Diversions
On the Ballroom Blog….
Lady Uppington, Miss Gwen and the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale put in a guest appearance yesterday on the Ballroom Blog as Lady B enlisted their aid in marrying off her recalcitrant nephew, Monty. The idea of those four ladies in one place is enough to make any rake quake….
Read MoreA Freebie Regency Fashion Guide
Huge thanks to Angela Bliss for posting a link to this Regency fashion guide over on my Facebook page! Just for today, Fashions in the Era of Jane Austen is free in e-version for Kindle. It’s a few years late for the Pink books (and a hundred years too early for The Ashford Affair!), but…
Read MoreThe Coffee Chart
As many of you have heard, my writing process has a great deal to do with caffeine consumption. Just as I swap out music from book to book, I also have a different signature drink for each manuscript– my go to beverage, so to speak. For your amusement, here’s the coffee chart for the last…
Read MoreBlog Hopping
In anticipation of The Ashford Affair, you can find me out and about in the blogosphere today: — on Writerspace, talking about the various “future-lands” that never came to be– like the 1930s image of a biplane in every backyard! (There’s a give away associated with this post….) — and on Heroes and Heartbreakers, talking…
Read MoreOut and About on the Internet
Over on Goodreads the other day, I was asked to list a few of my favorite historical romances– which always raises the interesting question: do they mean historical fiction with a romance component or a romance with a historical setting? The line between the two isn’t always clear, although there are extremes on both ends.…
Read MoreHappy Valentine's Day!
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’m re-posting a piece I wrote way back in 2009, for the (now defunct) All-A-Blog. “You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you….” They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. With that as my excuse, I plan to shamelessly imitate one…
Read MoreOut and About on the Internet
It’s been a busy web-hopping week for me. This week, you can find me: — answering questions about The Ashford Affair on Sammy the Bookworm’s site; — over at Sarah MacLean’s webpage, talking about girls who wear glasses, and, in particular, Emma of The Garden Intrigue; — and, at the Ballroom Blog, discussing some of…
Read MoreOn the Ballroom Blog….
Over on the Ballroom Blog, we’ve been having a choose your own adventure saga involving the misadventures of Lady Beaufeatheringstone’s nephew, Lord Montague Moylan-Hazell (pronounced “Marzipan-Hat”) as he attempts to return to England from India via pirate ships, galaxies far, far away, and Brazilian tango competitions. If you haven’t stumbled across this yet, you’ll want…
Read MoreDownton Spoofs
In honor of the launch of Season Three of Downton Abbey, here’s a compendium of my favorite Downton spoofs so far (or at least those that were linkable): — The musical tribute, The Fresh Prince of Downton Abbey. — The Red Nose Day spoof, Uptown Downstairs Abbey, Parts I and II (seriously, you don’t want…
Read MoreThe Ballroom Goes to the Country
This site might be down this afternoon, but you can come visit me on the Ballroom Blog, where I’m talking about August entertainments. I’ll also be around on Facebook, as usual– and hopefully we should be back up and running here on Monday!
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