DARE ME: Chapter One
Just because, and just because it’s summer, I’m sharing with you the first seven chapters of a novel I started writing last July. This was a “just for fun” novel. I was between books, a little burned out on Napoleonic spies, waiting to hear back from publishers about the 1920s book– so it seemed like…
Read MoreDARE ME: Starting Saturday!
Just a reminder that our summer serial, the random contemporary romance novel I started writing last July, premiers here on the News page this Saturday. Tune in Saturday for Chapter One of Dare Me!
Read MoreIf You Like….
Since I’m honeymooning in Scotland (and like to theme read on vacations) this week’s If You Like is Scotland-set books. Which, it turns out, can be a very, very broad category. So I’ve divided it up into two. This week’s will be historical set and next week will be modern (including mystery/thriller). If you like…
Read MorePink X has a title!
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Weekly Reading Round-Up for this special announcement: Pink X has a title! Miss Gwen’s book, coming out in summer 2013, will henceforth officially be known as THE PASSION OF THE PURPLE PLUMERIA. Here’s the official description: Colonel William Reid has returned home from India to retire near his children, who…
Read MoreASHFORD on Goodreads
As I continue to chart the progress of The Ashford Affair around the web, it’s now up on Goodreads! Please feel free to be the first to start a discussion, add it to the to-read pile, or put it in a list….
Read MoreWriting Wednesday: Time Management
A lot of you have asked me to talk about juggling work and writing or writing and social media. I can’t help feeling a bit like it’s the blind leading the blind here (my time management skills are far from stellar), but, for what it’s worth, here are my two bits, in a do as…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: ASHFORD Origins
The Ashford Affair, my 1920s book, arose out of the confluence of three things: 1) A friend gave me Frances Osborne’s book, The Bolter, about the life of Idina Sackville, the much-married socialite who bounced back and forth between husbands and between London and Kenya. What really struck me about the book was the foreword,…
Read MoreASHFORD All Over!
The Ashford Affair is popping up all over! In addition to Amazon, you can find The Ashford Affair for pre-order on: — Books-A-Million — Indiebound — Powell’s — The Poisoned Pen. It doesn’t seem to be up on Barnes & Noble quite yet, but I’ll keep an eye out and let you know when it…
Read MoreGARDEN INTRIGUE Paperback Update
The date I was given by my publisher for The Garden Intrigue paperback is January 13, 2013. On the other hand, Amazon, B&N and the league of independent bookstores seem to believe it’s December 31, 2012. I’m going with the bookstores on this one. The happy news is that The Garden Intrigue paperback is now…
Read MoreASHFORD: Available for Pre-Order!
If it’s up on Amazon, it must be real, right? As of last night, The Ashford Affair is available for pre-order on Amazon. You can read the first chapter here. Cover and more excerpts coming soon!
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