This might be my longest stretch of not writing since I started my blog seven years ago. We have certainly had the busiest summer I’ve ever had, between Brittany and Switzerland and the States. There was so much moving around during our US visit, and so many friends and family to see, I didn’t even try to blog. But I… Read More
It has been an eventful two weeks. Juliet went to Barcelona to dance under the tutelage of the Opéra de Paris and learn the flamenco (and practice traveling on her own). I waited for her and cleaned my house from top to bottom, ignoring the hole in our wall from a staircase yet to be installed. When my daughter arrived, we took… Read More
I’ve written 12,000 words of my Regency novel, and I’m gaining confidence that I might actually be able to get to the 70-90,000 word finish line. I’m pushing forward without a thought for authentic dialogue or historical accuracy because I can fix those later. Fortunately, I have people like Jaima Fixsen, one of my favorite Regency authors of all time (who I’m now… Read More
Hi everyone. I’m really only writing because I wanted to continue to flex my (mental) writing muscles at a time when it feels like all my words were whisked away. And it’s also to tell you about a couple of things. Juliet and Gabriel played a (tiny) duet last night. This was immediately after Juliet’s dance exam under an external jury…. Read More
You may have heard that Paris was flooded, and I’m sure you’d like news and photos. If I were a good blogger, I would have both. But alas, I have news but no photos. In fact, I really have no photos for this post, and not even much firsthand news. Bad blogger. Bad. Before I get to the news “light edition”, let… Read More
Well that was fun! I have six new winners to share with you today. The first to spin out of Rafflecopter wins a signed print version of The Viscount of Maisons-Laffitte, and the next five to pop out win an e-version of my book. Congratulations to Sasha Maple Jones (I love that name) for winning the signed copy, and to Jacqueline… Read More
