On May 6th, I and a group of other lawyers-turned-author will be addressing a lunch at the Massachusetts Bar Association in downtown Boston. As the press release puts it, this round table will convene published authors from various genres, who will discuss their craft, the path to publication and how their legal experiences [...]

Hi, all!
For those in the New York area, I’ll be reading from The Temptation of the Night Jasmine at The Inspired Word Reading Series this coming Monday. The Inspired Word is held at Tierra Sana Restaurant in Forest Hills, Queens, and features an eclectic mix of writers and performers from every conceivable genre. [...]

One of the many fascinating people I got to hang out with at the PCA conference was Jessica of Racy Romance Reviews (also the coiner of my new favorite phrase, “lair kittens”). For those of you who may wonder whether you’re spending too much time at Almack’s, she just sent me a link to [...]

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Sorry to be AWOL these past few days while the flowery ideas have been flowing (or, more aptly, blooming– it’s hard to imagine a flower in flow). Thank you all so much for the fantastical garden of title ideas. The term “embarrassment of riches” couldn’t be more apt. There are still [...]

As you can see from the sidebar, I’m going to be in New Orleans for the next few days for the Popular Culture Association conference. Since the event doesn’t have a formal book signing, if you’re in the New Orleans area and would like your book signed, just let me know by leaving a [...]

Once again, my publisher and I find ourselves on the thorns of a floral dilemma. As some of you may know, my working title for Pink VI was “Something Something Something Marigold”, since the spy in the novel is named the Marigold.
But let’s face it, Penelope isn’t the sort of heroine to [...]

In a little over a week, I have to give a paper at the Popular Culture Association on the interplay of history and fiction. As I’ve been parsing the topic out (and managing to work myself into a muddle), I’ve posted on the topic today on both History Hoydens and Access Romance. On [...]