Loretta Chase's Blog, page 34

Olivia hijacks me at Pop Culture Junkie

I know, I know.  It's been a busy week.  Blah, blah, blah.  Me, me, me.  But Olivia, heroine of Last Night's Scandal, is more entertaining.  She certainly thinks so. 

You'll find her view of the world at Pop Culture Junkie.

Interview & book giveaway

Yes, I've been talking about myself a lot lately.  Here's another interview, this time at Romantic Crush Junkies.

It's on until Sunday 26 September.  If you stop by and leave a comment, you might win one of two copies they're giving away of Last Night's Scandal.

Talking with my friends in Italy

In honor of Last Night's Scandal—and just because they're incredibly nice about my books—Isn't it Romantic has posted an interview with me.  Bilingual skills are not necessary:  It's in English as well as Italian. 

Last Night's Scandal makes Booklist Top Ten

Time for some of that annoying author bragging.

I'm delighted to report that Last Night's Scandal has been selected as one of Booklist's Top Ten Romances of 2010.

Rex Carolvs means what?

Continuing the illustrated, annotated version of Last Night's Scandal...

As followers of the Two Nerdy History Girls blog are acutely aware, I spend a lot of time on historical trivia that many readers probably don't find all that thrilling. You can imagine my excitement, then, when a reader is sufficiently intrigued to ask me to explain an obscure detail in one of my books. 

Today's query

The clothes Olivia bought in Paris...

FRENCH FASHIONS
OPERA DRESS. A DRESS composed of rose-coloured chaly, a low corsage finished by a lappel of a perfectly novel shape, which falls very far over the sleeve, and is embroidered in a light running pattern in white lloize silk. The sleeves are between the Amadis and gigot shape. The fronts and border of the dress are embroidered en tunique in white floize silk. The embroidery, narrow

What Olivia wore

Alert readers will have noticed the comments running through Last Night's Scandal regarding fashions.   I thought I would post some illustrations, to give you a better sense of what my characters were talking about.

You'll find the description for the Carriage Dress and Bonnet(at left) over at Two Nerdy History Girls.  Here's more from FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER, 1831 from La Belle Assemblée. 

Julia Child's Kitchen

A few weeks ago, on a trip south for a wedding, we stopped in Washington D.C. for a couple of days, to visit friends and, of course, museums.  I have a long list of places in D.C. I want to visit, but there's never enough time for more than one or two.  This time, inspired by Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci's marvelous performances in Julie and Julia, I went straight to the Smithsonian to visit

Ebooks abroad

Just shoot me now.

I should have titled this blog "Ebooks in Hell."

I have received several messages from irate disappointed readers regarding problems they're having getting Last Night's Scandal in ebook format in the UK and Australia.

For the record:  I did not forbid anybody to sell ebooks of my stories in any country.  Neither did my agent or my publisher.

What happened is that ebook

Last Night's Scandal makes the lists

Given the heavy competition this month, I was amazed and thrilled to learn that Last Night's Scandal made the New York Times Mass Market list (at #32), the USA Today Bestseller list (at #81), and Borders (at #9).  This is pretty exciting, considering the lists cover only a few days since the book came out.

Lisle & Olivia's story has also received some really nice reviews at Smart Bitches Trashy