Thoughts After Midnight
We like to believe that tales of haunting were the product of gullible and overwrought Victorian imaginations, that we are too sensible, too intelligent for such fancies. And it is certainly true that stories of visitations from the dead have decreased in the...
Cranberry Apple Butter
I love cranberries. LOVE THEM. There's pretty much nothing you can do to a cranberry that I won't eat. Years ago, I started making cranberry applesauce for a friend who was diagnosed with diabetes. She couldn't have sugar, but she wanted something to add taste like...
Wedded to the Soul Mate?
Last night I was re-reading Madam, Will You Talk?, which I haven't read in, oh, probably ten years. As happens (to me, at least), although I remembered the main plot, there were plenty of things I'd forgotten. One of them is that our heroine, Charity, lost her husband...
Roasted Garlic Chocolate Truffles
I can hear you now. "Say what?" But truly, these are delicious. And unless you tell people about the garlic, they'll never know. It's fun party game -- "what's in these truffles that you would never believe?" Ingredients 1/2 cup heavy cream 6 ounces bittersweet...
Is Romance Smut?
Lately, there's been a lot of chatter about reclaiming the word "smut" in the romance community. I tried to have a conversation about this on Twitter, but 140 characters (or even 280 characters) doesn't really cut it when you're trying to have a serious discussion....
Good Reads on GoodReads?
If you have an account on GoodReads, I invite you to join our "Happy Heart Reads" book group. It's a place where we can discuss more old-fashioned romances...and basically any other thing that makes your heart happy. Feel-good stuff. We all need it these days! Also, a...
Found Treasures
My husband and I are engaged in a purge. We got a new car recently, which means that for the first time since we moved into this house eleven years ago, we need to use the garage...as a garage. So the garage and the basement are getting cleaned out, which means moving...
It’s an Organizational Bunny Hop! (#getittogether)
If you follow me on social media, you probably know how obsessed I've become with planners and planning. Indeed, some of you may have taken the course I offered at Savvy Authors. So naturally, when Alexandra Haughton mentioned this blog hop, I HAD to jump in....
Yes, I Read “That Book” So You Don’t Have To (Trigger Warning)
So, if you read Jezebel, Salon, MetaFilter, or even Newsweek, you've probably seen some of the shock, outrage, and horror at Kate Breslin's For Such a Time, a novel in which a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Jew "falls in love" with the (fictional) Kommandant of...
What Are Your Plans for the Next Two Weeks?
Over the next couple of weeks, starting on August 10, I'll be teaching a planning course at Savvy Authors. If you've been following me for a while you'll know that planning is not something that came naturally to me, that I had to decide to do it. But once I'd made...