The blog is taking a bit of a hiatus this week, because I’m on vacation and entirely too lazy to write a blog post. 🙂 Nevertheless, I did want to take just a moment to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas, and a most Happy New Year.  I’ve posted this before, but I’ll Read More
Writing History Blog
Zombies and Vampires, Victorian Style
So I came across this picture on Pinterest the other day: The caption is, as with so many other things one can find on the Internet, utter bullshit, but it did make me curious. The picture itself is apparently real. In the first third of the 19th century, some graves were enclosed with an iron cage, called a Read More
Historical Book Blast Friday: Jana Richards
It’s Book Blast Friday! My guest today is fellow Wild Rose author Jana Richards. Her newest novella, Home Fires, is set during World War II. Welcome, Jana! Home Fires by Jana Richards Anne Wakefield travels halfway around the world for love. But when she arrives in Canada from England at the end of World War Read More
Thoughts for Thanksgiving
Here in the U.S., this is Thanksgiving weekend. It is, bar none, my favorite holiday. It’s dedicated to food, family and friends, and being thankful for what you have. Mostly food. I’ve cooked Thanksgiving dinner for most of the last fifteen years, with varying numbers of people. Last year we had thirteen, this year only four. Although Read More
Author Interview: Beth Rhodes
Today on the blog I am delighted to welcome my friend and critique partner, Beth Rhodes. Beth’s newest book, Outside the Lines, is a wonderful contemporary romance which releases December 8. Thanks for joining me today, Beth! Tell us a bit about you. Where do you live, and how long have you been writing? I grew Read More
Book Blast Friday: Sheridan Jeane and Giveaway!
This week I am delighted to introduce you to friend and NEORWA chaptermate, Sheridan Jeane, who writes action-packed Victorian era romance. The third novel in her Secrets and Seduction Series, Once Upon a Spy, released this week. Welcome Sheridan! Upon Upon a Spy by Sheridan Jeane Robert, Earl of Wentworth, isn’t a spy, and he never wants Read More
Grammar Grump: Preposition Me, Baby!
So I expected to write a happy post today about my brilliant success at NaNoWriMo, but as with so many things in life, my expectations far outstripped my capabilities. This November, I’ve had a blog tour for a book release (hurray!), a new job (hurray!), and a nasty bacterial infection that has sapped my strength, made Read More
Historical Book Blast Friday: Marlow Kelly
It’s (slightly delayed) Historical Book Blast Friday! This week I’m featuring the latest release from fellow Wild Rose author Marlow Kelly, entitled A Woman of Courage. Thanks for joining me today, Marlow! A Woman of Courage by Marlow Kelly When an injured Fianna Byrne turns up at Connell O’Neill’s gate twelve years after their separation he knows this could Read More
Historical Book Blast Friday: Beth Trissel
It’s Book Blast Friday! This week I’m featuring the latest release from fellow TWRP author, Beth Trissel, called Traitor’s Curse. BLURB: Halifax, North Carolina, 1783. Captain Stuart Monroe returns home from the Revolutionary War to find Thornton Hall threatened by a peacetime foe: debt. He knows the location of a treasure amassed to pay for the capture of Read More
Johnson’s Island
So now that Secret Promise is loose in the world, I wanted to share some interesting facts about the time period in which the book is set. Secret Promise takes place primarily in England in 1867, just after the American Civil War. The book’s hero, Edward Mason, had left England about seven years before, to deliver a Read More