Entries by Sabrina Jeffries

Sabrina Jeffries is the NYT bestselling author of a whole bunch of historical romance novels for Pocket Books and Avon Books, as well as a caffeine addict, Third Culture Kid, chocoholic, and jigsaw puzzle aficionado. Before writing as SJ, she wrote 8 historicals as Deborah Martin (now being revised and re-released) and 3 contemporary paranormal romantic suspense novels as Deborah Nicholas. Her 24th SJ book, WHAT THE DUKE DESIRES, will be out in June, and her first revised Deborah Martin re-release, BY LOVE UNVEILED, is out now!

Will and Jane and the Street Team

Yes, I know I’m behind the curve on this. Yes, I know every author and their mother (maybe even their father) has a street team. But I thought it would be fun, so I’m doing it, too. For those of you who are even more behind than I am, a street team, according to Karin [...]

Ten Reasons I Love Meeting Readers

I just got back from RT, where I met lots and lots of readers (and booksellers and other authors, but mostly readers). It was so much fun! And here’s why I love it: They talk about characters as if they’re real. They notice things about my books that I don’t notice. They remind me that [...]

I’m Just Not That Into Him

I saw Thor for the first time last month. I enjoyed it moderately. But after watching it, I confess I didn’t get why everyone is so gaga over Chris Hemsworth. I mean, he’s cute and all, and I do like his blue eyes. But he’s blond. And I just don’t go for blonds. In fact, I [...]

Why I’m No April Fool

Believe it or not, April Fool’s Day jokes go back a long, LONG way. Someone did a spectacular one in 1860 when they invited people to watch the washing of the white lions at the Tower of London. The prank apparently drew lots of people; the only problem was that by 1860 the lions had long [...]

Family Food

Many Cajun recipes begin with “First you make a roux”: crawfish étouffée, gumbos of all kinds, jambalaya. Roux is sort of the Cajun equivalent of white sauce–flour browned in oil until it is just this side of burned. Roux is essential. The thing is, everyone makes their roux differently. I make it the way my [...]

Throw Down at the B&N

I didn’t mean for it to happen, honestly. My writer friends and I went over to B&N for coffee during our girls’ night out, and we behaved as usual, talking, laughing, enjoying being together. We were in the coffee shop (this is important–pay attention). I went to get more coffee, and a gentleman in a [...]

Will and Jane Discuss Revision

Yes, my revised version of By Love Unveiled, which was first published in 1993 under the name of Deborah Martin, comes out tomorrow. Just so you’ll know, here’s what I did in revising it: Tightened up the writing (gee, I’ve learned a lot in 20 years; who knew?) Made some of the motivations more believable [...]

When a Happy Ending Isn’t Enough

Recently I saw the movie Knight and Day (yes, it has Tom Cruise in it–I was sucked in by the opening, forgive me, but at least I saw it free on TV!). It had everything that ought to produce a good romantic comedy–likable characters, a quirky plot, good pacing, and most importantly, a happy ending. But [...]

I Hate Cilantro and It’s Not My Fault!

Cilantro is the Spanish word for the leaves of the coriander plant (it’s also sometimes called Chinese parsley). It’s used the world over under different names, so I grew up being forced to eat it occasionally. Believe me, I wish I could like it. It’s IN everything–my favorite Mexican food, my favorite Thai food, my [...]

Song Obsession

Do you ever get obsessed with a song? And no, I don’t mean those earworms, where you hear a catchy tune and can’t get it out of your head for a while. I’m talking about a song that you like so much that you listen to it all the time. That you hear it in [...]

Looking Back at 2012

I’m sure I’m not alone in having made some new discoveries this year. Some of them were good, some of them were bad (for me), and some of them were downright weird. But they will (partly) define my year. So let’s share our new discoveries. Here’s mine: Best new-to-me show: Rizzoli and Isles. I just [...]

Doomsday Has Arrived–Don Your Tinfoil Hats!

It is entirely appropriate that I am blogging on the day the world ends because I’m married to a man who’s been predicting doom and gloom since the day we met. He’s not as bad as those survivalists you see on TV, but he does expect “the end of life as we know it” to come [...]

Seven Myths about Christmas

I’ve collected these through the years, so I thought I’d share. Dried Christmas trees are a serious fire hazard. Not really. Yes, if you had a short in your wires (and most lights these days are made not to do that) and it threw a spark, you could conceivably start a fire if your tree was [...]

Will and Jane Hang Stockings

Yes, that’s a chemise on my cover. And yes, I had to raid my historical Barbie dolls to get a miniature stocking and drawers. The funny thing about it is–hanging stockings wasn’t a custom during the Regency. Not in England. Our image of English Christmases is based on Victorian England, not Regency England. The customs [...]

Holiday Quiz

Since we’re heading into the “big” holidays, here’s a quick quiz about what your holiday preferences are, just for fun: Thanksgiving (for Americans and Canadians): Turkey dinner or something else? (Chinese food, anyone? Anyone?) Stuffing or Potatoes or both? Home-cooked or take-out/catered? Pumpkin pie or pecan pie or both (or other)? Your house or someone [...]

When Barbies Attack!

I knew that would get your attention. Okay, so most of my Barbies are either fairly traditional or historical. I have ten: one in a kimono, one in Thai costume, two in cool designer evening outfits, a cancan dancer, a flapper doll, a Scarlett O’Hara dressed in Victorian period costume and one dressed in the [...]

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like … Halloween?

As many of you know, I have a Christmas book coming out today. The day before Halloween. And no, my publisher doesn’t have some evol plan to confuse you about holidays so you’ll start your Christmas shopping early. Oh, wait, yes, they do. But there’s another legit reason for it. Really. Christmas merchandise has a [...]

A Very Steamy Holiday

Okay, Christmas is still a ways off, but I happen to have a Christmas book coming out in two weeks, so I’ve been thinking about the season already. I even have a video for my upcoming book, though it’s kind of short, just a teaser. Anywho, when I was writing this book, I had one [...]

297 Comments. Posted by Sabrina Jeffries on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 3:44 am.

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The Starbucks Diet

Finally, I thought when I heard about this, a diet I could embrace! A lady claims to have lost 85 pounds eating only at Starbucks. Holy Shades of Jared Fogle and Subway! This sounded good to me, since I go there every day anyway. But then I read what she had for breakfast (oatmeal and [...]

98 Comments. Posted by Sabrina Jeffries on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 4:22 am.

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Truth or Myth

It never ceases to amaze me the many things that lodge in our collective unconscious that simply aren’t true. We just like them, so we keep repeating them over and over. Recently, I found some of these myths, one of which my stickler-for-the-truth Trivia Superman husband told me and was shocked to learn wasn’t true. [...]

65 Comments. Posted by Sabrina Jeffries on Friday, September 14, 2012 at 2:50 am.

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Setting Claustrophobia

Recently, I watched the first episode of an old series, Prison Break, because I wanted to see Wentworth Miller in action (he’s the physical inspiration for one of the heroes of my latest series). I enjoyed that episode, found the premise intriguing, and positively adored Wentworth. Yet I have no desire to watch any more episodes. [...]

Internet Renovation

Guess what–I have a new website! Okay, so it’s not completely new. The content includes a lot of what was on the old one, and it’s still me and my books (and Will and Jane), but it’s a new design and a new format, and there IS some new stuff. I think you’ll like it. [...]

Living with Trivia Superman

That would be my husband. He regularly spews factoids about everything under the planet, because he collects this stuff in his encyclopedic head. It doesn’t have to be something that interests him. It still sticks in his memory. Meanwhile, if I read it last year and didn’t save it in a file somewhere it’s gone. And if [...]

76 Comments. Posted by Sabrina Jeffries on Friday, July 13, 2012 at 3:37 am.

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Retail Hell

I nearly pitched a fit in DSW the other day. I walked in, glanced down the rows and rows and ROWS of shoes in every conceivable size, and saw no W’s at all. So I asked the manager if they’d stopped carrying wide width shoes, and he said, “We still carry them. They’re the ones [...]

104 Comments. Posted by Sabrina Jeffries on Friday, July 6, 2012 at 4:02 am.

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Signs of Culture Shock

I know that Goddess Karen is the sign queen, but I saw so many interesting signs on my trip to England and Scotland that I just had to share. This first one from Liverpool is quite practical, and especially appropriate since our trip was to celebrate Hubby’s 60th! I know that this next one must [...]

56 Comments. Posted by Sabrina Jeffries on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 3:29 am.

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