When Jealousy Is Not a Curse - My Georgette Heyer Addiction
THIS WAS A GUEST POST ON THE MIMI MATTHEWS ROMANCE * LITERATURE * HISTORY BLOG I’m admitting upfront to a case of author envy when it...
If You Could Only List 10 Books...
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN A while ago, there was a Facebook tag going around asking people to list 10 books that had stayed with them –...
Bring on the Writers of Tomorrow
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN I seem to be a rare bird in romance circles in that I’ve never experienced a look-down-the-nose snotty response...
Kitchen Duties - Take Them Away Please
LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE COLUMN I take quite a bit of time planning the living spaces of the main characters in my novels – the layout,...
Are You Okay? Not If You Keep Asking Me
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN A year or so ago, I was judging a writing contest. I'll confess that while I really enjoy reading competition...
Pick Me! Pick Me! Casting Call for Georgette Heyer
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN I’m not saying this is a universal truth, but I am saying it’s a widespread phenomenon: ask a romance writer...
A Waft of Scent, Dark and Dangerous
LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE COLUMN The title of this blog is a straight pinch from an as-yet-unpublished manuscript of mine, but it sums up...
Sticks and Stones...and Choosing Names
LOVE IS THE BEST MEDICINE COLUMN Last month, I started writing a new book. It’s my ninth book, but if you count two half-completed novels...
My Convict Heart
PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN Two days ago was 'Australia Day' – a national public holiday that’s all about unifying a nation, but is also a...
Let's Take It Outside
FROM THE GET LOST IN A STORY BLOG SITE A Canadian once told me you could always tell the Aussies apart from everyone else living in...