My Christian contemporary romance, Single Sashimi , includes some of the wilder tales from my and my husband’s stints as youth staff workers at our church. The Steven character in the book is actually the same Steven who’s the associate pastor and youth group leader at our church now, since I wrote Single Sashimi when he was still in youth group. :) He’s a young man in his late twenties (maybe early thirties?), and he’s full of great ideas and lots of energy. On one particular Saturday, my husband and I were at youth group as usual. Steven had bought a tug of war rope—the really long, thick kind that looks like it belongs on a sea trawler. The opening game for the kids was, of course, tug of war. Then we came indoors for a three-song worship set. After worship, we usually split up into Junior High and High School for lessons, but this time Steven had an idea: “Okay guys, we’re going to have a tug of war--staff versus kids. If you guys win, we’ll ditch the lesson and go out t

Dave Hogan/Getty Images The red Marchesa gown that Anne Hathaway is wearing was the inspiration for Venus's gown in Single Sashimi. I saw this picture in InStyle magazine and fell in love with the drapey Grecian style of the gown. Marchesa is also known for lovely bling on their gowns so I added some for Venus's gown. Single Sashimi is now less than $7 on ebook! Click here for links to buy the ebook at all major online stores.

Okay, so I’m not the most observant person, but I also don’t often go on Amazon to look at my books. I admit that I had a freakish addiction curiosity when I was first published, but then I got busy writing more books and now I only check Amazon occasionally rather than once an hour. So I didn’t notice until yesterday that the ebook versions of Protection for Hire and all my Sushi series books from Zondervan are now only $6.99! And not just on Kindle, but on Nook, iTunes, and Kobo, too! The last time I had looked, they were all still $9.99 or so. ( A Dangerous Stage is $8.99, which is still cheaper than the print copy price, $9.99. ) So if you didn’t have a copy of my Zondervan backlist and want one, $7 isn’t a bad price to pay for each of them, right? Protection for Hire Nookbook Kindle iTunes Christianbook.com BOOKSAMILLION.COM Kobobooks.com Sushi for One? Nookbook Kindle iTunes Christianbook.com Kobobooks.com Only Uni Nookbook Kindle iTunes Christianbo

In Protection for Hire , there’s the character of Josh Cathcart who appears twice--once when Tessa is picking up her new friend Karissa, and again at a very dangerous and romantic ball. Those of you who read my Sushi series may also remember Josh from a particularly memorable scene in Single Sashimi that involved massive amounts of red peppers and a slice of pizza--which really happened to a youth group member at my church. :) In case you haven’t read it or need a refresher, here’s Josh’s first appearance in Single Sashimi . I think it completely explains his behavior in Protection for Hire . :) In this scene, Venus is helping with the church youth group and the scene opens with a youth group game that we really did at my church several years ago. Josh, a tall high school boy, clutched his stomach with one hand while the other still held the half-eaten slice of pizza. Except it was no ordinary pizza—this one had gobs of dried red pepper flakes piled on top of it. Sweat streame

Captain's Log, Stardate 03.08.2010 If you have Kindle ebook software for PC, or the Kindle app on your iPhone or iPod Touch, or a Kindle ebook reader, you can now download my first book, Sushi for One? for FREE! This is only for a limited time, so do it NOW! Right now! I’ll wait until you come back. See wasn’t that easy? I hope you guys enjoy reading Sushi for One ! It was my debut novel, which came out in August 2007. It’s the first book in my humorous contemporary romance Sushi series . (To be honest, I think I like my third book, Single Sashimi , the best out of all three, but I think it’s mostly because Venus is someone I’d really like to be. I mean, she’s gorgeous, physically fit, disciplined, smart, driven, well-dressed, and she has a fantastic car. What’s not to like? Oh, well, the fact she’s sometimes got the compassion of a barracuda is something you can surely overlook, right? And she doesn’t stay that way, especially when she starts working with teenagers at

I'm over at Nora St. Laurent's blog today in an interview! You find yourself in a life threatening situation who would you pick to save you? You are the author her you can be creative, the sky is the limit. Aragorn from Lord of the Rings. Because he's HOT! Click here for the rest of the interview

Captain's Log, Stardate 09.03.2009 I finally got all my pictures from my time at the International Christian Retail Show in Denver! It's very picture intensive, so I posted it on my Scrapbook blog instead of here, in case someone has dial-up instead of high speed internet. Click here for my pictures and captions! There are lots of pictures of published authors, so go see if your favorites are there! I also have pics of my booksigning of Single Sashimi , and for writers, there are pictures of the ICRS floor and booths to look at!

Captain's Log, Stardate 02.05.2009 Thanks to all the fabulous discussion questions submitted for my Discussion Question contest , I now have discussion questions for Only Uni and Single Sashimi available to download on my website! Go to this page to download the discussion questions (.pdf files) You can use these discussion questions for book groups, whether in person or online. I really tried to choose questions that touched on a variety of topics, so they won’t all be along the same theme or issue. If you really liked any particular question or had a great discussion about something, please email me to let me know!

Captain's Log, Stardate 12.10.2008 Do you want bookmarks or signed bookplates (or both)? I now have Single Sashimi bookmarks available! I also have these really cute pink bookplates that I can personalize to you and autograph for you to stick in your Sushi books. Just email me at camy {at} camytang {dot} com with your mailing address and how you want your bookplate(s) personalized. Let me know if you want more than one!

Captain's Log, Supplemental Hey guys, don't forget my special Discussion Question contest . Come up with discussion questions for Only Uni or Single Sashimi and if I use your question(s), you'll get your pick of Christian fiction books! Click on the link for more info!

Captain's Log, Supplemental Diana Lesire Brandmeyer reviews Single Sashimi and quizzes me a bit about NaNoWriMo.

Captain's Log, Stardate 10.31.2008 The complete schedule of the Single Sashimi blog tour is here. Hallelujah! It's the end of the tour! ( Update: The content on this last day of my blog tour has changed.) Sozintara reviews Single Sashimi Earlier I mentioned how "The Other Side" by Avalon was my inspirational song as I wrote Single Sashimi . I found a video of the song on YouTube so if you're not familiar with the song, you can hear it! (Click on the link above for the lyrics.) Happy Halloween! Don't eat too much candy!

Captain's Log, Stardate 10.30.2008 The complete schedule of the Single Sashimi blog tour is here. Heidi Strawser reviews Single Sashimi Tyora Moody reviews Single Sashimi I'm on Words of Faith radio program on the VirtueRadioNetwork

Captain's Log, Stardate 10.29.2008 The complete schedule of the Single Sashimi blog tour is here. Join me on Erica Vetsch’s blog where I'm talking a little more in depth on Venus's spiritual struggles and character.

Captain's Log, Stardate 10.28.2008 The complete schedule of the Single Sashimi blog tour is here. Tina asks me about my writing day and NaNoWriMo (just around the corner!)

Captain's Log, Stardate 10.27.2008 The complete schedule of the Single Sashimi blog tour is here. Hysterically funny historical romance author Mary Connealy reviews Single Sashimi I’m guest blogging on Tricia Goyer’s blog about Birth Verses Head over to the Girls, God, and the Good Life blog and take the Read Your Entire Bible challenge with me!

Captain's Log, Stardate 10.24.2008 I just realized a few days ago (thanks to Donna) that I didn’t have the Sushi for One discussion questions up on my website. Well, that has been remedied! Click here to download discussion questions (.pdf) for Sushi for One? Contest: I have also realized that I don’t have discussion questions for either Only Uni or Single Sashimi . Since I completely suck at writing discussion questions, I’m holding a contest for YOU guys to write discussion questions for me! (Bwahahahahaha Am I lazy or what?) Email your discussion questions to me at camy {at} camytang {dot} com. The questions can pertain to Only Uni , Single Sashimi , or both! Please see the discussion questions for Sushi for One (above) to see the type of questions I need for Only Uni and Single Sashimi . For every person whose question(s) I pick to use, I’ll give you a free Christian novel—you can pick from a list I’ll give you. If I use more than one of your discussion qu

Captain's Log, Stardate 10.23.2008 The complete schedule of the Single Sashimi blog tour is here. New Love Inspired Historical author Janet Dean interviews me Trish Perry gives a beach-y interview I'm at Faithchick talking about my current Netflix rentals, Buffy the Vampire Slayer the series !

Captain's Log, Stardate 10.22.2008 The complete schedule of the Single Sashimi blog tour is here. My friend Cynthia Hawkins hosts a meme answered by Grandma Sakai

Captain's Log, Stardate 10.21.2008 The complete schedule of the Single Sashimi blog tour is here. Betsy St. Amant (a new Love Inspired author!) reviews Single Sashimi