Love is worth the risk
Where do we begin with gratitude? With the things that gratify, provide instant pleasure, or enhance our ego? With the things in our immediate circle, perhaps, like family and friends? Yes that one I think. The obvious things are faith, which gives direction and foundation of strength, and health, which enables me to build on […]
I have always loved Thanksgiving. It has all the family joy and none of the angst of Christmas. Well, maybe not none exactly but much less. What do I like? Gratitude. Thanksgiving reminds us to thank the Almighty but doesn’t impose and denominational expectations about how we do it. There is plenty to be thankful […]
Highlighting Historical Romance with Jasmine Hill My novel, Lillian’s Light Horseman encompasses particular aspects of my husband’s family history. His grandfather was a decorated Light Horseman during WWI and by all accounts quite a ladies man. The Australian Light Horse were mounted infantry often selected for their excellent riding skills and marksmanship, many of them […]
I should call this post four reasons I’m exhausted before I start this week. The Bluestocking Belles Facebook party to celebrate the launch of Holly and Hopeful Hearts lasted 11.5 hours yesterday and I was there for most of it. Behind the scenes things got a bit frantic, but on the page it went swimmingly. […]
Highlighting Historical Romance: Madelyn Hill answers our questions about the genre. Caroline: Why do you write historical romance (or historical novels if appropriate)? Madelyn: I love to write historical romance because it is my favorite genre to read. I also love history, research and I’m an old movie buff. There are so many great things […]
Today is the release day for Holly and Hopeful Hearts, eight all-new novellas with five star reviews from the Bluestocking Belles. Amazon US: http://ow.ly/INwa3049Ey3 Amazon UK: http://ow.ly/ZMuH3049ELM Amazon Australia: http://ow.ly/TczG3049EQ2 Amazon Canada: http://ow.ly/IERm3049EYM Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/664559 Kobo: http://ow.ly/Vx1n304jGzj Barnes & Noble: http://ow.ly/LqCI304jGuS iBooks: http://ow.ly/JcSI304jGWE We will party on Facebook on Sunday, November 13 from 11AM to […]
Last Monday I wrote that my goal for the day was to give my current manuscript a read-through and plan the road forward. When I did I discovered that the plot had wandered into a swamp. All the fast pacing and relationship building I had done in the first half had bogged down in the […]
Highlighting Historical Romance with Sandra Schwab This summer I re-released my Gothic romance (well, at least it was intended to be a Gothic romance) Castle of the Wolf, in which my English heroine unexpectedly inherits a mysterious castle in the Black Forest, but, alas, finds it inhabited by the grumpiest man imaginable (but he’s kind […]
Highlighting Historical Fiction: Jude Knight brings us her research on English and French cuisine for one of her two stories in Holly and Hopeful Hearts, the Bluestocking Belles’ 2016 Holiday Anthology. In the kitchens of Hollystone Hall, in my story A Suitable Husband, we see one battle in the grand war of cuisines that consumed […]
When the Duchess of Haverford organizes a house party, the staff faces many challenges. No one expected the housekeeper’s cat to give birth in a most inconvenient spot. Soon the guests arrive and the kittens make free with the house. You’ll find an opportunity to win one at the end of this post. For now, […]