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Medieval Monday – Naughty Prince Harry

I love it when today’s headlines give me fodder for a Medieval Monday blog post!  Last week brought the best headline I’ve seen in a long time.  So good, in fact that I’m going to talk about it again tomorrow … Continue reading →

Write What You Know (And What Exactly That Means)

Strangely enough, I have never been a part of a dystopian alternative reality where men outnumber women ten to one.  I have also never lived in medieval England under the reign of Richard I while he was away fighting the … Continue reading →

Western Wednesday – What Makes The Railroad So Dang Awesome?

What was the single biggest game-changing technological advance of the 19th century?  Not exactly an easy question to answer considering how many things were invented between 1800 and 1899.  But if I had to choose, I would definitely make an … Continue reading →

What Readers Know That This Writer Had Forgotten

When I was young and still in school, when I had two and a half months in the summer every year to sit in our shady back yard by the pool or on our screened-in porch all summer, I used … Continue reading →

The Best Date Ever

Last Friday I wrote all about the worst break-up I’ve ever had and compared it to getting a really bad review.  This week, to balance the universe a little, I’d like to tell you about the best date I’ve ever … Continue reading →

The Promo That Changed Everything

Yes!  The numbers are (mostly) in at last and I can tell you all the story of the most nail-bitingly terrifying and outrageously successful book promo that I’ve ever done!  This was the big one, folks.  This was the one … Continue reading →

Medieval Monday – London As It Was

The Olympics may be over, but I’m not ready to leave London.  As a Romance novelist I might never be ready to leave London.  So many novels in my genre take place, in whole or in part, in the great … Continue reading →

Very Bad

Getting a bad review is like going through a bad break-up.  I’ve been trying for more than a week to figure out how to express my feelings on the topic and that’s the metaphor I finally came up with.  It’s … Continue reading →

Western Wednesday – Stagecoaches

The Oregon Trail opened the way west for intrepid settlers and enterprising miners.  Once it was well established and the roads were cleared and expanded, once towns had grown up along the route and locations in the Rockies and further … Continue reading →

Medieval Monday – The Almighty Joust

While the peasants were off playing shinty, stoolball, and gameball, medieval nobles were donning expensive suits of armor, outfitting their horses, making rich promises to beautiful noblewomen in the stands, and attempting to bash each other’s brains out.  Yes, this … Continue reading →