Two Nerdy History Girls on YouTube

Two women in a fashion plate dated 1 June 1810

Fashion Plate, Ackermann’s Repository 1 June 1810 courtesy Los Angeles County Public Library

A bit late with this, but at least it’s not time sensitive. For those of you who missed the latest Two Nerdy History Girls chat, courtesy Meena Jain at the Ashland Public Library, it’s now online for your viewing enjoyment. That is to say, we hope it’s enjoyable. Meena starts us off with a question that frequently comes up: Were people dirty and smelly way back then?

You can tune in for the answer here.

 And just in case the link gets sulky or something:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_pviLv3brg

Meena has very kindly invited us back, so please watch for the next Two Nerdy History Girls chat sometime in June.

And in other news: A stellar group of romance authors and I will appear, live and in person, in Ashland, Massachusetts in May. Please watch this space for details as we get closer to the date.

A Different Kind of Auction 12-19 October

Readers have questions. This I know, because I have stood or sat in front of audiences and answered them. Many times. I never know what to expect, which makes the process exciting, intriguing, and fun.

The Friends of the Ashland Public Library have come up with an interesting fundraising scheme aimed at the curious among you. It’s an auction in which you bid for the chance to interrogate an author of your choice. If you win, you get to ask three questions, and you’ll receive the answers in a personal letter from the author.

You’ll have quite a few authors to choose from, as you’ll see when you follow this link to the preview site.

The Author Confidential Auction goes live on eBay from 12 October 8PM ET through 19 October 8PM ET.

The 2017 Book Tour in Review

Signing books at the Savoy Bookshop & Cafe in Westerly, RI

It’s a new year already, and I’m working on a new book, the second in the Difficult Dukes series.

In recent weeks/months I was also busy making virtual and real appearances in connection with the first Difficult Dukes book, A Duke in Shining Armor.

The virtual appearances include blog posts and interviews, some of which cover not just the book but topics that may be of interest to romance readers.

A conversation with author Caroline Linden at the Bacon Free Library, Natick MA

Marilyn Dahl interviewed me for Shelf Awareness, and made me sound unusually coherent. Thank you, Marilyn!

Denny S. Bryce moderated a panel dealing with Romance and Respect at the Strand Bookstore in New York. You can watch the whole thing here on YouTube.

At RT Reviews, I offered the alarming truth about dukes in the early 19th century. For RT’s VIP Salon subscribers, there’s also an interview.

My work gets a mention in this piece on bodice rippers—the term that won’t go away.

Another take on the topic of romance novels is at Publishers Weekly:  “It’s Still Complicated: Romance Publishing.”

Still from the Strand video of our Romance & Respect panel. L-R: Denny S. Bryce (moderator), Tessa Bailey, Loretta Chase, Tracey Livesay, Megan Frampton, Joanna Shupe

At USA Today’s Happy Ever After site, Cathy Maxwell and I talked about some fundamentals of romance and the heroine’s journey.