I'd been--accidentally, I swear--the last person to deplane in Baton Rouge because I'd stayed to help a sweet old lady on crutches make it off the plane. (Hahahaha, NO. Actually, I'd been reading a book, waiting for the crush to disperse when I looked up and found the plane entirely empty and the stewardesses glaring at me). I shot out of my seat and and ran but no amount of … [Read more...] about The Day I Laughed With Cokie Roberts
Publishing
How Deep is Your Geek?
You know you're a total geek when you actual tear-up in the face of ancient artifacts. This happened twice to me in the past week. The first time occurred while I was at SIBA, the trade show for the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance in Norfolk, VA. I was there to moderate a historical fiction panel with authors, Tosca Lee (The Legend of Sheba), Bruce Holsinger (A … [Read more...] about How Deep is Your Geek?
Six Authors…One Amazing Book
Imagine six different historical fiction writers getting together and deciding to "play" with story-telling. What if we all focused on a single famous event? What if characters from each others' stories wove in and out of everyone's tales? What if we each took a period before, during and after an explosive event, but kept them connected to the very end? What if we inspired each … [Read more...] about Six Authors…One Amazing Book
A Volcanic Party for the Release of My Pompeii Novel
I promised everyone a smoking volcano cake at my launch party for Curses and Smoke: A Novel of Pompeii and I didn't lie. It smoked. I swear! For about ten seconds. Then we discovered that the water we were pouring into the container with the dry ice was dripping inside the cake. Of course, the only proper response to that sort of emergency was to shout, THAT MUST NOT BE ALLOWED … [Read more...] about A Volcanic Party for the Release of My Pompeii Novel
Look What Arrived–ARCs of My Pompeii Novel!
The advanced reading copies (ARCs) of Curses and Smoke are here. It doesn't release until May 27th, but STILL. It's a pre-book! I'm a little freaked out that the latest round of changes aren't included in this version, but then again it does say "Uncorrected Proof," right? On this gray, cold December day, all those fires on the cover … [Read more...] about Look What Arrived–ARCs of My Pompeii Novel!
