Sex Appeal: Lee Child & Suze Brockmann Workshop
This workshop by New York Times Bestselling Authors Lee Child and Suze Brockmann at RWA National turned out not what I expected but it was fascinating nonetheless. The subtitle was "Crossing Gender Boundaries" but I have the feeling the room would have been even more...
Online Communites
What Can Internet Communities Do For You? An internet community begins quietly, in a group hosted by Yahoo or Google, in the comments of a blog, or in a single thread of a multi-thread board. Such simple beginnings can blossom into lifelong bonds between posters....
My First Book Signing
When you sign books at the annual Romance Writers of America Literacy Signing, it's pretty much guaranteed that you won't be the center of attention unless you're a New York Times bestselling author. It's 500 authors or so in one huge convention room for two hours....
Review of Dinah of Seneca
I've also added the link to my review page but I wanted to make a separate post about the review because it's my first for Dinah of Seneca and the reviewer really got the story, which thrilled me to no end. Quote: "Final Verdict: I think, given that many of us like...
Cherry Book Club Discussion for Dinah of Seneca!
The Cherry Forum is hosting a book club discussion for Dinah of Seneca beginning on July 15. Come join us if you can! When I joined the Cherry yahoo group years ago, I didn't expect to find such wonderful, awesome people, including Jenny (Jennifer Crusie--The...
Friday Fun–A Snippet From Freya’s Gift
Just something very short. And it's not even erotic. I know, bummer. 🙂 *************** “The problem belongs with you, as chief’s wife. If you wish to lead us, then lead us.” Gerhard turned the full intensity of his gaze on her. “Find a way. Or else we will be...
Season Finales: The Good Wife and Law & Order
Law & Order has been on so long that I can remember my twins loving the ka-CHUNG noise when they were babies. Sometimes L&O is good, sometimes excellent, and, every now and then, it's truly awful. I'm going to miss it like crazy. At least, I'll miss it when...
Dinah of Seneca–Random Quote of the Day
I've just opened to a random page of my book to get this quote. I may make this a habit. 🙂 ************ Sif stood once more and walked to Dinah. Before Dinah could object, Sif grabbed her hand and lifted it to rest on the swollen stomach. Dinah could feel the child...
Spartacus, Rome and Patriarchal Society
When I was writing Dinah of Seneca, one of the reasons I decided to use the Romans, Vikings and Northeastern Native Americans in the same universe was to compare and contrast their societies. The Native Americans of the Northeast were built on a matriarchal base. The...
Dinah of Seneca Quote of the Day
25 Days to go until publication! ************************ “Tabor, do you understand what you are asking? You want me to sneak into the camp of an enemy I know nothing about, evaluate their strength, and report back, all in a single night? On terrain I know nothing...