Titles are hard things to pin down—at least I find them difficult, and I can ponder and panic about finding the perfect title for a book for weeks. Titles also don’t begin with an O, but bear with me. Cinderella is my favorite fairy tale. I guess it’s the romantic in...
I'm visiting The Reading Cafe this afternoon, and my topic is historical romance. Let me tell you why you should read historical romance :) There's a giveaway, so don't forget to enter to win a copy of The Spurned Viscountess while you're there. The Reading Cafe
When we visited Shanghai everyone in our group was eager to experience the fast train. It’s a high-speed magnetic levitation train. The train travels the 30 km (18.6 miles) in seven minutes and twenty seconds. All I know is that it was incredibly fast. The scenery...
Author Cathy Yardley has an excellent post about Selling Books (without being an asshat). She says nobody wants to badger readers — but “if we want to sell books, what else can we do?” Right? Read the rest of her article here. I have to say, from my own...
I’m absolutely thrilled and honored to announce that my paranormal shapeshifter story Lone Wolf (published by Samhain Publishing) won the 2012 Psyche Award at The Romance Studio’s annual CAPA awards. Lone Wolf is available in both e-format and...
It’s definitely summer here in New Zealand with higher than normal temperatures scorching the country. Bella has taken to cooling off by lying on her back with all her feet in the air. I call it her hot, hot, hot! pose. Later today I’m visiting Not Your Usual Suspects...
As I sit here writing this post, I’m wearing a T-shirt (purchased at Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo-Jump in Canada) and shorts. My favorite summer outfit. When the days grow shorter and the temperatures become cooler, my uniform changes to a T-shirt and jeans. I love...
London. It’s a place I dreamed of visiting after hearing the poem about Christopher Robin and Alice as a child. Do you know the one I mean? Here’s the first verse: Buckingham Palace by A.A. Milne They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace - Christopher Robin went...
1. Legends of werewolves have been with us since Greek times and even earlier. 2. European folk law in particular is full of tales of men shifting to wolves. 3. In one of the legends, Ovid (Metamorphoses) served human flesh to Zeus. In punishment, he was changed to a...
