Entries by Madeline Hunter
NYTimes Bestselling and two time RITA-winning author of historical romances; lover of artisan jewelry; industry numbers wonk. Her next book, The Counterfeit Mistress, will be published Sept 24, 2013.
Back when I was a young woman I briefly had a hair dresser who had a policy about hair that I found obnoxious—which is why I used him only briefly. I noticed that every client over the age of 40 had short hair. I asked why this was and he explained how short hair visually [...]
I have a cat named Ivan who is about six years old. Ivan is an indoor cat. He got out once when he was a kitten and was gone for three days. That cured him. He never tried to get out again, and this was fine by me. One reason it was fine was my belief that [...]
I just got back from a two week trip to Italy. It was mostly work (I brought some students over to study art during the first week) and partly vacation. Through all of it, however, the writer side of me was alive and asborbing and reflecting. For example, I visited a little known museum in [...]
You would think with 10 goddesses, that every month we would have a new release, and no month would have an over-abundance. Can’t we just get organized and work it out that way? Um, no. And even if we did, with our different timings between books, eventually the month would come when things align in just [...]
I have realized that there is only one marketing gimick that works on me. But boy, oh boy, does it work. I am a sitting duck when it comes to free shipping. In the olden days of catalogue shopping it was the shipping that always hung me up. I’d see something I wanted, fill out [...]
I went Christmas shopping for the family yesterday. Nothing about it was easy. This was especially true shopping for my two sons. They are young men now, so forget about toys or even video games. I know little about the music they listen to, so CDs are not possible. I have no idea which movies they have already [...]
The thing about families is that you are around them so much that you get used to them. They are normal to you. Every now and then something happens that makes you really think about your family objectively, however, and you realize that maybe the rest of the world won’t find them so normal. This [...]
You may remember that back in March my DH adopted a puppy. Well, Mr. Darcy has, I hope, now reached his full height. The middle sized dog we compromised on is looking pretty big to me. I think that once adolescence is over and he fills out, the “middle sized” label won’t fit. Already he [...]
I attended an event a couple of weeks ago. 35 women writers and a crowd of readers got together for an afternoon of talking about books. There was a book sale and also a series of workshops. We had a lot of fun and some good discussions. When I received the agenda a week before [...]
During the past week I found myself in three conversations about romance novels of yesteryear. It was a fluke, but it got me thinking about the genre and the changes it has seen. I began reading romances about twenty years ago. Since I was reading a lot of old ones even then, my experience of [...]
She first called me on the phone about two years ago. She has called me at least every week, and sometimes every day, since then. Her recorded voice tells me her name is Rachel and she wants to let me know about something wonderful. Recently, in an effort to help me out even more, she passed on my [...]
For several months now I have been the proud owner of an iphone. I really splurged and got the fancy one with Siri and all that other jazz. Actually I was going to get one that was two generations old, but DH insisted I go for top of the line (which last week became obsolete [...]
My summer is half over. At the end of August my day job starts again so mid July marks the crest of summer for me. From now on, I am rolling down the mountain. That makes this time bittersweet. I am still enjoying summer’s freedom and weather (well, with the heat wave, maybe not the [...]
I was talking to a longtime reader of romances a couple of weeks ago, and she told me that she was finding books sort of “meh” these days. One of the problems, she thought, was that the heroes were too “nice.” Now, “nice” is right up there with “likeable” as a word that is totally [...]
As you may know, I have a new puppy. His name is Darcy. Yes, I know that is a girl’s name now, but he was named after Mr. Darcy, see. DH named him, which I think is very cool. Anyway, we got this puppy about 6 weeks ago. He is getting big already. Bigger than [...]
