Author events come in all shapes and sizes. Recently, I celebrated the release of my 12th novel at my local bookstore. It has become something of an annual November/December tradition. I was blessed with a large turnout of supportive reader-friends, writer-friends, and family who came to hear me talk about the new book, The Ladies of Ivy Cottage. I also had three special guests who talked … [Read more...]

I’ve said it before, but I love libraries of all sorts. Not only because I am a book lover, but because one of the ways I supported myself during my college years was by working in the university library. I still vividly remember pushing my shelving cart through all those aisles of books, thinking, If only I could have a book I’ve written in a library someday! Well, God is good and that dream has … [Read more...]

Confession time. I love the online world. Working at home alone as I primarily do, social media offers me a way to pause and “have a cup of coffee with friends” in the comfort of my own home (and sometimes in my pajamas :) ) either here on the blog, or on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. But the truth is, chatting on Facebook is a lot easier than writing a book. And as much as I enjoy … [Read more...]

Last month at this time I was in Bath England, where I attended an event called “Mr. Wickham and an Evening with Jane Austen” offered through the Jane Austen Festival. I was in the UK hosting my first-ever reader tour, and a large group of us opted to attend the event. It was promoted as an evening of drama and music with actors Adrian Lukis (Mr. Wickham in the 1995 adaptation of Pride and … [Read more...]