"It's a Brazen cover." You don't know how many times in my career I have heard another writer describe their cover, or someone else's as "a Brazen cover." The look is now iconic, but in 1996, the cover for Brazen Angel was a brand new take on covers—the tousled...
Elizabeth’s Books
Hero Worthy
My husband asked me last week what I liked best about having my Brazen books back out. And the answer was immediate and easy: Because it gives me the chance to tell the story how my first book came to be published. It actually gives me a chance to tell the world what...
The Inside Joke
I have a confession to make. I put inside jokes in all my books. I can't help myself. They amuse me. I am writing along and I put them in and then I spend a few minutes doing the "Do I? or Don't I?" back and forth. And they usually always end up in the final book. I...
Whirlwind Trip
Whipped down to Los Angeles last week for a whirlwind Reader's Tea at the Huntington Beach Library. No one ever has to prod me very hard to fly down to Southern California—I really love it down there. Blue skies, palm trees, blue skies. Mostly the sunshine makes...
What's an Author to do . . .
Well, get her book done. Right now I am in the home stretch of finishing a book and there is chorus going round the house right now is "When my book is done—". I don't think I can compose the strident tone or the aggravated, please don't bother me AGAIN notes...
Shout Out
I am going to make this announcement short and sweet, because I am in the home stretch of finishing up Along Came a Duke and don't want to dally around the issue. So here it is: Last week's blog winner is: PhyllisC, commenter #29, who also tweeted as MamaCrab01....
