Author’s Blog

Curveballs

Life throws things at us. Sometimes we don’t see them coming. Sometimes we swing and miss. Last week was like that. I have known for a while that my old version of Word for Mac was aging. It had not received an update in a year or two. I decided it was time to upgrade. […]

Women at Cambridge

Join Anne Knight and read about her research regarding women’s education at Cambridge and her novella, Spinning Our Dreams My novella Spinning Our Dreams revolves around Cambridge University—specifically, Girton College, the first women’s college at Cambridge. It was founded by women with financial backing from progressive men in 1869, and the University grudgingly allowed Girton […]

Shorter Days, More Reading

The time change fell on us last weekend. Either I need to hit the ground early every day or learn to work in my office after dark. Why don’t I usually work in the evening? I have to close the blinds on the nine windows that surround me, and I miss the light and view […]

The Perfect Victorian Christmas

Sara Bennett joins us this week with her novella, Lord Ravenhill Comes For Christmas, and the facts behind a perfect Victorian Christmas. I have written a Christmas novella! I have always craved a white Christmas so I wrote one, and dived into the sort of Christmas traditions that became so popular during the Victorian era. […]

Beginnings

Is this crisp weather we’re having here in the urban wilds the end of summer or the beginning of winter? We went from one to the other rather abruptly. Meanwhile, Bluestocking Belles and Friends are looking at the very end of a project, the day Love’s Perilous Road is launched into the hands of readers […]