…5 WORD SEARCH PUZZLES! I’ve been pretty quiet around here this past year. More than a year ago, I started working at a bookstore, which I love, but there’s a long commute, which I hate. So basically an 8-hour work day becomes an 11-hour workday. Yikes. My reading has slowed, my writing has slowed, time …
Happy 4th Day of Christmas!! In my newest novel, The Knight Before Christmas, my characters, Emma Westwood & Austin Knightley, make a special dessert — a chocolate-apricot torte, reminiscent of the famous Viennese Sachertorte. My husband and I were in Austria back in the mid-1990s, and we each enjoyed a generous and oh-so-chocolaty piece of …
As you can see from the title of this post, I’m doing double duty here today! We’ll get to our Sanditon discussion in a moment, but let’s talk Christmas first! In the famous old song, the third day gift is (sing it with me) “…three French hens…” But I’m not sure what the Austen …
Happy 244rd Birthday to Jane Austen! She may have spent a scant 41 years on this earth, but she’s still delighting us every day. Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!
“It is above eight months. We have not met since the 26th of November, when we were all dancing together at Netherfield.” – Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 44. Yes, that’s right – it’s November 26th, the anniversary of the Netherfield Ball! However, on a more personal note, I am also celebrating a milestone of my …
Dear Austen Friends, It’s been over two years since I released a new novel…but I’m absolutely thrilled to share this Austen-inspired Christmas romance with you all! I’ve wanted to write a story with a modern Emma & Knightley for ages—there’s just something deliciously fun about an independent woman who has almost everything, except for the …
With my first published book (Onoto Watanna, a biography of my novelist grandmother, in 2001), there was no such thing as a blog tour in existence, so I was innocent of the subject. The book was published by a university press, and since my grandmother was something of a pioneer, being the first Asian American …
We’re almost at the end of the month and Halloween is just around the corner. But did you know about other ways in which the countryfolk of Ye Olde England used to amuse themselves on wet and cold October days? In my forays in second-hand bookshops I came across a couple of gems that give …
Hello again! This is the third post I’m sharing this fine August, here and at the 10th Annual Austen in August hosted by www.thebookrat.com. Hope you’re enjoying the Austen in August celebration of our favourite author and the world of her novels. Thanks for reading the first two excerpts from my upcoming book, THE …
Good morning! This is the second post I’m sharing this month, here and at the 10th Annual Austen in August hosted by www.thebookrat.com. Hope you’re having fun at this great celebration of a special lady who has given us so much joy for over 200 years. Thanks for stopping by last Friday to read …
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