Weekly Reading Round-Up
This week, I’m very grateful for the kindness of friends (okay, my Tennessee Williams drawl just did not come out right on that one). Actually, the kindness of one friend, who sent me this care package: I haven’t watched the movie yet, but, as you can imagine, neither of those books went un-read. Here’s what…
Read More18th Century Cosmo
18th Century Cosmo has it all: true confessions, advertisements, a quiz, even a centerfold. All I can say is, you guys are the best 18th century editorial staff ever. 18th Century Cosmo significantly enlivened a rainy week. The voting was neck and neck, with every article having its partisans, but, in the end, a few…
Read MoreWebinar!
I’ll be teaching my very first online seminar for Writer’s Digest University next Thursday at one o’clock. The program is on The Ins and Outs of Writing a Series (you can find the full description by clicking here). It’s a rather ingenious set-up. The program lasts an hour and a half. I talk in real…
Read MoreOverseas Winner
After reading all your comments yesterday, I wanted to hijack a time machine and take off for obscure historical locations. The problem would be figuring out which first! So I’ll just have to stick with writing about lots of different times and places. In the meantime, we have a book to give away. The copy…
Read MoreLast Chance to Vote…
… for your favorite 18th Century Cosmo articles! I’ll be tallying up the votes and posting winners tomorrow. Thanks to the generosity of one of the participants, it looks like we might be able to get all the articles formatted into “magazine” form! If that happens, 18th Century Cosmo will have a permanent home on…
Read More"Overseas" Give Away
As those of you who are regular visitors to this page know, I’ve been raving (in a good way!) about Beatriz Williams’ Overseas for quite some time. I’m not usually a fan of time travel, but I make a few major exceptions: Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander, Susanna Kearsley’s The Rose Garden, and Beatriz Williams’ Overseas. Amiens,…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Writing Wednesdays
That does sound a little recursive, doesn’t it? Not to mention alarmingly alliterative. (This is the last time I let Augustus Whittlesby write my blog headers!) I’m launching a new feature on the website: Writing Wednesdays. Like everything else on the website, this is a figure-it-out-as-I-go sort of thing, but the idea behind it is…
Read MoreOn the Ballroom Blog….
… Lady B just caught me with a copy of 18th Century Cosmo! But can Lady B resist the watercolor centerfold? Slip over to the Ballroom to find out.
Read MoreIf You Like….
Since Pink X looks like it’s going to be set largely in Bath, if you like books set in Bath, you’ll probably like…. — Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both of which take place partly in Bath; — Georgette Heyer’s Bath Tangle, Lady of Quality, and Black Sheep, among others; — and I know…
Read MoreNew York Reading– Monday, 4/23
Tomorrow night, I’ll be joining three mystery writers for a group reading at 8:00 in the back room of Bar 82 (136 2nd Avenue, near St. Marks, at 10th Street). I’ll be reading from The Garden Intrigue. There won’t be books for sale, so please feel free to bring books from home. I’m happy to…
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