I first discovered Lauren Willig in the supermarket–well, her first book, The Secret History of The Pink Carnation was an impulse purchase at the checkout aisle due to the pretty cover and lovely title. After reading it, I bought all of her other books because her style of “historical chic-lit” (as I’ve heard it described) [...]
I host ONE party every year, and it’s for the Oscars. I’m not particularly a movie fan and I’m generally not a fan of the kind of movies the Academy nominates (a lil’ too serious for my tastes) but my Oscar party has become a tradition. Since I have the TINIEST TV ever, I compensate [...]
Those novels don’t write themselves…Penelope helps!
Writing sex scenes is part of the job of being a romance author. Writing blogs is also part of the job. Ditto writing blogs about writing sex scenes…
Writing a love scene really isn’t much different than any other kind—there is setting, action, characters, dialogue, etc. Yet writing them can make an author nervous. Whether writing [...]
I daresay Lady Jane’s Salon was a splendid success! We had a wonderful crowd–every plush velvet seat at Madame X was filled a lovely romance fan. There was lots of chatting and laughter, but we all got quiet to hear Andrea Pickens to read from The Scarlet Spy. Lady Jane co-founder Hope Tarr read from [...]
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