A Virtual Potluck!
I don’t know about you, but I adore food blogs. I’ve got an entire list that I drool over follow. And the fun part is how food and books are mixing these days: food bloggers are hitting the pages, cooking favorite recipes out of food-heavy books and...6 Rules For Surviving Release Day Jitters
For the fourth time in my life, I can type the words “I have a book coming out today!” You’d think it would get easier. But no, I’m a mass of nerves. For over a year, you see, my book baby has led a sheltered existence: much like a real baby,...Meet The Heroine II: Trying To Interview A Busy Chef
My secondary heroine from The Serpent and the Pearl proved to be a bit hard to track down . . . in fact, I had to run her to earth in her kitchens, where she’s up to her elbows in a bowl of flour. Her: Look, I don’t know about this interview business. I...Meet The Hero: A Dangerous Dwarf Gets Interviewed
My her from The Serpent and the Pearl is a reclusive sort, but I dragged him to my blog today for an interview. 😀 Me: Why don’t you introduce yourself for the readers? Him: My name is Leonello. (Props his boots up on my desk unasked) Me: Leonello what? Leonello:...Meet The Heroine: Giulia Farnese Gets Interviewed
The Serpent and the Pearl: a novel of the Borgias releases in just five days! (I’d bite my fingernails, but I don’t have any left.) I’ve been lucky enough to get some wonderful early reviews–the Historical Novel Society reviewers had this to...2013 Historical Novel Society Conference: The Recap
With only two writer conferences under my belt (Historical Novel Society Conference 2011, and Romantic Times Convention 2013), I am far from a veteran. But when I packed my bags for the 2013 Historical Novel Society Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida, I knew enough...Guest Blogger: A Navy Man Talks About Memorial Day
*originally written Memorial Day 2013; updated Memorial Day 2019* Regular followers of my wife’s blog have noticed that she has a soft spot for military men. This works out pretty well for me, being a proud US Navy Petty Officer First Class; we tend to define...
Romantic Times Convention: The Recap
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. One could say the same for the Romantic Times Convention: a jam-packed five days in Kansas City where thousands of the writers, editors, agents, and readers of romance came together to learn, listen, and of course gossip....
In Memoriam: A Great Friend and Mentor
I lost a friend earlier this year. Conrad, a mainstay of my childhood, who I saw only intermittently after growing up and moving cross-country, but who was often in my thoughts. He’s one of the reasons I became a writer of historical fiction in the first place....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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