Author’s Blog

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 […]

On the Road Again

I’m off to visit Texas and a good friend. We will talk and talk, mostly about books, as we’ve been doing for 65 years. (Really) Consequently I won’t be back to put up a Coffee posting next Monday. I’m leaving things in good shape. Honor at Heart,  Book Four, Tattered Honor is up for pre-order. I will […]

Thegns and Scribes

Elizabeth Donne Joins us today to talk about medieval thegns and scribes, and how they impacted her story The Legend Begins, Book One of Forevers in Fenwick. Although The Legend Begins is a Regency novella, the legend itself supposedly originated in 924AD with a scribe called Alwin. Medieval scribes are commonly imagined as monks, copying […]

Deadlines

Pushing forward day after day, as many words as you can eke out, is sometimes what it takes to get a story finished. It doesn’t always flow like water. Some of you know I’ve been struggling the past month. Step by step, pushing myself along, I finished a rough draft of “Not Again, Harry,” for […]