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Personal Classics
I’m gearing up to start a new book, and am doing a lot of research at the moment. When I’m in this mode, I read books I’ve read before — my personal classics. At the moment, this includes three books...
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Evolution of a book
I’m really excited to announce that my historical novel DAUGHTER OF THE SKY should be up for sale from 1 March 2013. This book has been a real labour of love from the beginning. I put off writing it...
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Discover a New Historical Author Day
UPDATE: We have a winner! Congratulations to Kristine – random.org pulled her name from the hat for the giveaway prize. Kristine wins a copy of Daughter of the Sky. *** My latest historical novel,...
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Point of no return
Before I get to my post today, the cover of my upcoming novel, Banquet of Lies (due out on 22 October 2013) was finalized last week, and I’m thrilled to share it. Isn’t it pretty? Now on to the usual...
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Cover Joy!
Well, I’m feeling really lucky right now. The cover for my August 1st release, IN DEFENSE OF THE QUEEN, was finished yesterday, and I absolutely love it. Not only that, I got the hardcover edition of...
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Meet me, and some of my friends, too, this Saturday
photo credit: PascalSubtil via photopin ccFor the last two years, a small committee of writers in Western Australia have been working hard towards the first ever Romance Writers of Australia conference...
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But Wait, There’s More!
I think we’re all a bit crazy here at Magical Musings lately. Dale Mayer blogged last Friday about her 3 new releases – and I know she has more coming soon. Marilyn Brant published The Road To You last...
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Release Day and Reconnections
It’s obviously a good time of year for new releases for the Magical Musings team. Edie, Cynthia and Marilyn have all recently had one, and yesterday, my latest historical novel, Banquet of Lies, was...
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Winter Warmers
Edie had the wonderful idea of having a recipe theme for these next few weeks. My latest novel, Banquet of Lies, is full of cooking and wonderful food (as well as danger, lies and some romance ), so I...
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Cover Love and Marzipan Fruit Cake
I had my cover for my upcoming book, Mistress of the Wind, finalized yesterday, and I really can’t describe how much I love it. I get the warm fuzzies every time I look at it. Mistress of the Wind is a...
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Fairy Tale Retellings (with a fairy tale giveaway)
I love fairy tales. I used to read the two massive volumes of collected fairy tales my parents had on the shelves over and over as a child (and I have those two volumes on my shelf, now ). There is...
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Free books!
This is a happy time for readers with their first – or new – ereaders. They’re finding books by their favorite authors that aren’t available in physical stores anymore – and many are also discovering...
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Giveaway Day!
Two giveaways for you today! The first is Michelle’s cover reveal giveaway for The Golden Apple, and then scroll down for a second giveaway for Mary Hughes’s latest release: MICHELLE DIENER GIVEAWAY To...
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Free Books!
I promised to do a giveaway every month. Author friends whose writing I love have free books – some permanently free. I have a novel and some short stories permafree most places, too. So my blog today...
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All the Books I’ve Loved Before
On one of my online groups, some of the members were talking about their comfort reads – books they loved and read again and again. The book titles weren’t given, just the authors. Georgette Heyer was...
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Walking the Streets of Fiction
I just shared the cover of my upcoming historical novel, A Dangerous Madness, a couple of days ago. I absolutely love it, and think it suits the book so well. A Dangerous Madness is connected to The...
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Release Parties, Newsletters, Facebook, Twitter – Thoughts?
I’ve been a guest on some very successful Facebook release parties, but I’m a little disillusioned about Facebook because posts need to be boosted in order to be visible to the majority of the page...
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Setting the Scene
In my last blog post, Walking the Streets of Fiction, I talked about visiting the places in London where the action in my upcoming novel, A Dangerous Madness, takes place. But getting the ‘map’ of the...
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Books Like Food
I’m going through changes in my reading and my writing. I used to binge read in categories. After a while, they all started to feel the same, so I have to switch off what I read. Lately, I’ve...
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Heroines Among Us with Giveaway
Random.org picked Elena K as the winner of the $10 gift card. Congratulations, Elena! As authors, we write about heroes – men and women – but lately I’ve been inspired by authors who are a part of the...
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