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This year, my Christmas shopping battle plan included a good deal of Amazon engagement. Wish Lists Not only did I shop for friends and family on Amazon, when my husband and son asked what I wanted for Christmas, I referred them … Continue reading →
If you’ve read my Regency novel, Bella’s Band, you know the hero’s uncle, Lord Grigsby, was himself a newlywed. While I was hard at work on another Regency series, Grigsby nagged at me relentlessly to tell his story. As a result, I’m excited to share the … Continue reading →
Last week, I told you about the October event where I’ll be one of three Orange County, California authors reading at a tea celebrating Jane Austen. Romance author and Romance Readers Club organizer Deanna Cameron asked me about appearing at … Continue reading →
Words are a writer’s tools, and for authors of Regency romance, the vocabulary of cant adds color and humor to story. But what is cant? Cant is slang. Merriam Webster says it is “the private language of the underworld”. But it’s also the … Continue reading →
This past weekend I persuaded my husband to go with me on another research trip, this time to attend an historical reenactment, an English country dance, or more specifically, a ball Celebrating the glorious victories of Admiral Lord Horatio Viscount Nelson … Continue reading →
I’m happy to announce that Bella’s Band is a 2015 RONE finalist in the Historical: Post Medieval category! What are the RONE awards? This is a subject I blogged about on April 20th, but in brief: Each year InD’tale Magazine … Continue reading →
Many Regency romances are set against the dramatic backdrop of an island nation fighting for its very survival against a messianic European man bent on world domination. (Echoes of World War II? Who says history doesn’t repeat itself!) At the height of the conflicts with Napoleon, … Continue reading →
A few months ago I posted about hunting in Georgian and Regency England and about how the peace that followed the Napoleonic Wars impacted the economy and hunting laws of England. I’ve been researching the topic of smuggling in England … Continue reading →
An Anniversary… A few weeks ago I wrote about the story world of author Georgette Heyer, and an upcoming post I was working on. My article about Regency Buck, the first Regency romance, published in 1935, went live yesterday on the Beau Monde … Continue reading →
Late December 1811 found Lord Wellington in his winter quarters in the town of Frenada, Portugal. He and his officers rode out on fox hunts and dined with friends in their lodgings. Some of the younger officers staged a production … Continue reading →