Last Night at WORD

To inaugurate their new Romance section, WORD Bookstore invited a group of people related to the industry to speak about romance as a genre. Thanks so much to WORD for having us all there and to Sarah MacLean for organizing, moderating, and, yes, recording.

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WORD Bookstore Tonight!

If you’re in the New York area, come join me tonight at WORD Bookstore in Brooklyn as WORD inaugurates their new Romance section with a panel moderated by the wonderful Sarah MacLean, featuring me, Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches (if you haven’t heard her speak, you’re missing out), Hope Tarr, Tessa Woodward of Avon Books…

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The Heyer Tea Party

I’m not sure which bit of the Poisoned Pen conference I’m more excited about: the Heyer tea party or Saturday’s late night pajama party/reading. For those already signed up for the Heyer tea, it’s being held, not at the Biltmore, but at a store in downtown Scottsdale called Tea Time (7051 East Fifth Avenue). For…

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Poisoned Pen Conference, 6/24-27

The Poisoned Pen extravaganza starts tomorrow! I’m packing my lightest clothes, recharging my camera batteries, and leaving lots of extra room in my bag for the fifty-odd books I know I’ll be lugging back with me come Sunday. For those of you in the Arizona area, please do stop on by. The conference kicks off…

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Book Advice

As part of an event I’ll be doing at the WORD Bookstore in July, I’ve been asked to provide three book recommendations for people new to the romance genre. The only limitation is that the books can’t all be from the same sub-genre (i.e., no suggesting three historicals). This seemed easy enough– until I tried…

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Coming soon to Scottsdale….

It’s less than a month now until the Poisoned Pen conference in Arizona! Running from June 24th-26th, the conference– which is free and open to the public– features workshops, readings and signings with authors ranging from Diana Gabaldon to Jacqueline Winspear. (And me). There’s even a Georgette Heyer tea party. For the full schedule and…

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Chicago in November

This just in. I’ll be having two events in the Chicago area in November to celebrate the launch of Turnip’s book, The Mischief of the Mistletoe: November 15, 7:00 Wheaton, IL Borders 101 Rice Lake Square November 16, 6:00 Chicago, IL Newberry Library Bookstore 60 West Walton Street Since I’ll be there a couple of…

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New Jersey Tonight

I’ll be talking about the Pink series and reading an advance snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe tonight at 7:00 at the Vogelson Regional Branch Library in Vorhees, New Jersey. You can find all the details, including directions to the library, here.

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Florida in July

Due to the recent flooding, RWA is moving its entire conference lock, stock and barrel to Orlando, Florida. This means that there will be no Nashville signing in July, but there will be a Florida one. Here are the details for the Florida signing: When: Wednesday, July 28, 5:30-7:30 Where: The Walt Disney World Swan…

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All For One!

Okay, I haven’t run off and joined the Musketeers, but if you come to my reading at Murder by the Book in Houston on November 12th, you’ll get three writers instead of one. I’ll be reading and signing along with two of my favorite authors: Tasha Alexander, who writes the Lady Emily mysteries, and Deanna…

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