This year, for the first time, I attended the Jane Austen Festival in Bath, England. The festival, held every September, draws hundreds of Jane Austen fans (like me) to one of the biggest gatherings of Regency reenactors in the world. On Saturday, my husband and I participated in the “Grand Regency Costumed Promenade.” As I mentioned in a previous post, the Bath Jane Austen Festival … [Read more...]

It seems like it's been ages since the American Christian Fiction Writers Conference in Nashville, but as promised, here are some photos from that wonderful conference—in my eyes, truly one of the best in ACFW's 15-year history. It's always a surprise to see how quickly the time has flown and the conference is over for another year. But without fail, I … [Read more...]

My novella, Love in the Details, released as a stand alone e-book last fall.  It's now enjoying a second lease on life as part of a print collection entitled To Have and To Hold!  The collection includes three Autumn-set contemporary romances.  Each of the novellas features a heroine who's involved in the wedding industry.  The heroine of Betsy St. Amant's story is a cake baker.  In Katie … [Read more...]