Author’s Blog

Humming Along

It is late in the day here, but I’ve been humming like a hive of busy bees all day.  It was a good week, over all, since I made my Big Decision. So good, in fact, that I actually got to my newsletter. Of course, the platform I use has an entirely new system, and […]

Sanity Returns

Last week’s post gave me pause. I read what I had written and reread it. What I was asking of myself sounded impossible.  I went about my week mulling it over. (I also saw a sleep specialist about my chronic exhaustion.) I went through my calendar a few times, and there was one inescapable conclusion. […]

On My Toes

I’m back from my travels, avoiding the heat, and tap dancing as fast as I can. Figuratively speaking, of course. I’m dancing among projects and Life as usual. The cane in the picture is more real. After falling (yes again–banged my knee) I decided I need to keep using it, if only to remind me […]

Historical Fact and the Alternative

This week Jude Knight brings us historical facts about Arthur, Prince of England and a big “What if…” The facts… Catherine, a princess of Spain, was betrothed to Arthur of England from when she was a small child. She grew up knowing she would be Queen of England, and in 1501, she and Arthur were […]

French Spies

Cerise DeLand joins us this week with facts about the Napoleonic wars that demanded spies planted in Britain. The true bits in my novel, LORD HALSEY’S TEMPTESTUOUS MINX,  provide motivation and the central problem for my characters, Inès Bechard and Evan, Lord Halsey, to solve. In 1805, after the victory at Trafalgar, Bonaparte’s turn of […]