is a novella, The …

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November 16, 2022

Saddled Hearts #BlogTour #Giveaway #ScavengerHunt @wildrosepress

Only three more days of this tour. It has been amazing visiting with so many folks along the way and the wonderful lady who is hosting me today is someone I greatly admire. Annette Rochelle Aben. She is a communicator, wordSmith, artist, guide, mentor, muse, and one heck of a poet. I love her daily …

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November 15, 2022

Saddled Hearts #BlogTour #Giveaway #ScavengerHunt @wildrosepress

It's a pleasure today to make a stop at the blog site of Stephen Geez. Did you know Mr. Geez is a retired TV producer as well as a composer/producer of music for television? He is a man of many talents and heads up Fresh Ink Publishing. His work includes novels, short fiction, personal-experience essays, …

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November 14, 2022

Saddled Hearts #BlogTour #Giveaway #ScavengerHunt @wildrosepress

It's Monday and the start of a new week of touring. I have to offer up a huge Thank You to everyone who has followed along. I hope you've had fun! Today we are visiting at Linnea Tanner's place. I met Linnea many years ago through a book club and loved the first book in …

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November 10, 2022

Saddled Hearts #BlogTour #Giveaway #ScavengerHunt @wildrosepress

Today, we are going to give our ponies a little break and take a short jaunt over into east Texas for a visit with another long-time friend and fabulous author, Joan hall! I recently had the distinct pleasure of meeting Joan in person. How rare is that in our huge online community? I loved it. …

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November 9, 2022

Saddled Hearts #BlogTour #Giveaway #ScavengerHunt @wildrosepress

Today we are going to take our ponies to northern California for a visit with one of my longtime friends and fellow colleague at Story Empire, D.L. Finn. I can't remember how long I've known her, but it's been more than a few years. We share a lot of things in common—a love for poetry, …

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November 8, 2022

Saddled Hearts #BlogTour #Giveaway #ScavengerHunt @wildrosepress

Time to ride. I hope everyone had their coffee this morning and are in the saddle! We're off to visit Dan Antion! Dan is an active blogger who published his first two books this year. I am proud of him. I read the first one, Knuckleheads, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have the second book …

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