I have to confess, between Turnip’s love scene (sixteen pages and still going… because Turnip just won’t stop talking), Q&A for the expanded e-book version of that Austen anthology, and some other random bits and pieces, there’s been a lot of writing going on here but not a lot of reading. What have you been [...]

On this sweltering hot day (as I sit down to write Turnip’s hot love scene), here’s a little blast from the past for your amusement. Between February of 2006 and January of 2010, I blogged for a group blog called All-a-Blog. All-a-Blog has gone the way of the dodo, but my wonderful webmistress has made [...]

The “This” is this week’s Mistletoe magnet calendar winner from the If You Like comments… Amanda L.B.! Congrats Amanda! If you email me with your snail mail address, I’ll send the calendar along to you. The “That” is a post on History Hoydens, in which, inspired by Isobel Carr and the Wall Street Journal article [...]

We interrupt our regularly scheduled Teaser Tuesday to announce… there’s been a winner in the Turnip Cover Contest! Head over to Smart Bitches, Trashy Books to check out the hand drawn cover by Joyce. Yep, you read that right: hand drawn. I am in awe. Huge kudos to Joyce! (They actually look like Turnip and [...]

I’m one book into the Ice and Fire series and thoroughly hooked. So…. If you like Game of Thrones, you’ll probably also like: – The Curse of Chalion, by Lois McMaster Bujold; – The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley; – Arrows of the Queen, by Mercedes Lackey; – Daughter of the Empire, by [...]

It’s that time. The entries are in. It’s time to vote in the “Sexytimes for Turnip” cover contest. Just head on over to Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, where the polls are currently open and will be until tomorrow night. If there is sufficient acclaim for any of the covers, I’ll uphold my end of the [...]

There are just twenty-four hours left to provide a cover for Turnip’s missing love scene! The Turnip Photoshop contest, generously hosted by Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, closes at noon on Friday (Eastern Time), with judging to take place over the weekend. If there is a cover of sufficient cuteness, I will dig into my vegetable [...]

The winner of this week’s Mistletoe magnet is… Angel B! Congrats, Angel! You know the drill. Just email me and I’ll pop it in the mail to you. In the meantime, stay tuned for another “If You Like” and another chance to win next Monday– and start photoshopping those covers for Smart Bitches!

The bar at RWA is a very dangerous place. The bar of RWA is a bit like the Champs Elysee. You tend to run into everyone you know. In my first ten minutes there, I bumped into Sarah, from Smart Bitches, and we got to talking about Turnip.As you may know, there were some reviews [...]

For this week’s If You Like, if you like The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, you’ll probably also like…. – The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczy; – Scaramouche, by Rafael Sabatini; – To Catch an Heiress, by Julia Quinn; – The Accidental Duchess, by Jessica Benson; – The Spymaster’s Lady, by Joanna Bourne; – [...]