Teaser Tuesday: Work in Progress
I’m in the final stretch of the currently untitled next stand alone novel– which is why things have been so quiet here on the website. But, to break up the wait, here’s a small outtake from the work in progress. As you may have noticed, my characters tend to talk. A lot. I absolutely hate…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I’ll be heading back into the writing cave in a moment (send good writing vibes, all!), but it’s been a banner reading week, beginning with Deanne Gist’s Tiffany Girl, which reminds me, in the best possible way, of the young adult historical fiction I used to read back when: a coming of age story and…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Most of my reading this week has been of the contest judging variety, but I did seize the opportunity to read two other books: — Kristan Higgins’s crossover into women’s fiction, If You Only Knew, was the bright spot of an otherwise rainy week. Told from the viewpoints of two sisters whose lives are crumbling…
Read MoreIf You Like….
So many thanks to Tracy Grant, who has broken the long If You Like drought here on the website! Tracy is the author of the Charles and Melanie/Malcolm and Suzanne Napoleonic-set mysteries, of which the latest, London Gambit, comes out this week. Isn’t that a gorgeous cover? And now over to Tracy, for If you…
Read MoreSigning for Literacy Today! Burlington, MA 1:30
The headline pretty much says it all. Today is the Book Fair for Literacy! You can find me, Loretta Chase, Susan Mallery, Megan Frampton, and the rest of the group of wonderful authors signing from 1:30-2:30 at the Boston Marriott in Burlington, Ma. Ten per cent of the proceeds go to support the Massachusetts Literacy…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
This will be just a quick post, since I’m about to grab the Even Littler Blue Bag and hop on a plane for Boston for today’s talk and tomorrow’s signing. Also because I’m having a hard time remembering what I read this week. Some of it is for a Contest That Shall Remain Nameless, so…
Read MoreBoston on Saturday!
I’ll be returning to Boston this weekend to sign at NEC-RWA’s Book Fair for Literacy at the Boston Marriott in Burlington, MA. If you’re in town, stop on by! There’s a great line-up of authors including the incomparable Loretta Chase (and if you think characters like Miles Dorrington owe more than a little to Loretta’s…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
So many apologies for the radio silence here lately, all! I’m deep in the writing cave right now with the next stand alone novel (75,000 words down; 40,000 left to go!), a narrative non-fiction essay for an anthology about Paris, and various other fun stuff. But I promise, as soon as this book is in,…
Read MoreCongratulations, Pinkorama Winners!
Because every Pinkorama this year was, without doubt, a winner, the dominant theme in the voting being, “But how? How can you make me choose?” The Convent of Peepsino edged out slightly ahead (Miss Gwen preens and blows a speck of dust off the tip of her parasol), but it was such a close-run thing…
Read MoreNo Vegas
I am very sorry to say that I won’t be signing in Vegas this weekend after all. I absolutely hate to miss it, but I didn’t want to risk sharing the joy of strep throat with everyone at the convention. So many apologies to anyone who was planning to come to the signing or the…
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