Quenching the fiery darts

Over at my website I'm talking about parakeets and pantomime moose. All in the same post as promising you exciting authors stopping by to talk about their books and squee-ing about Dreamspinner starting work on the cover art for The Gilded Scarab. Not bad for a Monday!

Wet Wet Wet

Over at my website, I'm hosting Kim Fielding on her Fieldingpalooza blog tour to promote her five--count 'em!--FIVE new releases. There are nymphs and kelpies and THREE prizes to be won! Come and see.

LAUNCH DAY FOR SARAH MADISON'S 'WALK A MILE'

Today is book launch day for my good friend and fellow critique group member, Sarah Madison. Read my thoughts about it over at my website.  Walk A Mile is published by Dreamspinner and sorry, why are you reading this and not rushing out to buy it?

Struttin' My Stuff

Over at my website, I am mourning the demise of the humble bookmark, wondering how to gild (or even geld) scarabs and wittering on about

Read all about it there.

Basinets and Brassarts--Elin Gregory, Historical Romances and "A Taste of Copper"

I'm delighted to be hosting Elin Gregory over on my website today, where she talks about armour and world-building and her wonderful new book, A Taste of Copper. The stuff about armour is *fascinating*. I have to admit that before today, if I'd been asked to name the parts of a suit of armour, the only bit I'd have got would be 'vambrace' and that's because archers use 'em and I have a pair in the same box as my bow... Come along and enjoy Elin's post!






Lovely cover, too, isn't it?

Season of Mists and Pumpkin Soup

Over HERE at my blog site, I am wittering on about autumn, discuss culinary matters and the sleeping habits of cockerpoos

Sweet, isn't she? Well let me tell you, she is not so sweet when she's been rolling in fox shit. 

Devils, Details and Design

Another post on world building - because it *fascinates* me and because it gives me a great excuse to point out that I've redesigned the website a bit to start including background notes on the Taking Shield series and The Gilded Scarab.