Many apologies for the internet silence recently…. There’s been a lot of off-line writing going on.
In the meantime, save the date for a New York reading of The Mischief of the Mistletoe on December 6th! I’ll be reading at Lady Jane’s Salon, along with Hope Tarr and Jacquie D’Alessandro.
Other tour locations for Mistletoe [...]

Hi, all! For those of you in the area, I’ll be signing books in the Pacific Exhibit Hall of the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort today, starting at 5:30. The signing runs until 7:30 and features roughly five hundred authors, including Julia Quinn, Eloise James, and Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
You can find [...]

This coming week, thousands of romance readers and writers will descend upon the Magic Kingdom. In the midst of talks, panels, and, yes, the Teacups (who doesn’t love the Teacups?), we’ll be having a huge booksigning to benefit ProLiteracy Worldwide. You can find a list of all the participating authors here.
If you’re in [...]

To inaugurate their new Romance section, WORD Bookstore invited a group of people related to the industry to speak about romance as a genre. Thanks so much to WORD for having us all there and to Sarah MacLean for organizing, moderating, and, yes, recording.

If you’re in the New York area, come join me tonight at WORD Bookstore in Brooklyn as WORD inaugurates their new Romance section with a panel moderated by the wonderful Sarah MacLean, featuring me, Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches (if you haven’t heard her speak, you’re missing out), Hope Tarr, Tessa Woodward of Avon Books [...]

I’m not sure which bit of the Poisoned Pen conference I’m more excited about: the Heyer tea party or Saturday’s late night pajama party/reading.
For those already signed up for the Heyer tea, it’s being held, not at the Biltmore, but at a store in downtown Scottsdale called Tea Time (7051 East Fifth Avenue).
For [...]

The Poisoned Pen extravaganza starts tomorrow! I’m packing my lightest clothes, recharging my camera batteries, and leaving lots of extra room in my bag for the fifty-odd books I know I’ll be lugging back with me come Sunday.
For those of you in the Arizona area, please do stop on by. The [...]

As part of an event I’ll be doing at the WORD Bookstore in July, I’ve been asked to provide three book recommendations for people new to the romance genre. The only limitation is that the books can’t all be from the same sub-genre (i.e., no suggesting three historicals).
This seemed easy enough– until [...]

It’s less than a month now until the Poisoned Pen conference in Arizona!
Running from June 24th-26th, the conference– which is free and open to the public– features workshops, readings and signings with authors ranging from Diana Gabaldon to Jacqueline Winspear. (And me). There’s even a Georgette Heyer tea party.
For the full [...]

This just in. I’ll be having two events in the Chicago area in November to celebrate the launch of Turnip’s book, The Mischief of the Mistletoe:
November 15, 7:00
Wheaton, IL
Borders
101 Rice Lake Square
November 16, 6:00
Chicago, IL
Newberry Library Bookstore
60 West Walton Street
Since I’ll be there a couple of days, any recommendations of favorite sights, places, and [...]