Weekly Reading Round-Up
The wonderful thing about unpacking books, aside from the benefit to the muscles of the upper arm, is rediscovering whole treasure troves of books you’ve forgotten. I’ve been grazing among the forgotten books of the back shelves this past week, including: — Bill Bryson, I’m a Stranger Here Myself. My friend Jenny gave this to…
Read MoreASHFORD Abroad
I just got the news that The Ashford Affair is going to be translated into Spanish! I can’t remember whether or not I posted about it here (my mind is in moving mush), but I found out last month that The Ashford Affair will also be available in German. I’m so curious to see which…
Read MoreWhat's Your Story?
Apropos of our Writing Wednesdays, a friend of mine just started an editorial services company called “What’s Your Story?” designed to help aspiring writers polish their work and navigate the publishing world. You can find out about the services they offer on their website, www.pacetopp.com. For those in New York, they’re holding an inaugural full…
Read MoreWriting Wednesday: Outlines
You have an idea. You might even have a first chapter. Now what? Where does the book go from here? To outline or not to outline, that is the question. If you ask people in the writing community, they generally divide themselves into two camps: outliners and “pantsers” (or people who work by the seat…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: THE ASHFORD AFFAIR
Last week, I turned in the copy edits for my upcoming non-Pink book, The Ashford Affair. This is always the stage where I finally know that there will, in fact, be a book and that the book is pretty much in its final form, give or take a word here or there. It’s an amazing…
Read MoreIf You Like….
One of my favorite tropes (aside from governesses) has always been the Inherited House. Heroine unexpectedly inherits House, usually from relative she knows only vaguely or not at all. There’s usually some drama associated with this, some mystery, an attractive local, and, of course, the fun of unpacking and discovering the House. The house can…
Read MoreSunday Closet Clear Out
Welcome back to Sunday closet clear out! You know the rules: first come, first served. Please post your request in the Comments section below so others can see if the book is already taken. This was meant to be the last of the clear outs, now that all my goods and chattels have been picked…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Apologies! I’m in the midst of moving, buried beneath boxes, so this isn’t going to be much of a round up this week (unless you count all the books I’ve rounded up into boxes?). I’ll post some pictures of the boxes and boxes later, once the Internet is up and running. What have you been…
Read MoreWriting Wednesday: Intro
My first advice to you as we embark upon our series of Writing Wednesdays? Ignore advice. When I say ignore, I don’t mean stick your fingers in your ears and hum. But do take anything that I or anyone else says with a grain of salt. There are entire industries out there devoted to telling…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: More Miss Gwen
Things I have learned about Miss Gwen over the course of writing her first chapter eighteen times: — She has a huge sweet tooth. Jane may take her morning chocolate straight, but Gwen stirs three teaspoons of sugar into hers. Those are heaping teaspoons of sugar, not the little skimpy ones. — She’s in far…
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