I went down to Book Expo last week. Actually, I went to Disneyland with the kids and the DH and snuck out Sunday morning to do Book Expo. Book Expo is the publishing trade show where publishers, book folks, booksellers, librarians and all sorts of book related...
Elizabeth
Seeing Pirates
When I came home the other day and told my husband I'd seen a pirate ship parked alongside the road, he suggested that perhaps I was enjoying writing Dash's story a little too much. You know, spending all day writing about a pirate, then seeing them everywhere. He...
A 3 Day Weekend
The weatherman made a huge mistake and we had a beautiful weekend here in Seattle—despite his dire predictions of rain and cold. So between writing 15 pages (which is what The Plan had me writing over the weekend) I also replanted my deck pots with new annuals,...
Innovating in Other Ways
I will modestly tell you that I recently won a Career Achievement Award for Innovative Historical Romance from Romantic Times last month. It was one of those really surprising moments—the sort of "I won? No way!" stunning shock, and the next moment where you...
Totally Fun for Monday
Part of this business of writing is promotion. Finding the right promo piece that will be different and yet far reaching. Something that isn't going to take a pipeline of oil to finance, and in the bargain, will be easy to share with as many people as possible. Just...
The Cat is Out of the Bag
So I really did let it slip in my Monday blog (down below) what it is I am writing. Yes, it is true, I am writing Pippin and Dash's book. If you can't recall who Pippin and Dash are, then you haven't read This Rake of Mine or Love Letters from a Duke. I'm not holding...
