2015 Historical Novel Society Conference: The Recap
As is now traditional: my recap of the 2015 Historical Novel Society Conference! With two HNS conferences under my belt before jetting off to Denver, I knew two things going in: 1) There would be much fun and very little sleep, and 2) What happens at the conference,...
Q&A With Roma Nova Author Alison Morton!
Alison Morton was kind enough to host me for a Q&A on her blog when LADY OF THE ETERNAL CITY came out – now that Alison’s latest book in her ROMA NOVA series has been released, I’m delighted to welcome her to my blog today! Even before she pulled...Lady of the Eternal City: The Movie
HBO just called, and they’re giving Lady of the Eternal City the “Game of Thrones treatment! Sigh – I wish. But until the day Weiss & Benioff are leaving me urgent voice-mails, a girl can dream – and I don’t know a writer out there...
A Gift For My Readers
I have been hugely touched by the good wishes, the prayers, and the wonderful support coming in from readers after my house fire of two weeks ago. It’s been a rollercoaster two weeks, but the Overseas Gladiator and I are fighting our way back to normality: burns...
Quinn’s Inferno
Last week my house suffered a catastrophic fire. I’ve been asked “How did it happen?” so many times I could tell the story in my sleep, but I’ll tell it again on the page. I think for a writer, it isn’t real until we’ve written it...Top 10 Books of 2014
I’m about to start a long road trip, throwing the Praetorian Dog in the car and heading off to spend Christmas with the Dowager Librarian in California–but I’ve got just enough time to turn out the mandatory Top Ten Books I Read This Year! blog...The 13 Stages of Copyediting Madness
1. Page 2: Hey, this book isn’t so bad. 2. Page 81: That’s the fourth misspelled word . . . and those are just the ones I caught. Wait, how many am I missing?! 3. Start over. 4. Send panicked email to writing buddy begging for one more reread of...
My House Is Tidy. And I Hate It.
The reason everything is tidy is because my husband is gone. Now, he’s not a slob–the faucets in our bathrooms are shined to pass a Navy inspection, and he actually reproaches me if I do the vacuuming without him–but clean and tidy are two very...10 Warning Signs of a Bookworm Child
Do any of these 10 things seem familiar? Then you were (or have given birth to) a bookworm child. 1. An advanced ability to walk while reading. Forget those skits where the kid walks book-first into a glass door. A true bookworm child can navigate a full schoolbus...The Alice Network
In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption.
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