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May 2, 2012
Remember Hailey?
For those who don’t remember Hailey, or didn’t read The Moonlight Mistress, I thought I’d post a little excerpt to remind you of who she is.
She’s currently the star of Under Her Uniform, a Spice Brief. Go here for the Harlequin e-book store to buy for $2.39. Nook edition and Kindle edition are $2.99. Mills and Boon e-book (UK).
This excerpt, however, is from The Moonlight Mistress. It does contain a spoiler for that book.
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“Sister, I hate to bother you, but–”
Lucilla turned and stared. “You...
May 1, 2012
“Under Her Uniform” is here!
Available today, at Harlequin! Go here for the Harlequin e-book store to buy for $2.39. Nook edition and Kindle edition are $2.99. Mills and Boon e-book (UK).
“Under Her Uniform” by Victoria Janssen
Isobel Hailey has disguised herself as a man so she can fight in the British Army in World War I. Only a few people know the truth, including her two officer lovers–so why can’t she stop thinking about handsome Corporal Andrew Southey instead? Hailey has to keep her wits about her and her eroti...
April 30, 2012
A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd – WWI Challenge
My April book for the The WWI Challenge was A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd, a mystery novel set (mostly) in England while the war was still going on. Heroine Bess Crawford is the daughter of a colonel in the British Army, who grew up in India and other farflung places before returning to England. When the novel opens, she’s been serving as a nurse on a hospital ship.
I really liked this little slice-of-life excerpt from the very beginning:
And now we were in the Kea Channel, just off t...
April 29, 2012
“Grabinschrift im Sternwald 1914″
Grabinschrift im Sternwald 1914
Es ruhen in diesem Grabe vier,
Nimm auf sie Herr zu Dir.
Sie sind vom Leibregiment,
Das weder Furcht noch Feigheit kennt.
Es waren vier tapf’re Helden,
Laß ihnen nichts entgelten.
Sie taten treulich ihre Pflicht
Und scheuten die Gefahren nicht.
Der Leiber achte Kompagnie
Vergißt die Kameraden nie.
Am Westrand des Sternwaldes, 1 Meter hinter den
Schützengraben, da, wo Oblt. Otto Graf La Rosée als erster seiner
Kompagnie aus dem Walde getreten war und den Heldentod gefu...
April 27, 2012
April 25, 2012
Philadelphia Fantastic Reading
I’ll be reading for the Philadelphia Fantastic series on this Friday, April 27, 2012, 7:00 pm, to celebrate the release of my Spice Brief, “Under Her Uniform.” Philly Fantastic is held at the Moonstone Arts Center in Philadelphia.
Though the story is electronic-only, I’ll have a signed manuscript or two on hand.
I hope to see some of you there!
April 23, 2012
What am I writing? Thank you for asking!
I’ve been asked several times recently what I’m currently writing. Here’s the answer.
I don’t currently have a novel under contract, but I am writing a novel anyway. It’s not an erotic novel, and probably won’t include any sex scenes. Well, maybe one. We’ll see. I’m only about eighty pages into the manuscript, and though I have a synopsis and an outline, and a giant pile of research material, I figure out a lot of things as I go along. My writing method is often referred to as “pantsing”...
April 22, 2012
“A Subaltern,” Siegfried Sassoon
A Subaltern
He turned to me with his kind, sleepy gaze
And fresh face slowly brightening to the grin
That sets my memory back to summer days,
With twenty runs to make, and last man in.
He told me he’d been having a bloody time
In trenches, crouching for the crumps to burst,
While squeaking rats scampered across the slime
And the grey palsied weather did its worst.
But as he stamped and shivered in the rain,
My stale philosophies had served him well;
Dreaming about his girl had sent his brain
Blanke...
April 20, 2012
Five Things Linkgasm
In lieu of actual content, today I have five cool links.
1. You can watch a video of Lesley Hall’s Eastercon lecture “Invisible Women: Scientists Women Don’t See” here – note it is 58 minutes long.
2. Extruded Books: A Cautionary Tale will teach you quite a lot about the history of print publishing in recent decades.
3. Via Kate Elliott men doing hula (video).
4. Janet Mullany’s awesome Regency romance Dedication is now available as an e-book. I recommend it highly.
April 18, 2012
Pondering My Next WWI Read
I’ve been really enjoying the first reading challenge in which I’ve participated, which is for books about or set during World War One. One of the good things is that I feel obligated to write and post about each of the books as I read them, something which I often neglect, given the high volume of books I read and, well, my laziness.
However, while being lazy I am also somewhat anal-retentive. I’m trying to decide what’s next, the main criteria being books I already own and books that ot...
