Author’s Blog

Even Villainy Requires Research

Rue Allyn joins us today to share her research into the British army commissariat, and the opportunities for villainy she found there. I’m currently working on a novella for a Bluestocking Belles group project. My novella is scheduled to launch in September of 2026. I had some difficulty coming up with story conflicts, until I […]

Marching Along

March crept in like a lamb but it has been roaring like a lion for a week. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, or, if your area is like mine, Happy Irish week! Parades, green everything and shenanigans. Much has been done lately and there is much to do. The final copy for Family Honor and A […]

The Eternal City 1841

Linda Rae Sande continues her Grand Tour of the Aristocracy with facts about Rome. If you’ve ever been to the Eternal City, you’ve probably had a chance to climb the Spanish Steps or stare up at the oculus in the ceiling of the Pantheon. Maybe you’ve dunked your hand into one of the hundreds of […]

Alarming

A jarring sound and a voice yelling FIRE woke me up in the middle of the night. One (but only one) of my fire alarms went off. I turned it off and checked high and low. No smoke. No fire. It happened four times, alas. I put an air filter on in the room and […]

All a Blur

No one in the USA can have missed the news of the blizzard conditions on the east coast. Here in the urban wilds of eastern Pennsylvania we are buried in over a foot of snow but we avoided the blizzard force winds, thank goodness. I am hunkered down with soup in the fridge (and cold […]