Meet Colleen Gleason, the author of The Rest Falls Away, the first book in the Gardella series, this Thursday, January 4, 2007. She’ll talk about the inspiration for her Regency-set vampire hunter series and you’ll have the chance to win … Continue reading →

Hope you all had a great holiday! I got my very own chocolate fountain (just what I need after all the holiday eating I’ve been doing!), plus several Barnes and Noble giftcards, which are already spent, and two new Little … Continue reading →

In thinking about the best books I’ve read this year, I realized I had to expand to make it the best media I’ve experienced this year. First off, my current obsession of Sean Bean, fueled by watching the Sharpe series … Continue reading →

“Great discoveries, whether of silk or of gravity, are always windfalls. They happen to people loafing under trees.”Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex. I’ve read a lot of good books this year, tried bravely with a lot of books that I tried to … Continue reading →

Last year around this time, I joined a book discussion group. I was getting stale reading only romance novels and historical reference books. I figured my life and my writing would both improve from reading outside the genre. So far, … Continue reading →

This week, we’re talking about our favorites of 2006. Of course, that raises the question… Our favorite whats? For the sake of argument, or, rather, lack thereof, I will limit it to favorite books/movies/plays that I can at least pretend … Continue reading →

A Poem for Christmas Day. No matter what holiday you celebrate (or have celebrated) at this time of year, I hope it is/was a wonderful one. This poem by Tennyson, although a little later than “our” time, brings my wishes … Continue reading →

This past week I’ve been off work (yay!) and trying to get ready for the holiday. Here’s what I’ve been doing: 1) Reading the new Phillipa Gregory book2) Working on the “Muses” WIP (122 pages so far!)3) Researching two future … Continue reading →

As the Big Day approaches, it’s easy to get swept up in the Holiday Madness: Did I mail out all the cards, is the house relatively clean, watch out for that ornament!, I thought YOU were going to pick up … Continue reading →

No, this isn’t the cover of my next book. It’s a splendid rendition by writer Delle Jacobs, wearing her designer hat, based on an etching by Fragonard called L’Armoire (the closet) after I’ve been tearing my hair out over a … Continue reading →