some history lessons from the masters
Last year I read Dorothy Dunnett’s Lymond Chronicles, and it changed my life. Or my brain. Or something. It challenged me to think while I read. It screwed my emotions tight and then didn’t let me go...
View Articlethe immortal and the immoral: the romance, the novel, and the romance novel
ANNA I met Jodi McAlister when I flew to Sydney to have high tea with Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches. I was lucky enough to sit at a table with her and hear tantalising snatches about her PhD thesis on...
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ANNA Earlier this year I read The Black Hawk by Jo Bourne. It was at a point when I was starting to feel confident in my own book. I felt I was putting the final stitches in, that make stitching...
View Articlemy love for you is deathless
ANNA This one is really quite simple: I want to be Meredith Duran, when I grow up. Julia Quinn got me hooked on historical romance. Loretta Chase’s Lord of Scoundrels was the first romance to just blow...
View ArticleA Woman Entangled Giveaway
Cecilia Grant’s third book, A Woman Entangled, is out in the world. Huzzah! I’ve spoken quite a bit about Cecilia on this blog, because her writing is an inspiration. She also wrote one of my favourite...
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