C.P. Lesley's Blog

Bookshelf, Fall 2025

Fall 2025 Bookshelf featuring new novels by S.J. Bennett, Mimi Matthews, Mirta Ojito, Andrea Penrose, and Katie Tietjen

Writing: Beginnings and Endings

Writing post about beginnings and endings, as well as how they define the structure of a novel

New Books Network Interview: Lucy Pick

New Books Network interview with Lucy Pick, whose historical novel The Queen's Companion, about Eleanor of Aquitaine in the Holy Land, has just come out with Cuidono Press

Interview with Chrystal Schleyer

Author interview with Chrystal Schleyer, whose debut historical mystery has just come out with Park Row Books

Interview with Liana De la Rosa

Author interview with Liana De la Rosa, whose latest historical romance, Gabriela and His Grace, has just come out from Berkley Romance

Writing the First Revision

Updates on my writing process, specifically the rough draft and the first revision, with reference to Song of the Silk Weaver

New Books Network Interview: Kathleen Kaufman

New Books Network interview with Kathleen Kaufman, whose latest historical/fantasy novel just came out with Kensington Books

Interview with Dave Schechter

Interview with journalist Dave Schechter, whose fictionalized biography of his great-aunt came out in 2024

Interview with S. Isabelle

Interview with YA author S. Isabelle, whose latest novel, a historical romance set in Victorian Britain, just came out with Storytide, a HarperCollins imprint

Interview with Shelly Sanders

Author interview with Shelly Sanders, whose latest World War II novel, The Night Sparrow, came out recently with Harper