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Remembering Peterloo

Remembering Peterloo

While writing my sprawling romantic historical An Untitled Lady, I arranged to travel to Manchester, England, the week of 16 August 2010, the 190th anniversary of the big protest march...

Remembering Peterloo

While writing my sprawling romantic historical An Untitled Lady, I arranged to travel to Manchester, England, the week of 16 August 2010, the 190th anniversary of the big protest march...

Killing Your Biggest Darling

Killing Your Biggest Darling

When I started writing fiction, I thought I would never fall into the trap of holding my darling words and phrases tight. Nope, I fell into a bigger trap.

Killing Your Biggest Darling

When I started writing fiction, I thought I would never fall into the trap of holding my darling words and phrases tight. Nope, I fell into a bigger trap.

Napoleon in England?

Napoleon in England?

I love to include real events in my stories. Imagine my delight, when reading about ships-of-the-line and other nautical footnotes, I came across the story of Napoleon’s sailing to England...

Napoleon in England?

I love to include real events in my stories. Imagine my delight, when reading about ships-of-the-line and other nautical footnotes, I came across the story of Napoleon’s sailing to England...

Women composers in the Regency

Women composers in the Regency

Olivia, my heroine in A Note of Scandal, is a high-born lady in the Regency, so you’d think she had it made. But what she longs to do – write...

Women composers in the Regency

Olivia, my heroine in A Note of Scandal, is a high-born lady in the Regency, so you’d think she had it made. But what she longs to do – write...

Newspapers in the Regency

Newspapers in the Regency

You might wonder at the idea of a newspaper publisher being the hero of a regency-set novel, but once I learned of John Walter II and what he did, I...

Newspapers in the Regency

You might wonder at the idea of a newspaper publisher being the hero of a regency-set novel, but once I learned of John Walter II and what he did, I...