Huge congrats to Rosemary, whose new on-line magazine, Laptop Lit Mag, has just launched! Here’s the magazine’s mission statement: The laptop is a universal symbol of the up and coming generation. It is extremely rare to find a twenty-something without one. We used to go to the library to quench our thirst for a good [...]

Which Downton Abbey character are you? Check out the Downton Personality Quiz. I seem to be Robert, Earl of Grantham– if it comes with that house, I’ll take it!

For those of you who aren’t on Facebook, here are my two favorite renditions of The Twelve Days of Christmas. First, the inimitable Scottish Sock Puppets: Next up (thanks, Hilly!), Straight No Chaser: Enjoy!

Want to test your Pink trivia knowledge? Goodreads has quizzes on each of the Pink books, from Pink to Orchid. You can find them all here. I’ve also linked to them book by book below. Enjoy!

It’s a rainy Tuesday and I needed a boost– so, instead of our regularly scheduled Teaser Tuesday, you’re getting A Few of My Favorite Things. I’m not talking the big things, like birthdays or book launches, but the little things, the small indulgences that can make a grey day seem less grim. Here are a [...]

Yesterday, in the If You Like comments, Amy N mentioned the Literature Map. I hadn’t heard of it before, but I clicked on the link, and, voila!, there it was: an If You Like on a grand scale. How cool is that? I’m not sure I agree with all their suggestions, but some, like Deanna [...]

From Germany, Jenna sent me these adorable photos of marzipan pigs for Eloise. (If you’ve read Orchid Affair, you know the story.) How cute is that? In other news, if you head over to History Hoydens, you can find a post on the strange alchemy by which contemporary fiction transmutes itself into a historical artifact. [...]

It’s National Book Week! What’s the 5th sentence on page 56 of the book you’re reading right now?

Among the amusing bits of this and that making their way around the internet today, we have the winners of this year’s Bulwar-Lytton Contest. My favorite? The historical fiction entry, of course: Napoleon’s ship tossed and turned as the emperor, listening while his generals squabbled as they always did, splashed the tepid waters in his [...]

Since RWA is coming up, this week’s Teaser Tuesday is being replaced by a one time special feature: my guide to New York. Next week, a wave of romance writers will arrive in my city. Having been a conference attendee in other cities, I know that there’s enough to occupy one without ever leaving the [...]