Attention, Readers and Writers Everywhere
Before the Internet, there was a very simple unwritten contract that existed between writers and readers. That contact went simply: “I, The Reader, will read whatever books take my fancy. I am free to disparage the books I don’t like/gush about the books I...Daughters of Rome: The Movie
Here’s a question I get quite a lot from readers: will your books ever be made into movies? The answer, I’m sorry to say, is no. So far, at least, and probably for the forseeable future. Historical movies or TV shows cost an arm and a leg to make: the...Historical Novel Society Conference: The Recap
“What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” One could say the same for the Historical Novel Society conference: a jam-packed two days in sunny San Diego where writers, editors, agents, and fans came together to learn, listen, and of course gossip. My very...A Navy Wife’s Look At Memorial Day
Fire up the grill; it’s Memorial Day. Baseball games, beautiful weather, rippling flags, hot barbecue, and a three-day weekend; all good things. But few of us bother to think much anymore about why we get this day off. Last year on this day, I posted my own...Coming Soon In 2011 . . .
I used to think there was nothing better than finding a terrific new book that I’ve never read before. Wrong. Even better than that is finding a terrific new book that I’ve never read before, then discovering that it is the first of a series and two more...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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