I had one of the most amazing author platform experiences earlier this month listening to Ann Patchett talk about her life, her work, and her bookstore. Subjects ranging from the state of publishing to owning Parnassus Books http://www.parnassusbooks.net/  in book-loving Nashville, Tennessee. The evening was hosted by the writing department at UNC-Asheville and by Malaprops Books http://malaprops.com/ one of …
5 Stars for Mary Dyer: Illuminated My Thoughts: MARY DYER: ILLUMINATED is an example of historical fiction at its finest. A biographical work spanning the first forty years of Mary’s life, this novel paints beautiful descriptions of old England and old London. The history is amazingly well researched yet the story is smoothly, clearly …
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That’s right, people. STOP! In your unseemly haste to read as many historical novels on medieval royalty, Renaissance intrigue and war craft, Tudor and Elizabethan gowns, sex, and bastards, and Regency balls with chiseled rakes who abduct sassy heiresses or perform intricate steps of a social morality dance, you have sped past the very century …
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Once again you may be asking yourself, where have I been for an age? Mostly, I have been working at the day job, which has gone from part time to full time. This has cut back on my online time, as has the fact that I am now living in the NC mountains, and I …
CONFESSIONS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE by Juliet Grey 5 Stars From the first page, Juliet Grey breathes new life into historical fact, making Marie Antoinette live again even as she approaches her death. Of course, the lovely queen does not realize that she is doomed, as the reader does, and she fights for her life from …
So what do we do when we’re not writing? We work, we see our families, we deal with the day to day. We drive to work. And that’s where today’s inspiration comes from…just a few bits of beauty that accompany me as I journey to my day job everyday. As I pass these things, and …