January 11, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.
One of the joys of writing books is the human connection you create with readers. I felt this the most from writing Song of Salzburg and as I look back at the text and rethink the story, I am convinced it is in part because this book really touches on the journey of an artist. […]
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July 12, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.
Launched in April to a big splash…
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July 31, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.
While researching for A Lady’s Maid, I found myself on numerous occasions, standing up and pacing. “How?” “Why?” Even the teenage, “I can’t even…” all rushed through my mind. Then I would rush back to the screen, trying to puzzle through how a human could come to another and say, “We want our voice to […]
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June 5, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.
Yes. Women were there, asking for the right to vote while Darcy found Elizabeth not tolerable enough. Women were there when Heathcliff was making us all depressed. Women were marching for suffrage during the Dashwoods’ many plights. Women were there during Roman times. Women ruled during the time of the Egyptians. And yet, they weren’t […]
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June 5, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.
In a romance, the proposal or marriage comittment is what is happening on the OUTSIDE. A kiss, a proposal, a marriage are all important symbols. But what’s more important, of course, is the INNER emotional journey.
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November 17, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.
Complicated: the best word to use when describing England’s change to greater democracy. What could they do, with the French Revolution so close at their heels? Fear dictated much of the lawmaking. At the forefront, they wished to avoid the terror from across the channel. Undercurrents of resistance to change, the noble class’s feelings of […]
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October 26, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.
While researching for my first Regency romance, The Nobleman’s Daughter, I asked over and over, “But what about the poor people? Have they no rights? No recourse? Who is caring for them?” I had a wonderful story in mind highlighting the beautiful and wealthy elite–the plight of the poor mercilessly bumped it aside. So I […]
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July 17, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.
“They seek him here. They seek him there. Those Frenchies seek him anywhere…” The Scarlet Pimpernel. A Tale of Two Cities. Les Miserables. I have a thing for the French Revolution. Where tragedy strikes, heroes rise. It always happens. When oppression grinds, freedom struggles against it. The human spirit beacons, like a fiery torch and […]
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May 24, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.
Regency. If you love Regency, you really love it. If you haven’t read a true Regency Romance yet, find yourself one. Usually when we think of Regency, we think of Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, pretty dresses, handsome Lords, the marriage mart. Servants to follow you everywhere and respond to your every wish. Reading a […]
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