Blog | Lissa Matthews

Grounds and Hounds

by Mlissa | Jan 7, 2019 | Coffee, Weekly Brews

I follow a lot of coffee companies and coffee shops on Instagram. We all know this isn't a surprise, right? Well, this company, Grounds and Hounds came across my feed one day as an ad because every site tracks every little thing. I was curious, as one would be who...

Black Mountain, North Carolina

by Mlissa | Jan 5, 2019 | Research, small town romance, Writing Life

The day after Christmas, the spouse and I took a road trip to Black Mountain, North Carolina for research. I had been studying the area a bit online and through social media as a possible setting for the relocation of my (former) Black and White series of bear...

Adagio Teas

by Mlissa | Jan 2, 2019 | Weekly Brews

It's the first full week of January 2019. I'm still finishing up the Holiday Blend K-cups from Peets Coffee and Starbuck's Christmas Blend. I'm on that last of both of those and I can't wait to get into the next pound of coffee beans that I have from a company I found...

Food Posts Coming Your Way

by Mlissa | Dec 1, 2018 | In the kitchen with...

You may not want them and I totally get that. Then again, maybe you'll enjoy them again. The truth is, I love food. I love being in the kitchen. I love to bake, to cook... Every so often I even like going grocery shopping. One of the things I've always wanted to do is...

Holiday Blend Coffee

by Mlissa | Dec 1, 2018 | Coffee, Weekly Brews

I'm a sucker for it. Always. Every year. But at least I can admit that I'm a sucker for it. I buy Starbuck's Christmas Blend and Caribou Coffee's Reindeer Blend in whole bean for cold brew and iced pourover and for use in the Aeropress. And I have fallen victim this...

Weekly Brews

by Mlissa | Oct 31, 2018 | Coffee, Weekly Brews

Testing, Testing, Testing...

New Season, New Coach…

by Mlissa | Sep 3, 2018 | Florida State Seminoles, Sports

A Few Updates and Slide Is Up For Pre-Order

by Mlissa | Apr 13, 2018 | contemporary romance, erotic romance, re-releases, self publishing

There are only a few more contemporary re-releases left to come back out this year. None of the M/M re-releases will be out, but I'm hoping to revise them for next year. There are also a few, older titles I'll be making available for free once I revise them and I'll...

5 Things I’m Tackling In My Creative Life Right Now

by Mlissa | Mar 29, 2018 | 5 Things, Creativity

And sadly, no, tackling isn't a football reference in this instance. And y'all, I miss football. I know there's the draft and pro days and the combine and so on and so forth, but I miss GameDay on Saturdays and a full slate of football games from noon until midnight....

Elite Eight Here Comes Nole Nation

by Mlissa | Mar 23, 2018 | Florida State Seminoles

We weren't supposed to get this far in the tournament. Most of us, based on the play at the end of the regular season and the way we were beat in the first round of the ACC tournament, we didn't think we'd be anywhere near the 64 in the big show, but HOLY SHIT! We...