Author’s Blog

4 Reasons Editors Rock

Here I am, completely isolated in my boat studio, pouring over notes from my editor, and making changes—I wish! (Thank you Monet for the fantasy, however) It may as well be true because I’ve been completely absorbed in the task since Saturday and have lost all track time and day. I am posting my Monday […]

A Recluse and a Refugee

Highlighting Historical Romance: Dorothy A Bell We’re pleased to present an interview with the author. CW: Please tell us about the historical background for your book. Baker City and Sumpter, Oregon experienced a big gold rush after the Civil War years. The famous lost Blue Bucket mine is in the Blue Mountains somewhere waiting to […]

3 Reasons I’m Not An Editor

When I was an eager college freshman, an admired professor of rhetoric looked over her spectacles and marked me for life. “You have talent,” she said, “but you didn’t have second grade phonics, did you?” Sigh. I didn’t. I had to look up what she meant. I lacked a certain fundamental understanding of English as […]

Not All Rainbows and Sisterhood

Highlighting Historical Fiction with Nicole Evelina Someone asked me not long ago what the most surprising thing that I uncovered during my research for Madame Presidentess, a biographical historical fiction novel about Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President in the United States in 1872. I could talk about her crazier-than-life family or […]

A Scotland Road Trip

Highlighting Romance… Today C.D. Hersh takes us on the road with a contemporary paranormal story Many books require research, and The Mercenary and the Shifters was no exception. We had to research a bunch of things for this book, but our favorite was the Hebrides Islands in Scotland. It’s a lot of fun when your […]