It’s a rainy evening in Paris, just minutes before the hour, 75 years ago, that D-Day began. At midnight, RAF aircraft dropped hundreds of dummy paratroopers across Seine-Maritime, not far from here, as a distraction. Ten minutes later, the first pathfinders jumped over Normandy … [Read more...]
One More Day for a Prepublication Copy of The Last Train to London!
Just one more day for a prepublication copy of my new novel, The Last Train to London, to be published by HarperCollins in September. I'll also be handing some out in August to my Readers' Circle, which you can join HERE. More to come later (I'm in Paris at the moment!) but … [Read more...]
Karen Joy Fowler: First Words
In celebration of Nanowrimo, I'm rerunning some of my favorite guest author posts (and trying to tidy them in the process). This one was written by Booker finalist Karen Joy Fowler for June 5, 2013 -- on the occasion of publication of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, which … [Read more...]
Julia Glass: The Not Quite Yes
For NanoWriMo month, I'm going to repost some of my favorite guest author posts, which I'm rereading to inspire myself! This one -- by one of my fave authors, National Book Award winner Julia Glass -- originally ran in September of 2010! I've just moved platforms, and have not … [Read more...]
The Lowly Pencil
Pencil, from the Latin penicillus, meaning "little tail." Little tail? Not everyone writes even occasionally with the old fashioned yellow pencil with pink eraser top anymore. This astonishing fact came to my attention through a more newfangled way to communicate, the Facebook … [Read more...]
