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Happy Book Day!

Twilight of Avalon is officially published as of today!

To celebrate, I’m guest blogging over at historical-fiction.com.  Stop by to read my post on how Twilight of Avalon fits in with the original Trystan and Isolde legends.

I also have an interview posted over at History Buff, the lovely author Michelle Moran’s blog.

Thanks so much to both of you for hosting me!

Historical Tapestry

I’m blogging at Historical Tapestry today.  Drop in to see my post on Why I Love Arthurian Stories.  And thanks to everyone over there for inviting me!

In Stitches

So, I don’t mean to complain, but isn’t there something unfair about being 6 mos-and-still-throwing-up pregnant and having a kitchen accident that requires stitches in your thumb?  Not that the accident was not entirely my own fault.  I’ll spare you the details, but . . . yep, unquestionably, undeniably, my own clutzy fault.  Still.

I wish I could at least say that I’d paid careful attention to what the doctor did in the interests of adding realism to the descriptions of battle wounds being stitc

Simple Pleasures

A few nights ago we had our first spring thunderstorm–and the first thunderstorm we’ve had that Bella has been both awake and old enough to really be aware of what was going on.  She was a little freaked out by the whole thing, so we huddled up with her on the couch watching the storm through the living room window and Nathan talked about what thunder and lightening are–or as much as you can talk about it with a two year old, anyway.  And after a bit she started to get excited about it all and w

Things That Go Bump in the Night

My last post got me thinking more about the similarities between pregnancy and writing–about how remarkably alike it feels to bring a baby into the world and to publish a book.  This is not, I realize, an especially original idea.  The whole “book as baby” metaphor has been used since Jane Austen called Pride and Prejudice “my own darling child,” and I’m sure long before then.  But what I was thinking about specifically was how similar the process of growing a baby during the 9 months of  pregna

Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me

Pregnancy-related nausea usually ends after the first trimester.  That’s how it went when I was pregnant with my girl.  Bad for the first twelve weeks–and then it stopped.  This time around?  Not so much.  I’m at nineteen weeks, now, and the sickness just seems to have unpacked its suitcase and settled in for a good long  stay.

I wouldn’t mention this–no one wants to read the Endless Nausea Chronicles.  (Although it does have its kind of funny moments.  Like, my two year old girl has by now learn

A First (or Two)

So as the subject of my first-ever blog post, I thought I would take Isabella’s (that’s my 2 year old daughter) first-ever story–it just seemed appropriate somehow.

The other day Isabella and I were riding in the car, and she suddenly launched into an elaborate (well, for a two year old) and totally original story about a hungry tiger.  We read to her a good bit, and she loves her books, but this was the first time she’d ever made up a story of her own.  Or rather, one that didn’t involve props o