Love is worth the risk
Jude Knight joins us with facts about All Hallow’s Eve (which we now know as Halloween), and the influence it has on the new Bluestocking Belles collection, Moonlight Madness, a set of independent stories, all set around the end of October. Samhain, a Celtic festival whose name meant “The End of Summer” once fell on […]
Elizabeth Donne joins us this week with facts about Royal Navy Press Gangs and the part they play in her novella in Moonlight Madness. My novella, “Always with You,” appears in the Bluestocking Belles’ Halloween-themed anthology, Moonlight Madness, which is available for pre-order until its launch October 15. The price will revert to retail after […]
Where was I last week? I was in Cape May New Jersey allowing a good friend to do all the driving and wait on me while I rested my shoulder. Two Mondays ago I was pretending it was better than it was. That trip to the airport did me in. I was actually battling some […]
Oops is a word you don’t want to hear from a surgeon, a pilot, or an author when her newest book just came out. That was me last Tuesday, ready to celebrate the release of Tattered Honor. The new release had the correct cover, but the interior had Book 3, Inconvenient Honor, instead of Book […]
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 […]
Elizabeth Donne, fellow Bluestocking Belle, joins us this week to share facts about women’s lives she discovered while writing about the Ladies of Munro. Because Ladies of Munro is a series, my research for those five books turned up a TON (pardon the pun) of information, all of which would be impossible to share in […]
For much of the eighteenth Century, Roman Catholics in England faced penalties for not attending Church of England services. They were also restricted from voting, holding public office (including as an officer in the army or a magistrate) or sitting in Parliament. The Papists Act 1778 allowed Catholics to own land, provided they took an […]
…and hoping I don’t hit rocks. My to do list is a mile long and I’m on my second coffee. Two big things this week: 1. Keep Honor at Heart moving 2. Review my schedule for Book Lovers Con in Vegas and pack. Some small ones in real life, too, before I go away. Honor […]
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 […]
The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light… (Isaiah 9:1) We got a real snow Saturday–the fluffy kind that makes the world look enchanting. Thanks to the kindness of neighbors and family my driveway is clear and I can get out! Kindness is always light in the world. I also got candles […]