It's official. I have to spend my time taking care of the outer me. My author reading clothes are lovely, but when I finally went to get new sandals again today (I had to admit that mine were incredibly worn down), I noticed the pathetic holes in my socks.If someone took a picture Read More
Writing historical fiction: sometime journal of a New York City novelist
the book blogger's reception in New York City
May 27, 2010
And how wonderful to meet ten lovely bloggers who all reviewed CLAUDE & CAMILLE and hosted my guest posts! I also met the congenial Margie from JustBooks in Glen Ellyn outside Chicago who is hosting me in a reading at the BistroMonet there on June 19th.
The gathering of perhaps 75-100 people was held in Read More
The gathering of perhaps 75-100 people was held in Read More
the joys of writer friends!!
May 18, 2010
I had a lovely dinner at a local French restaurant with my historical novelist friend Susanne Dunlap and then a few days ago had dinner with writer Pam Leggett and Madeleine L'Engle's granddaughter Lena Roy who has her first book coming out. I don't know what I would do without all my writer friends, Read More
a windy, clear New York day
May 8, 2010
I walked down to the park and the wind was tossing the trees and snapping the flags; there was a huge sound of wind. Behind the Memorial at 89th street the Hudson Guild Shakespeare players were practicing again with a very intense, compelling actress with spiked hair shouting against the wind. Now that the Read More
Three weeks after my novel's debut
April 28, 2010
It is STILL strange to get so many comments (almost all of them perfectly wonderful) to this novel which was a story inside me for so long. I have had several strong press reviews and online reviews, topped by the rave in the Boston Globe and People magazine's choice of the book as a Read More
The Albany Empire State Book Festival and the amazing blog tour so far
April 12, 2010
I spent two days at the Albany Empire State Book Festival where five thousand writers, librarians and book lovers gathered. Amazingly, they had a panel on historical fiction in which I was able to participate, struggling through a rather heavy head cold which descended on me as I arrived by train in Albany and Read More
debut reading at NYC B&N and first online reviews
April 8, 2010
The debut reading for CLAUDE & CAMILLE was more than I could ever have hoped. We had nearly a hundred people with many standing in the back. One person bought six or seven copies! I saw so many beloved old friends there and afterward a few of us went out to eat. I was starving; I Read More
thoughts on the eve of the publication of my new novel
April 6, 2010
I have spent the evening going to dinner with my husband and have been e-mailing friends in a kind of daze. I think only another writer can know the time and intensity it can take to bring a novel together. It is an enormous force of will, thousands of hours, incredible support from many Read More
my blog tour for CLAUDE & CAMILLE begins!
March 25, 2010
Please see links posted a few times a week or daily at EVENTS & BLOG TOUR tab of this site. Today's is Book Browse: THE MYSTICISM AND CRAFT OF HISTORICAL FICTION.
the first copies of my new novel...
March 17, 2010
...came to my door yesterday. They are so beautiful I can hardly believe it. It seems like mine and yet separate from me. In one hour I feel I am grasping it against me, and the next hour that I have begun to let it go. How can something with so much love and Read More