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All the delightful details of my new book, as I write it.

Planning the Wedding Menu: Regency & Today

In an early draft of A Groom Of One’s Own there was a scene where the characters planned the menu for the wedding breakfast. It got cut because nothing particularly interesting happened and I never really fixed it up because I kept getting hungry and wandering away from my computer for “nuppin to eat” as [...]

A Wedding Gown Of My Own

I hadn’t really thought a lot about my wedding growing up—other than the dress. I daydreamed about the gown a lot, but I could never quite decide on what I wanted, but I knew I hated lace.
And then I started looking at bridal catalogues….joy! raptures! And I ripped out pages of the dresses I liked [...]

Here’s the story…

I’ve been writing about writing the story of A Groom Of One’s Own, formerly known as The Sinfully Seductive Rakish Rogue’s Mysterious Midnight Mistress of Pleasure. But I don’t think I’ve written much about the story itself! Here’s a little bit about it…

A handsome duke. His beautiful soon-to-be duchess. A whirlwind courtship. It is this [...]

Weddings, Weddings Everywhere!

In case you missed my previous blog post–I’M ENGAGED! I’ve celebrated. I’ve broken my engagement ring already and gotten it fixed. Now it’s time to start planning the wedding!
2o10 is already shaping up to be the year of weddings for me. My real-life ceremony will take place in Fall of this year. And then my [...]

And the title of my next book is…

In the end, it was inevitable that my publisher would reject my title: The Sinfully Seductive Rakish Rogue’s Mysterious Midnight Mistress of Pleasure. Fitting it on a mass-market size book in a readable font size was an insurmountable challenge. Instead, the new title is….
Well, first let’s talk about how books get titles!
An author submits a [...]

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