Author’s Blog

Not So Fast

Is it Monday? No? TUESDAY??? Oh dear. You may suspect things have been peculiar. Just as a reached a sense that I am back and my writing is in a groove, I fell. Details unneeded, except to say nothing is broken/no permanent damage. What are a few days in the hospital, follow up appointments, home […]

To Be Jewish and Wealthy in Regency London

Welcome Sara Adrien who brings the facts about Jewish families in the upper society of the Regency Era as they appear in her book, Margins of Love. If you’ve read even a handful of Regency romances, you know the world well: Ballrooms—Dukes—Family names that carry centuries of entitlement. But what if I told you some […]

Back to Work

I’m back at my desk, rested and energetic. If you read my newsletter that went out yesterday, you will have read that I feel like my writing picked up speed this summer until it is almost back to normal. Since I got back I did a final edit on Well Done, Harry for the Winter […]

Jewish Jewelers to the Crown?

The UK Crown Jeweler couldn’t be a Jew–or could he? Join Sara Adrien to speculate about what might have been and the secret history behind Instead of Harmony It sounds like fantasy: a Jewish man rising to the title of Crown Jeweler in Regency England. But peel back the layers of fiction, and you’ll find […]

Time for a Rest

I have company this week, and, if I’m not precisely resting, at least I’m taking a break from writing. A good friend has come to stay and we’ve been running around like loons. One day, Cape May and a hike at the Nature Conservancy, plus seafood dinner. One day, off to Boscov’s the last of […]