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Risky Regencies
Today our guest is Maggie Andersen who's paying an afternoon call from Australia via the magic of the internet. Welcome Maggie! Tell us about your book. The Reluctant Marquess is a Georgian romance. Lord Robert, the Marquess of St. Malin, and Charity Barlow have very different views of marriage.
History Hoydens
I find it rather amazing to think through all the steps that go from the first idea for a book to publication. I remember distinctly when I got the initial idea for my latest Malcolm & Suzanne (Charles & Mélanie) book Imperial Scandal , which was released last week. I was driving along the reservoir near my house, and I realized that the book would begin with Malcolm meeting a contact, an ambush, and a woman killed in the crossfire, a civilian who seemingly had no place in their world of espionage.
This has been a very good couple of reading weeks for me. First, Diana Peterfreund turned me on to the VAMPIRE ACADEMY books. I am so hooked. I love the heroine of this YA series. She’s strong, but flawed…imperfect and yet, entirely likable, even when she’s acting like a “typical teenage girl”…which, of course, most of us were at some point. I love how the author, Richelle Mead, never takes the easy road with her characters.
Plotmonkeys
Last week my blog was about the birth of a cover. This week we will move on to how titles are created, or at least how they are sometimes created. At least for me. When I begin a novel, I need a title. Not sure why, but putting Book #56 on something just doesn’t excite me enough to write it. Even if the title is what we call a “working” title, in other words I’ll use it while I’m working but it probably isn’t staying, that’s good enough.
The Goddess Blogs
by Mary Jo But if pressed, I will admit that the book that is closest to my heart is The Rake . It’s a long book that was written in a mere four months (very fast for me), and which was created out of the visceral experience of alcoholism. Not my own—I come from generations of Yankee teetotalers. Two glasses of wine a week is wild times for me. But I knew an alcoholic.
Word Wenches
So I’ve just had a ARC giveaway over at Smart Bitches. The good news is, it was really fun. The bad news is, the giveaway is now closed. BUT, because I’m such a big softy, I’m having a consolation giveaway on my Facebook author page.
