Teaser 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…
Read MoreSunday Closet Clear-Out
Happy Mother’s Day, all! The attempt to thin the shelves before my move continues. Here are the books that are up for grabs this week:
Read MoreSaturday Salon
I’m hosting the Saturday Salon over at the Ballroom Blog today. Pop by to hear about historical wedding cake traditions, read an 1806 wedding cake recipe, and see some pictures of both truly beautiful and truly alarming wedding cakes.
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Right now, most of my books are in boxes (so many boxes!), but I managed to sneak a few out to keep me company this week while I’ve been packing. — Jen Lancaster, Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult’s Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It’s Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to…
Read MoreCalifornia in July
This summer, I’m making one of my rare jaunts out to the far coast. I don’t have the exact details yet, but it looks like I’ll be making three appearances in Southern California in July: — signing at the big group signing at the RWA conference in Anaheim on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 25;…
Read MorePrettiness
Check out this Artist’s Trading Card that Caroline made for The Secret History of the Pink Carnation! You can read all about the creative process here. Do you have Pink artwork to share? Send it to me and I’ll post it here on the News page. p.s. On an entirely unrelated note, Writing Wednesdays starts…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Miss Gwen's Novel
I usually don’t share bits from Works in Progress until they’re no longer in progress– partly because I’m never entirely sure it’s really going to turn into a book until it’s done and partly because I never know what I’m going to change or cut during the editorial phases. But this time, I just couldn’t…
Read MoreIf You Like….
For obvious reasons, I have weddings on the brain right now. But they do provide good literary fodder, too, particularly for madcap comedy (it helps if you view it all as comedy, no?). So, if you like fiction about weddings, you’ll probably like…. — Donna Andrews, Murder with Peacocks. My absolute favorite, wedding-themed novel. Sheer,…
Read MoreSunday Closet Clear Out
The attempt to weed out my bookshelves pre-move continues. This Sunday, I’m giving away six books, of the chick lit and historical fiction extraction. Just email me if you’d like one! It’s strictly first come, first serve. Here’s this week’s haul:
Read MoreAusten's Afterlife– Tomorrow!
For those of you in the Boston area, I’ll be speaking tomorrow at the monthly meeting of the Jane Austen Society of North America’s Massachusetts branch. The topic of my talk is Austen’s Accidental Afterlife: Jane and her Regency World in Modern Fiction. The event is free for JASNA-MA members, $5 for non-members. For more…
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