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Giveaway Winners & a Frenchie Friday

Posted by on Oct 4, 2013 in Contests & Hops, Frenchie Fridays | 0 comments

Hey all, I am overwhelmed by your comments and excitement to read BECOMING JOSEPHINE! I had so many in fact, I’ve decided to give away not one advanced reader copies, but two. WINNERS   Elizabeth Bevins Joyce Norman *Please email me your addresses and I’ll drop them in the mail pronto.   CHAT WITH WITH THE AUTHOR Please join me in a live Twitter chat Monday at 8 p.m. EST using the hashtag #histchics to celebrate the upcoming release of THE SECRET DAUGHTER OF THE TZAR by...

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Landing an Agent Ain’t No Cinderella Story

Posted by on Oct 3, 2013 in Writing Tips | 0 comments

I’m blogging at The Debutante Ball today. But here’s a preview: My agent story is a fun one to tell, at least for me. I don’t have five trunk novels. I didn’t query hundreds of agents and field dozens of rejections. One might call my story the Cinderella story. Kind of. (Well, other than the three years and hundreds of hours of writing, revising, studying craft, going to conferences, and wiping breast milk off of my ink-filled pages.) Where was I? Oh, right. The Cinderella...

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My New Website! And a Giveaway of Becoming Josephine

Posted by on Sep 30, 2013 in Blog, Contests & Hops, Writing Tips | 36 comments

I’m so excited to launch my brand-spanking-new website courtesy of the very talented artist, author, and web designer Kris Waldherr. Please dig around on the BOOK CLUBS page and also the FOR FUN page to see little extras including the cast of characters, author notes, discussion questions, and resources. IN OTHER NEWS I will be touring with Historical Fiction Virtual Tours and the link is now live! Stop by these blogs on the designated days for reviews of the novel, interviews or guest...

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16th Century Virtual Potluck & The Serpent and the Pearl

Posted by on Sep 16, 2013 in Author Interviews, Foodie Advice | 21 comments

16th Century Virtual Potluck & The Serpent and the Pearl

Today, a handful of food-loving readers have gathered together to celebrate the latest release by Kate Quinn, THE SERPENT AND THE PEARL. One of the three protagonists was a chef! (Be still my beating heart.) A chef who gushed over the odors of foods and the rhythm of 16th century kitchens, specialty dishes, and the carefully guarded family recipes she recreated. In other words, MUSIC TO MY EARS. So we bloggers read the novel (I gobbled it up) and chose a dish we wanted to recreate, then we all...

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Author Alyson Richman & The Mask Carver’s Son

Posted by on Sep 13, 2013 in Author Interviews | 2 comments

Author Alyson Richman & The Mask Carver’s Son

Today we welcome mutli-published author, Alyson Richman, to Between the Sheets. Alyson’s novels have been nominated for several awards including a Book Sense Notable Pick in 2006 and  best books of 2012 by the Jewish Journal of Books. In addition, they have been translated into fifteen languages world wide. THE MASK CARVER’S SON, her first novel, has just been re-released and given a beautiful new cover! In celebration, we talk with her today. How do you find inspiration for your...

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“Firsts” are like buttholes. Everyone has got one.

Posted by on Sep 12, 2013 in Writing Tips | 0 comments

“Firsts” are like buttholes. Everyone has got one.

It’s Thursday so I’m over at The Debutante Ball again, spilling my guts out. Today is all about “firsts”–those hard moments when all is new and shiny and SCARY. Here’s a little preview… “Firsts” are like buttholes. Everyone has got one. They are! Seriously, firsts really are like buttholes. There are several reasons why, but let’s keep it clean. To start, everyone must experience them. First heartbreak, first bounced check, first car...

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