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I hope you like what you see here, whether it's browsing my booklist, reading how-to's about writing, or random thoughts about life in general. I'm always interested in people's opinions about books, about romance, about writing, so if you want to put in your two cents, feel free to  e-mail me.

Latest Book

Chalice of Roses - trade edition January 2010

Chalice of Roses has got a cover at last! Once again it features the Fab Four (no, not the Beatles), Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Barbara Samuel, and me. I absolutely adored writing my story, Miss Templar and the Holey Grail. It's in the copyediting stage now, and I expect I'll get the manuscript to look over once more time in the next month or so. I can hardly wait to see it in galley form, all nicely typeset. A manuscript just reads differently when it's in galley form, so different than when it's in Courier 12 point, double-spaced manuscript format. Anyway, I've gone back to my Regency roots for this story, and it's done in epistolary style, a.k.a. 19th century blogging. The fun thing about it is that you get, side by side, two people's "blogging" on the same events. Except it's Regency, and features the Holy Grail, Almack's, Sir Walter Scott, Napoleon's spies, and "where's Waldo?"

Trust me, it works. Really.

Once I get the copyedited version back, I'll post an excerpt.

Currently....

I'm having a lovely time between stories, because I'm in that delicious period in which I'm deciding what I'm going to write next. I've been going through my files of story ideas (angels in Waterloo? Werewolves and the Irish Rebellion? A Regency story, with a scientific wizard? Light or dark?), and I think I am attracted to the Irish Rebellion werewolf. On the other hand, the Regency wizard one is light and funny, and I had so much fun with Miss Templar and the Holey Grail that I'm inclined to write something light again. Decisions, decisions!

Blogs and other web locations

The Pollyanna Files - my blog of unrelenting sweetness and light.

Occasionally, I'll write some articles for Clever Divas, a blog that features useful and entertaining articles for women by women. Check it out! We've got everything from how to handle finances to recipes to the care of our loved ones as well as our furry friends.

I'm also playing around with MySpace and Facebook to see what that's like. I think I'll post mostly to my Pollyanna Files blog, though, and MySpace/Facebook will be mostly for announcements and such. Oh, and I have discovered Twitter, which is fun and about my speed, especially if I'm working overtime at my day job.

And then there's Etsy. Lovely, lovely Etsy, where everything there is hand made. Including my handspun yarn.