August 25, 2010 – 10:33 am
The past few weeks have slipped by in whirlwind of feedings, diaper changes, baths and best of all, smiles. My tiny baby who arrived one month early has grown from 5 pounds 12 ounces to 15 pounds! My son is a wonderful baby. He is a joy to play with and care for each day. [...]
June 30, 2010 – 6:16 am
I am thrilled to announce my first giveaway: an autographed copy of A Groom of One’s Own by Maya Rodale, the first book in her Writing Girl Series! Leave a comment and your name will be dropped into a hat. The winner will be announced on July 4th.
Now you may be wondering why I selected [...]
March 19, 2010 – 9:25 am
To say I have spent the past few months revising Flirting with Scandal seems a bit of an understatement. A more apt description would be: I took the novel apart, redesigned many of the parts, and put it back together. And now it is finally complete! (For now at least.)
What inspired the revisions? Detailed critiques [...]
December 8, 2009 – 8:48 am
As many of you may have noticed, I took a brief hiatus from the blogging world recently. What have I been up to since my last entry? And why am I celebrating?
First, I am proud to say that I recently completed many months of revisions on my second historical romance, Courting Scandal, and an excerpt is [...]
October 26, 2009 – 9:02 am
As you may have noticed, I’ve been absent from the blogging world for the past few weeks. Where have I been? Revising and rewriting. I’ve spent the last month editing my recently completed manuscript Courting Scandal.
In brief, I would describe this story as a Regency era battle of the sexes between London’s unofficial queen [...]
June 8, 2009 – 3:44 pm
I am thrilled to announce a new title for The Virtuous Courtesan. Following conversations with my former publishing world coworkers, and feedback from some of my early readers, I decided to change the title to Flirting with Scandal.
While the title, The Virtuous Courtesan, worked with the overall premise—an innocent twenty-something lady whose best friend’s unconventional plan leads her [...]
May 26, 2009 – 7:41 am
My writing day usually begins with a cup of coffee and visits to my favorite blogs (see previous post on The Blogsphere for a detailed list). After that I settle in with my cat curled up on the desk beside me and write. Since I completed my latest revision of The Virtuous Courtesan, I’ve been [...]