About Amanda McCabe/Laurel McKee
Writer (as Amanda McCabe, Laurel McKee, Amanda Carmack), history geek, yoga enthusiast, pet owner!
Happy Monday, everyone! Â (is that even a possible thing??) Â It’s been a while since I sat down with the Riskies, since there have been some back-to-back deadlines here and lots going on, so I am extra excited to be here … Continue reading →
Hello, Riskies! Â It’s been much too long since I visited our drawing room, and once again I am on a deadline and have fallen behind (oh my!) Â Let’s take a look at a re-post of a blog I did in … Continue reading →
Happy December, Risky readers! Â It’s been a busy month around here, with family visits and some lovely concerts (like Elena, there are aspects of Christmas that always make me feel a bit melancholy, but music is one of my favorite … Continue reading →
The Halloween holiday has put me very behind schedule!!! Â (though the stores seem to think it is already Christmas…) Â The Demure Miss Manning, my latest Harlequin Historical Regency, is out NOW! Â Brazilian beaches just in time for winter! Â For the … Continue reading →
I can’t believe it is Monday already!! Â I have a book due on the 15th, and as always on the last week of deadline I am a bit wild-eyed and frantic. Â I wasn’t sure what to blog about today … Continue reading →
Or rather, happy day before Bastille Day, since July 14 is the time to celebrate the day in 1789 when an angry mob stormed the prison and released scads of prisoners–well, 7 anyway. It was officially declared a national holiday … Continue reading →
It feels like it’s been forever since I was at the Riskies! Â The last several weeks have been spent moving to a new city (and looking for weird stuff in random boxes, because I packed teapots and mugs in different … Continue reading →
I am crawling out briefly from a revision/research cave to celebrate the birthday of a woman who may not be particularly well-known in history, but who I’ve always found to be interesting, Hortense de Beauharnais, daughter of Empress Josephine, a … Continue reading →
It’s so wonderful to be back at the Riskies again! Â It feels like this is the Winter That Will Not End (illness, snow, rinse, repeat), but I am finally seeing the sunlight at the end of the tunnel. Â And one … Continue reading →
February 3 was the release date for the third Kate Haywood Elizabethan Mystery, Murder in the Queen’s Garden! I loved writing this one–summer at beautiful Nonsuch Palace, alchemy, dancing, courtly skullduggery… To celebrate, I’m taking a look at why I … Continue reading →