Sunday 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…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
It’s a short list for me this week (I’ve been busy wrestling with Miss Gwen, who isn’t going gently into her book). Here’s what I’ve been reading: — Gay Daly, Pre-Raphaelites in Love. This began as research, but turned into reading as pleasure. (Right now, the plan is for the next non-Pink book to take…
Read MoreOverseas Winner!
The winner of the copy of Overseas is… … Celia, of Comment #4! Congrats, Celia! If you email me with your info, I’ll pass it on to Beatriz. Huge thanks to Beatriz Williams for her generosity in sharing her time and her wonderful stories! To learn more, visit her at her website, www.beatrizwilliams.com. Happy reading!
Read MoreWebinar– Tomorrow!
I’m teaching my first ever seminar for Writer’s Digest University, The Ins and Outs of Writing a Series, tomorrow at 1:00. There’s still time to register! I’ll be talking about different types of series, world-building, character development, and how to know when enough is enough, among other things. The program runs for an hour and…
Read MoreOverseas Q&A– and Give Away!
Hello once again to the talented and lovely Beatriz Williams, who took time out from a crazy pre-launch week schedule to come visit us here on the News page. Below, you can read about what drew her to World War I, her advice to aspiring writers, and– er, how did Bing Crosby get in there?…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Miss Gwen
As many of you know, I’m currently working on Miss Gwen’s book, oh so cleverly titled Pink X. Miss Gwen is being, shall we say… obstructive. I’m currently on the eighteenth version of Chapter One. Let’s hope that this is the final one. I’d love to say that this is unusual, but it isn’t. Some…
Read MoreIf You Like….
We all have our own bizarre trope preferences. One of mine (result of a childhood reading Victorian-set gothics) is books with governesses in them. If you like books featuring governesses, you’ll probably like…. — Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. How can one not lead off with Jane Eyre? It’s the origin of all other governess novels.…
Read MoreClearing Out
Since I’m moving apartments in May, I’ve started shifting some of the prodigious piles of books that pass for home decor in my current place. In the interest of not breaking the movers’ backs, some of them will have to go. For the next few Sundays, I’ll be listing books I’m giving away. If you…
Read MoreAusten Samplers and Marzipan Pigs
One of the perks of my job is that many fabulous and random things come my way in the course of the day: in this case, Jane Austen cross stitch patterns and marzipan pigs. The link to the Jane Austen cross stitch patterns was sent to me by Rosie. (Thanks, Rosie!) My favorites? Jane Austen…
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