Love is worth the risk
The Regency era was complex and diverse. Regency novels tend to be fairly homogenized. I seek out more exotic settings for my Regency characters. My colleague, Mariana Gabrielle creates characters that actually demonstrate diversity in that world, as her latest release shows. Diversity is a passion with her. The book is available for pre-order now […]
Mariana Gabrielle visits the blog today to introduce us to one of her characters from her book Royal Regard. Giveaway: Marianna will give an ebook copy of Royal Regard to one person who comments. Major John Smythe finds himself stymied by the legal process. John tapped his forefinger against the long scroll on the desk before […]
Guest Author! I’m pleased to welcome Jude Knight to my Author Blog today. It is a great way to congratulate her on today’s release of Farewell to Kindness. I had the privilege of an advanced peak at this gem and I know my readers will love it. Why I love writing villains by Jude Knight […]
Today, exclusively in cyberspace, Caroline and Jude Knight tell a story in which two of their characters meet. Half is on Caroline’s blog, and half on Jude’s. If you missed PART 1 it is here. In the virtual worlds of historical fiction, authors create whole societies of characters, interacting with real historical events and even […]
Two hundred years ago today, March 1, 1815, a short, slightly portly, middle-aged general—who had surrendered to his enemies ten months before—landed on a beach a little east of Cannes. This unlikely event set off one of the most remarkable one hundred days in European history. Napoleon was back. After fifteen years of war, untold […]
Research is one necessary task for a writer of historical fiction. Sometimes research uncovers the unexpected. While searching for portrait painters from the Georgian/Regency period I discovered that, when a personal act of George III founded the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768, two of the founding members were women: Mary Moser and Angelica Kauffman. […]
I confess to you sadly that up until a month ago I had never read a Georgette Heyer novel. Worse, gentle readers, when I did, I didn’t like it. I hear the collective gasps of Heyer devotees around the world. I can explain. First, a step back. Having written about the regency era, the question became, […]
Some people have asked if Dangerous Works would have a sequel. Yes! This has been a productive month, and as I picked up steam after the holidays an avalanche of work has overtaken me. (The Great Nor’easter of 2015 is about to hit. Snow is on my mind) I woke up this morning to edited […]
This week I’m participating in a Romance Writers Blog Hop. I almost want to say the Great Romance Writers Blog Hop; it has been passed from writer to writer for some time. Not only do you get to know a little about me and my writing process, but I get to introduce you to fellow […]
I recently saw the question “What is Regency?” My reaction was, “Do you mean people don’t know?” Since Dangerous Works and its soon to follow sequels are set in the era this is a question of some interest to me. Writers chat easily among themselves about what is Regency and what is Georgian and what is Victorian. […]