Do you love Halloween? Are you celebrating? I’m doing this extra blogpost today partly to remind you that I’m hosting a Virtual Halloween Party today on Facebook (4pm to midnight), and if any of you are on FB and enjoy … Continue reading
Love is worth the risk. . . If you have visited my Web site you’ve seen that tag line. But, what’s the greatest risk? Risk can refer to physical risk. Romantic suspense thrives on it. Common Regency tropes associated with … Continue reading
[tw: rape, racism, violence] Note: This got long, so I’ve moved all links for further reading/listening/viewing that couldn’t simply be hyperlinked in the main text to the end of the post. Note 2: Jefferson’s party are Republicans, Hamilton and Adams’s … Continue reading
Those were the words, spoken in deep awe, by surgeon Joseph Carpue when viewing the results of his first nose reconstruction, performed on this day in 1814. Plastic surgery was born. Warning, heavy ick factor lies ahead. His surgery is thought to … Continue reading
I’m still having fun digging into The Epicure’s Almanack and have found another rather interesting rabbit hole to fall down. I think many of us know that in England “a curry” is the undisputed king of takeaway. It’s also (along … Continue reading
Yes, that’s a pretentious title, a phrase I borrowed from the book COSTUME by Rachel Kemper for a blog I first wrote on the subject years ago. For Kemper fashion became available to the general populace, the masses, with the introduction … Continue reading
For the very last leg of our big European trip this summer, we went to Spain. When I’d originally envisioned this trip, many years ago, I’d thought of myself starting in Portugal and Spain and carefully tracing the Peninsular War … Continue reading
Yay! It’s never too soon for a holiday anthology of wonderful stories by Miranda Neville, Yours Truly, Shana Galen and Grace Burrowes, am I right? Four original holiday stories by four bestselling authors. My story is called A Seduction in … Continue reading
Louisa Cornell – congrats! You are the winner of a signed copy of my novel BEWITCHED. Look for an e-mail from me asking for your snail mail addy. A big thank you to everybody who commented on my giveaway post. … Continue reading
In The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron recommends taking a weekly Artist Date: a no pressure, fun outing or activity that pleases your inner artist. The Corning Museum of Glass is one of my favorite Artist Date destinations. Recently I took … Continue reading
