After years of reading and recycling books, I still have this one on my shelf:
“Born in a fierce, feudal world as cruel as it was courtly, theirs was the rapturous love destined to change the face of the Irish nation forever.”
One of the workshops I teach is called Another Time, Another Place, Writing the historical romance that transports the reader.This is my idea of what a historical novel should be – to take the reader to another time and another place – to so create the feeling of the...
There's a scene in Coming Home, my upcoming historical romance release from Highland Press, in which my hero is staring at a photograph of his former girlfriend. It's something that seems so simple today, but this story takes place in 1867. What kind of...
Since my day to post fell on December 25th, highlighting some Christmas traditions in my favorite time period and location seemed appropriate. The word Christmas: came from the Old English “Cristes Maesse” and Middle English “Christemasse,” or Christ’s Mass. St....
I posted this on the Cactus Rose blog last week, but since it is Christmas and this is a timely topic, I'm posting it here as well. Happy reading and Merry Christmas!Mistletoe is one of the traditions of the Christmas Season. But did you know—Mistletoe is an...
I confess I love to do the research for writing historical romance. History had always been part of my life. I was lucky enough to grow up in an extended Midwest family with a rich oral tradition. Family reunions were filled with tales of adventures of frontier life...
