Every five years or so, I pack my bags and toddle over the North Pole and drop in on London. And this being one of those years, I am about to leave again. I didn't think I was going to go this year—the difficulties of finding a time to leave the family, the...
TV, Movies, & Good Reads
Book, Book Trailer, Booked Out
You could call this week "Booked Up." It's always like that around here the week a book officially drops, or at least most authors like to think of it as a special week, worthy of celebration and events. Or some of us just hide and avoid the computer so we don't know...
Manga Me
Yes, the Japanese manga versions of This Rake of Mine and Something About Emmaline have started to arrive, starting with the two volume set of Emmaline. I have to admit that of all the things that have happened in my career, this really tickles me. I don't know why,...
My GLEE inspired RWA Conference Tips
Hey, I'm not going to Orlando for the Romance Writers of America conference next week. I hadn't planned on going when it was in Nashville, and as I told my editor, I had no desire trade a swamped hotel in Nashville for a hotel in a swamp. But then again, after nearly...
Three Reasons to Love Portland
After a week in Portland and my second visit down there this year, can I just say, I love Portland? I've gone back and forth for years on my own, for booksignings, PLA, reader's conferences and the wonderful luncheon the Rose City Romance chapter puts on each spring....
Maya Rodale Drops By
My friend, Maya Rodale, drops by to talk about: Life in London There’s nothing like living in a place to really know it intimately, and thus to write about it authentically. Since actually visiting Regency London is out of the question, the next best thing is living...