New season…
The official chalkboard wall in my studio aerie. Cobalt blue is one of my favorite colors. New chalkboard wall cleaned off and ready for new projects! (Yes, I know it's been summer for a while. But creativity has its own seasons.) You might be wondering what I'll be working on in my new Season of Creativity. Short answer: a lot! Long answer: A new novel set in 19th century Venice. (I've about 30k words written so far.) Updates on the Goddess Tarot and
End of month round up
Though it's the end of October, some days it's warm enough that Finnick can still enjoy an open window. A quick recap since there's a lot going on: Pennsylvania friends: I'll be appearing at the Easton Book Festival this Saturday, October 26th. Details here. NYC friends: On Wednesday, October 30th, I'll be reading a ghost story from The Lost History of Dreams at the Guerrilla Reading Series. Details here. (This is my last scheduled event for 2019; after this, it's back to the
The Lover’s Path: from print book to ebook
I'm in the midst of last preparations for the Historical Novel Society Conference, which is in Denver this year. Among the usual fun stuff at HNS, I'll be participating on a panel about book design for historical fiction book covers. I leave first thing tomorrow morning, and my to do list is bursting at the seams. In the meantime, some quick housekeeping: ~ I'm over at the Emerald City Book Review today with a guest post about converting The Lover's Path from
The Lover’s Path: Round up and launch
After much hard work, the e-book edition of The Lover's Path was officially launched earlier this week! I'm still recovering from many late nights and full days behind the computer, but am very pleased at the overwhelmingly positive response thus far. Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood wrote: "The sheer design of the book is a delight for any bibliophile. Lavishly illustrated, the images, textures, and illuminated letters hearken back to a time when books were treasured things to behold. As deeply as I love physical
A plethora of Lover’s Path news ~ and reviews
So things are going to get even more Lover's Path-ish around here in the next few weeks because: 1. It's only a week—a week!—until the e-book launch for real on June 16th. Because the digital edition has been so extensively revised and expanded from the original print publication, it truly feels like a second birth. 2. Already reviews are coming in this New And Improved Digital Edition. From Stephanie Cowell, the acclaimed author of Claude and Camille and Marrying Mozart: "THE LOVER'S PATH is
