Today, I’ve popped over to Vicariously Jane Austen for a quick chat about books, writing, and That Austen Anthology.

If you like romances with a time travel component, you’ll probably like…. – Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander, the gold standard by which so many time travel novels are judged– and there are lots of sequels! – Beatriz Williams’ Overseas, which I can’t recommend highly enough– the only hitch is that it doesn’t come out until May [...]

It’s your last chance to vote in the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards! Orchid is up in the Romance category. Voting in the Semifinals ends today….

Thanks to the generosity of Vicki Parsons and Georgia Gwinnett College, we have a Garden Intrigue pre-party! The Garden Intrigue pre-launch launch takes place on February 15th (Book Launch Eve!) in the Student Center of Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The evening kicks off with a reception at six o’clock, followed by some talking [...]

Having gotten socked with the mother of all stomach bugs, this seemed like a good time to write about comfort reads, those books you turn to when you’re so thoroughly wiped out that turning a page feels like a major endeavor. Like the time I wound up reading J.R. Ward’s first three Black Dagger Brotherhood [...]

I now have the full schedule of Garden Intrigue events in Chicago…. Drum roll, please! – 2/20 (Monday): Kick-off! Reading & Signing at 57th Street Books, 6:00. – 2/22 (Wednesday): Barrington Public Library, 1:30; Warren Newport Public Library, 7:00. – 2/23 (Thursday): Cook Memorial Library, 12:30; Wauconda Public Library, 7:00. I’ll have more details on [...]

Today on History Hoydens, I posted about fiction posing as fact– and the pluses and minuses thereof.

Orchid Affair is a semi-finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards! To help The Orchid Affair make it to the finals, just click here to vote. Thanks so much to everyone who nominated Orchid!

Come join me and the always amazing Tasha Alexander for an evening of happy babble about historical fiction: 6:30, Murder by the Book, 2342 Bissonnet Street. If you can’t make it to the signing, but would like to order a personalized copy of The Mischief of the Mistletoe or any of the other Pink books, [...]

Last week’s post on historical mysteries got me thinking about another subset of the historical fiction world: the “big” historical novel. I’m referring not just to doorstop quality, but epic sweep. Some of these are entirely stand alone, others are the first in a series, but all have that “big” historical feel. So, if you [...]