A few months ago I blogged about a biography of Harriet Wilson that I was reading on my commute to work. My latest tart-on-the-tracks experience was with this biography of Mary Robinson by Paula Byrne–Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life … Continue reading →

As I mentioned earlier, I just enjoyed the most relaxing vacation. One of the best parts was being able to catch up on a number of books I’ve been wanting to read, some of them romance classics in the I’m-ashamed-to-admit-I-haven’t-read-that … Continue reading →

As I mentioned last week, I just went to Worldcon, i.e. the World Science Fiction Convention, which is five days of all sorts of fascinating fun. One of the authors there was Madeleine E. Robins, author of the Regency-set slightly-alternate-history … Continue reading →

I have lost my mind. I totally forgot to blog yesterday, my Risky Regency day. Here are my excuses:1. I’m slogging my way throught the revisions to Desire in His Eyes, Blake’s story, to be released by Warner in 2007.2. … Continue reading →

this blog…and a week from today, Sunday September 3, 2006:An interview with PAM ROSENTHAL about her new release The Slightest Provocation.Your chance to ask Pam about her work and how risky she gets with her latest book.

By the time this post is published, I should be on my way home from a week’s vacation in a lakeside cottage. If all has gone well, I’m nice and relaxed, having done a lot of swimming, canoeing, and reading … Continue reading →

If you’re a romance reader, and you’ve admitted as such to anyone who doesn’t read them, chances are they’ve given you a smirk and said, ‘oh, you read bodice-rippers,’ like they’re the first ones who thought of that clever bon … Continue reading →

It’s nothing to do with the Regency, or books, or writing. Just a painting I like, The Arnolfini Marriage aka The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami painted in 1434 by Jan van Eyck. The original is in the … Continue reading →

Hi, Amanda here, sitting in for the vacationing Elena! Elena will be back with you Saturday, and then next week we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled Riskies. I had kind of a hard time coming up with a topic … Continue reading →